Two cloth bags, one with a drawstring. Both bags have inscriptions. Also a portion of string fibres and a double headed brush - each brush head wound with wire.On bag with drawstring, the British coat of arms then , "WALKERS / PARK.R & CO / Patent Shot / LONDON / No. 2". On other bag, "HAMEL / VICTORIA TOWER / PATENT SHOT / No 2".

A Spalding 'Davis Cup' tennis racquet, with whipping around shoulders, fibre reinforced bow, shoulders and throat, leather handle grip, and plastic butt cap. Manufacturer's name features across base of head. Model name features on throat. Various Spalding trademarks features on throat, lower shaft, and butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibretennis

A Spalding 'La Vitesse' tennis racquet, with: a split lower shaft; whipping around shoulders; fibre reinforced bow and head; leather handle grip; and, plastic butt cap. Model name features across lower right of head. Manufacturer's name features across throat, handle grip, and butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibre, Painttennis

A Spalding 'Professional' tennis racquet, with handle grip wrapped in perforated leather and, plastic butt cap featuring manufacturer name/logo. Model name features on right shoulder. Manufacturer's name appears on base of head and their 'S' logo appears on lower shaft. Inscription on edge of shaft outlines the wood & fibre composition of racquet. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibretennis

Head mask with wood face and plant fibres surrounding the mask as a head and beard. Thin cane pieces extend out and are wrapped in green or red wool and hung with faded ribbons.

A Limao Professional squash racquet, with open throat/split shaft, and synthetic leather handle grip. Materials: Graphite, Ceramic, Fibre, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Inktennis

Section of worn cable tram wire rope. One of the two ferrules has been engraved with "243 Weeks 341591 Miles" and the other "ANTD 12 Weeks" - "ANTD" is thought to be an abbreviation for anticipated. On this basis, the cable rope lasted 20 times its expected life! Demonstrates a worn cable tram wire rope that has been sampled and its use recorded.Section of worn Melbourne cable tram wire rope with engraved retaining brass ferrules on each end consisting of seven wound (12 wires) around a central fibre core.See contexttramways, cable trams, cable ropes, cables, mmtb

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers of a tram stop that all trams had to stop at - a compulsory stop. Style Used from early 1920's.Demonstrates the form of compulsory stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne. An early style before the use of enameled signs. Sign - Tram Stop - "Tram Stops Here" - formed from a painted type of fibre board with an aluminium angle and flat riveted in four locations with three screw holes on the side.tram stop, signs, mmtb, trams, tramways

Indicated or provided a location to tram drivers and passengers of a tram stop that trams had to be hailed or signaled to stop or to alight. Demonstrates the form of tram stop that the MMTB used in Melbourne that trams had to be signaled to stop at. An early style before the use of enameled signs. Sign - Tram Stop - "Hail Tram Here" - formed from a painted type of fibre board with an aluminium angle and flat riveted in four locations with three screw holes on the side.tram stop, signs, mmtb, tramways, trams

A 'Hardcourt' tennis racquet, with: concave throat; whipping over cloth tape reinforced shoulders; flat and wide throat; an inlaid fibre crown protector; and, fine-grooved octagonal handle, with three deep-grooves along the two handle faces.Model name features across throat on obverse. Manufacturer's decal: F LTD./LONDON, features across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, String, Ink, Leather, Fibretennis

A Spalding 'Junior Specialist' tennis racquet, with: whipping around fibre reinforced shoulders; leather handle grip; and, plastic butt cap. Model name features across base of head. Manufacturer's name features across shaft and handle grip. Spalding 'S' trademark features on lower shaft, and in raised relief on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibretennis

A Spalding 'Junior Specialist' tennis racquet, with: whipping around fibre reinforced shoulders; leather handle grip; and, plastic butt cap. Model name features across base of head. Manufacturer's name features across shaft and handle grip. Spalding 'S' trademark features on lower shaft, and in raised relief on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibretennis

.1) Inner lining of steel helmet. Khaki coloured pressed fibre shell with webbing framework inside. .2) Steel helmet with a khaki cotton camouflage covering & 2 chin straps.Written in white paint: 38-(?)-5(?)uniforms-army, costume accessories-male headwear, protective

Glass fibre reinforced wooden racquet. A Slazenger 'Manuel Orantes Special'. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Rubber, Ink, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Paint, Plastic, Fibreglasstennis

