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Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Norman W. De Pomeroy, 1/07/1960
Black and white photograph of the Lilliput siding platform and stationWritten at top of photo: "Lilliput Railway Station: On back of photo: "Lilliput Siding - A solitary truck awaits loading. 1.7.1960" "Located at Map Ref 526 032" Rubber stamp: "Photographed by Norman W. De Pomeroy"railway stations, lilliput -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Blackburne Lake Reserve
A coloured photograph of a part of the lake showing a viewing platform.blackburn lake reserve, blackburn lake -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Jack Donnelly, 1975 c
Colour photograph on board a drilling platform in Bass Straitoil and gas industry -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, ‘Ex Libris Edwin Jewell’
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition.A nude woman stands side-on on a platform reading a book.bookplate, printmaking, australian bookplate design award, keith wingrove memorial trust, life drawing -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station before development- circa 2000
Coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood station before development. Platform 2 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station before development- circa 2000
Coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood station before development. Platform 2 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station before development- circa 2000
Coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood station before development. Platform 1 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station before development- circa 2000
Coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood station before development. Platform 2 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station circa 1908
Black and white photograph {2 copies - 1 large, 1 smaller}Image shows steam train at platform with goods carriage on middle track -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Harbour, 05/12/1991
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Bottom right corner '5-12-91'port of portland archives -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Tower Truck, Bedford and NSW Government Tramways, 1952
Overhead Maintenance motor truck with hydraulic elevating and rotating platform on a 1952 Bedford Chassis. Engine no. KM 237540, with purpose built platform, lockers, cupboards and elevating platform, ladders, hand rails and a gong. Fitted with turn indicators and flashing lights by BTPS and vice. In MMTB cream paint.mmtb, overhead, support vehicle -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Scales - Medical
The scales were used either at the Tawonga District Hospital or Mt Beauty Medical Centre for weighing a child or small person when standing on the platform. Weights were moved along a rod to balance the person to determine his/her weight.These manual scales were used by doctors to weigh and measure the heights of young patients in the Kiewa Valley and were a necessary piece of equipment to check the health of their patients.Cream metal with height in inches measuring steel rod attached to cylinder. At the top of the cylinder it is hollow for the working of a horizontal scale which has a metal measuring ruler (7 inches) at the end of which is a thin rod hooked on with a round disc at the bottom. At floor level is a platform on a spring on which a child can stand. The stand is surrounded on 3 sides with a thin frame to prevent falling off. The height scale has a thin stainless steel arm with a round plate attached to put on top of the child's head for measuring height."Melbourne Scale 60"scales. mt beauty medical centre. tawonga district hospital. weighing people. medical equipment -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of the basalt cliffs and shore platform near Pyramid Rocklocal history, photography, cliffs and shoreline pyramid rock, black & white photograph, coastline, rock formations, pyramid rock, dr a b edwards, john jenner, bryant west -
Federation University Art Collection
Bookplate, 'Ex Libris Zelma Gartner'
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) Two abstract sculptural shapes mounted on a small tiled platformHenry Moore with signature and number 977keith wingrove memorial trust, australian bookplate design awards, bookplate, printmaking -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Canterbury Station c 1969, Merlo, Hazel, c1969
A coloured photograph of the demolition of the platform on the eastern side of Canterbury Stationcanterbury, canterbury station, canterbury road, shops, construction and demolition workers -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Camps and Holidays, 1958
A colour slide of children at a train station in 1958. In the 1950s for many years Legacy provided Junior Legatees holidays in the country instead of camps. This was a group of children that had gone to Traralgon by train. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of holidays being organised by Legacy for children.Colour slide photo of a group of children on the train platform in Traralgon.Handwritten on front 'Group members meet the children' and '1958' in blue pen. Imprinted '18' in black ink. Printed on reverse 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak' with a red outline on edge of slide. Also 'Set 2' and '7' in black ink.holidays, trains -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Sewing Machine