Two unstrung Head Competition squash racquets (.1-.2), with open throat, and synthetic handle grip. Materials: Graphite, Ceramic, Fibre, Synthetic material, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Inktennis

A Sportflite Professional Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibre, Stringtennis

A sealed Wright & Ditson by Spalding domed-top can of three 'Championship Tennis balls'. Key attached to base of can. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Natural fibre, Synthetic materialtennis

Set of 'Tennis Whist Score Cards'. Contains eleven unused cardboard scoring booklets and five miniature pencils attched to booklets with thread. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Natural fibre, Wood, Metaltennis

An unsealed Wright & Ditson 'Championship Tennis balls' domed-top can with lid. Key and seal strip lost. Contains 3 unbranded balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Natural fibretennis

An unsealed Wright & Ditson 'Championship Tennis balls' domed-top can with lid. Key and seal strip lost. Contains 3 unbranded balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Natural fibretennis

Bird's beak used to grip fibre strandsCurved metal gripper made of two parts and hinged at 'eye' of 'bird', causing one part to move up and down.SPLweaving mills, collins bros mill pty ltd

A Spalding 'Davis Cup' tennis racquet, with whipping around shoulders, fibre shoulder supports, leather handle grip with X-formation perforations, and plastic butt cap. Manufacturer's name features across base of head. Model name, with Davis Cup trophy image, features on throat. Spalding 'Wreathed S' trademark features on lower shaft and butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Enamel, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Fibretennis

A Spalding 'Natural' Specialist Frame tennis racquet, with wood grain finish on lower half of head and along edge of shaft and head; leather handle grip printed with manufacturer name; and, plastic butt cap featuring 'S' logo. Model name features along base of head. Manufacturer's 'S' logo appears on lower shaft. Inscription on side outlines the wood & fibre composition of racquet. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibretennis

The Keith Wingrove Trust conducts a competition among Australian artists, graphic designers and students for the production of Ex Libris Bookplates. The competition is called The Australian Bookplate Design Award. The purpose of the competition is to increase interest in and to attract publicity to the artistic value of bookplates. Although the competition is referred to as 'Australian' there is a category of award open to International artists. This bookplate was entered in the 2001 Australian Bookplate Design Awards.Graphic Print bookplate for fibre artist, Giselle Penn, who loves textures and brilliant colour. The design was made with the colours and patterns to portray Giselle Penn's art making and to show the theme of textiles or fabrics. Signed below artwork '9/10 Sharon Tompkins 2001'bookplate, sharon tomkins, textiles, australian bookplate design award, keith wingrove memorial trust

Made by the Portland Fibre Group. This is a drawing in preparation for the tapestry.Four-piece photocopy with hand-colouring of Portland Coat of Arms.Front: 249.1 : 26 (pencil, upper left) Back: (no inscriptions)tapestry, study, preparation, cartoon, drawing, portland fibre group

Paterson's Fibreglass Factory on the site of former garage and Golden Fleece Hotel (1874 - 1914). Two storey building built for Peter Johnson as the Bridge Store in 1872. Photo is part of a series taken for the Charlton Shire.Colour photograph showing Paterson's Fibre Glass factory. Green two storeu building with verandah over the footpath and part of Eddie Harris Mensland to the right. Red car parked in front of two storey building.paterson, fibreglass factory, golden fleece hotel, peter johnson, the bridge store

Woollen fabric fragment from the wreck of ship "Sydney Cove" found underwater after many years.Small fragment of woven woollen fabric, brown colour. with some white fibres through it. The fragment is frayed and coming apart. It is boxed in a circular clear plastic lidded container, taped and with a typed paper label on the lid.Wording: Fabric scrap from/wreck of ship "Sydney Cove"/ NWM 940112";Method: typed;Location: on label on lidwool - history textile history textile mills textile mills, wool - history, textile history, textile mills

A Fox Ceramic WB-310 graphite-composite squash racquet (.1) with vinyl cover (.2). Materials: Graphite, Ceramic, Fibre, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Ink, Vinyl, Synthetic material, Metaltennis

'Tennisette' set in box. Appears incomplete: contains two paddle, piece of rope, and 9 metal net support components. Missing original ball and net. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Glue, Metal, Natural fibretennis