This sewing machine would have been used by some ladies to mend and make clothes for the family as shops were some distance away and to sew items for Church and School fetes.Used in the Kiewa Valley.Black metal Singer sewing machine with gold decoration and writing on its body and platform. It sits on a wooden tray which is hollow under the body with a separate space on the right hand side. The body of the machine can be lifted by hinges attached at the back. This would enable items to be stored in the hollow part of the box. Similarly the hollow section on the right hand side, which hasn't got a lid. The body has the needle and cotton attachments on the left and a handle for working the machine on the right. There is a metal rod at the top for the cotton reel. The body is attached to the platform at each side forming an arch. The top of the box has metal along its perimeter. At each end of the top of the box there is a plate with a small hollow rectangle in the middle enabling an attachment such as a board to be inserted for an extended bench.Front & back of body: "Singer". and at front on an oval brass plate: "The Singer Manfc. Co." Inside of body on left: "This machine contains / some substitute / parts and accessories" On metal platform on right: "Y3071189" Along top of body: "The Singer Manufacturing Co." On Wood right hand side: "Godfreys Ltd / 57 Gawler Place / Phone 460261 / No. 7063 singer manufacturing co.. sewing. fetes. home duties. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Early 20th Century
One of a collection of photographs donated by Bruce BennettColoured copy of a postcard. Rock platform with breakers and Nobbies at top right."The Nobbies - Cowes"the nobbies phillip island, rock formation phillip island, south coast phillip island, coastline phillip island, bruce bennett -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Scale, F Quiney & Son, 1890-1920
Fredk Quiney & Sons established their company in 1890, council records show that Quiney began working at 4 Ranelagh Place in Leytonstone and from 1908 to 1926 he was at 268 High Road, Leytonstone. The name occurs on brass weights and balance scales dating from the early twentieth 20th century.A balance scale vintage giving a snapshot into mercantile life during the late 19th and early 20th centuriesBeam scale with stand, platform for weights and holding device for metal dish.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Lee Breakwater, Portland, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, lee breakwater, wharf, portland, harbour, construction -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
photograph - Slides, Ian McCann, Crowd, 1976 - 1984
Clour Photograph of a crowd of People Listening to a Speaker standing on raised platform -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Menzies Creek Station
Black and white photograph of the platform at Menzies Creek Railway Station. n.d. -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
Koroit Railway Station closed in 1975 when the rail to Port Fairy was also closed. Unlike the Port Fairy Station the Koroit Station has been restored and is used by local groups and is of course part of the Rail trail from Port Fairy to WarrnamboolBlack and white photograph of Koroit railway station with 6males and a child on platformtransport, rail, road, koroit, railway station -
Vision Australia
Award - Object, Lewbury, Melbourne Red Cross Younger Set Memorial Swish trophy, 1975-1978
A metal cup engraved with 'Melbourne Red Cross Younger Set' sits on top of a plastic base, which has a dark coloured plate attached to the front side. On the front plate is engraved "Memorial SWISH - Trophy, Commemorating Annual Contests between the R.V.I.B. and Younger Set Teams". On the rear side are engraved the winners of the trophy: 1975 - RVIB, 1976 - RVIB, 1977 - RVIB, 1978 - MRCYS. The Melbourne Red Cross Younger Set were an auxiliary of RVIB that helped provide awareness and raised funds for services. Swish is a form of table tennis that is played without sight. The ball contains a bell and is hit with a rectangular bat under the board that acts as a net. This cup represented the annual game between the Auxiliary and RVIB players.1 pewter cup resting on top of a plastic platform with an engraved plate Memorial SWISH - Trophy, Commemorating Annual Contests between the R.V.I.B. and Younger Set Teams 1975 - RVIB, 1976 - RVIB, 1977 - RVIB, 1978 - MRCYSnameplates, royal victorian institute for the blind -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Scale, 1900-1930
The basic balance scale has been around for thousands of years and its accuracy has improved dramatically over the last several centuries, the principle behind this tool remains unchanged. Its parts include a fulcrum, a beam that balances on it, a pan at the end of the beam to hold the materials to be weighed, and a flat platform at the other for the counter-balancing weights. Balance scales that require equal weights on each side of the fulcrum have been used by everyone from apothecaries and assayers to jewellers and postal workers. Known as an unequal arm balance scale, this variety builds the counterweight into the device. Counter scales used in dry-goods stores and domestic kitchens often featured Japanned or (blackened) cast iron with bronze trims. Made by companies such as Howe and Fairbanks, the footed tin pans of these scales were often oblong, some encircled at one end so bulk items could be easily poured into a bag. Seamless pans were typically stamped from brass and given style names like Snuff (the smallest) and Birmingham (the largest). Some counter scales were designed for measuring spices, others for weighing slices of cake. In the 18th century, spring scales began to appear and would use the resistance of spring to calculate weights, which are read automatically on the scale’s face. The ease of use of spring scales over balance scales. These scales are significant as they identify one of the basic preparation items for the weighing of foodstuff in the family kitchen to prepare everyday meals. This item is significant as it gives a snapshot into domestic life within the average home in Australia around the turn of the twentieth century and is, therefore, an item with social relevance. Black cast iron, medium weighing scales, with a fulcrum which the beam that balances on, there is a scoop or large bowl at one end for the material to be weighted and a flat platform at the other end that holds the weights. Around the cast iron base is an embossed strip weight and bowl missing.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, Percy Fairlam, c. 1920
Cheltenham station was built in 1898 and serviced a primarily rural, market gardening community.The late 1870s saw the beginning of a massive program to construct railway lines throughout Victoria. One of these lines was from Caulfield to Frankston. A survey undertaken by J P Madden, an engineer employed by the railways, established the route, although this was later modified. At the time of the official opening of the line to Mordialloc no station buildings had been constructed despite the fact that tenders had been called in the Government Gazette of 26 May 1881 and subsequently in the Argus newspaper on 30 August 1881 for what became stations at Glenhuntly, Ormond, Bentleigh, Moorabbin, Highett, Cheltenham, Mentone and Mordialloc. However platforms and sidings were completed, ready to receive passengers. Cheltenham station opened in 1898.Black and white photograph of Cheltenham Railway Station with the two platforms separated by two sets of tracks. Each platform has a station house on it, and the one on the right hand side also has a garden and park bench.Handwritten in red ink on reverse: A7 / 75%cheltenham, trains, railway, railway station, railway crossing, suburbs -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Early 20th Century
One of a collection of 13 photographs donated by Ralph Correy.Black & White photograph of waves breaking over a rock platform near The Nobbies.rock formations, south coast phillip island, breaking waves, phillip island coastline, ralph correy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CASTLEMAINE GAS COMPANY COLLECTION: PHOTO PEOPLE
Photo of a group of people standing on train platform at Bendigo station. Date unknown.Kodakphotograph, train, bendigo train station -
City of Ballarat
Sculpture - Public Artwork, Akio Makigawa, Point to Sky by Akio Makigawa, 1999
Point to Sky is one of Akio Makigawa’s final works, the commission was completed posthumously. It is the only public artwork by the celebrated Australian-Japanese sculptor of this scale located in regional Victoria. You will see two stainless steel forms, a smaller more rectangle form and the towering geometric form, with seed pod shapes at the peak. These forms represent the house, the artist is expressing that home is a shelter and also a place for gathering. The house form grows into a tower to symbolise the achievements of mankind and the action taken to protect the rights of the community during the Eureka Stockade. The top seed pod is gold, referencing Ballarat as the centre of the gold rush in Victoria, as well as representing the sun as the source of life. The paving of the forecourt was designed in bluestone, typical of the work of Makigawa. Stainless steel panelling and shaping on armature. Set into raised platform of bluestone pavers.Point to Sky, 1999 / Akio Makigawa (1948-1999)/ stainless steel/ Born in Japan, Akio Makigawa arrived in Australia in 1974. He worked as a sail maker in Perth before studying sculpture at the Claremont School of Art and WAIT (now known as Curtin University). He moved to Melbourne in 1981 to do post graduate studies in sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts and set up his studio. From 1984 he was involved in many public commissions in Victoria and interstate and Japan. / Commissioned by the Victorian Government and the City of Ballarat in 1999. point to sky, akio makigawa, modern, australian sculpture -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Railway Station Stawell Looking Across the Tracks
Two colour photographs Stawell Railway Station when used as Bus Station Feb 1995B/W Photograph of the Stawell Railway Station Looking acroos the tracks at the Platformstawell railways transport