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Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Chasuble, Vietnamese silk chasuble
Vietnamese gothic cut silk chasuble. These vestments were purchased by Monsignor Henry Nolan and re-sold to his fellow priests in the diocese to raise money for Vietnamese orphanage children following the Vietnam conflict. Monsignor Nolan served as a military chaplain in Vietnam. The vestments feature Vietnamese Christian motifs such as this with a bamboo cross with an Asian incense burner.vietnam, nolan, chasuble, gothic, embroidery, asian, incense, cross. -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Photo, Pilgrimage to the Shrine 1999, 1999
A church service for Legacy widows at the St Michael's Uniting Church in Melbourne. This is an annual event for Legacy widows at the start of Legacy Week, which is the first week in September. The photos shows the interior of the church with the congregation listening to the priest speak. Same roll of film as the photos with President Graham Riches in 1999 so the event is assumed to be in that year.A record of a church service for Legacy widows in 1999.Colour photo x 3 of a church service in 1999.00553.1 printing on the back "23", which is the negative frame number. 00553.2 printing on the back "21" and "P6" in pencil. 00553.3 printing on the back "30A".widows, widows' sunday, pilgrimage -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - COX, PETER
This file contains one item about Peter Cox: 1/A handwritten research note concerning the death of Peter Cox, 22/05/1909, Hawthorn Road, resident and caretaker of Caulfield Town Hall. Also memories of Peter Cox by Rev. A.J.H. Priest of St Mary’s Church, Caulfield, in regard to his dedication and service to the Church.cox peter, priest a.j.h. rev, hawthorn road, caulfield town hall, st mary’s church caulfield, mayor, anglican church, council worker, ranger, custodian officer -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Ceremonial object - Communion Kit- Rev J.J. Tresidder
Catholic Chaplains Communion kit carried by Rev JJ Tresidder. Rev Tresidder served during the second world war as an Army Chaplian.Catholic Chaplians Communition kit, carried by WW2 chaplain VX117292 John Joseph Tressider. This is an example of the style of equipment, soldiers would have been offered communion from.Communion kit, consisting of 10 items. 1. A white linen Corporal with small red cross embroidered in its centre. This item was used during Mass/ communion/ Lords Supper to collect any host if it were to be dropped, especially after concecration. 2. Pyx. This is a flat circular dish with a hinged lid. On the side of the container is a small silver ball with a hole drilled through it to allow a string to be placed through and the Pyx to be worn around the priests neck. The Pyx is made of silver, and has a cross engraved on the lid. on the reverse " Rev. J.J.Tressider Catholic Chaplain" is enscribed. This item holds individual hosts ( bread) Following Concecration hosts are to be consumed or worn by the Priest and later to be distrubted as reserved sacrement. 3.Paten, a small silver dish, slightly bowing in the centre. There are no engraving on this item except for the makers stamps on the reverse. "T.G. Aunt & Co." " STG. Silver" Use for holding the Priests Host (Bread) representing the body of Christ, broken for all. 4. Chalice. Silver cup with flaired base.The inseide of the cup has a gold coloured appearence. On the base is a small raised silver cruisifix affixed by a screw. The Chalice was used asa a cup for holding water and wine, drunk from by all as a common cup, beginning and ending with the Priest. 5&6. Two silver Cruets. Each crust is a small silver jug with sloping sides with a small pinched lip for pouring. There are no handles and each cruet has the words " Catholic Chaplain" enscribed on its side. One of the cruets is used for adding a small amount of water to the chalice, representing Christs humanity, the outher is used to add a small amount of wine, representing the blood of Christ and divinity. 7. Lavabo Bowl. a small silver bowl with raised sides. The bowl has " Catholic Chaplain" inscribed in the base of the disg. The Lavabo bowl is used to wash the Priests hands prior to celebrating the Mass. 8. Ewer. A small silver water jug with a curled handle. The Ewer has 3 bands engraved arounf its middle and inside has a goldish tint. On its base is stamped "Albion Pla" "EPNS A" The Ewer is used to wash the priests hands prior to Mass. 9. Oil for the infirm- A small sliver canister that can be screwed to two similat canasters. The base has an internal screw thread to allow this to happen. The lid can be screwed on/ off and has an ornate cross enscribed on its top. The side of the canaster has a letter "I" incribed on it filling most of the canasters side. The canaster is believed to still contain the oil. The oil of the infirm is used outside of the mass in a service to administer the sacrement of the anointing of the sick. 10, Leather Oil Carry case, small, chocolate brown tubular carrying case with two snaps for closure on the side. the case has cardboard stiffening and a small amount of cottonwool to soak up any spilt oil. Case is used to carry upto three oil canasters. listed in descriptioncatholic church, 5/6rvr, chaplains kit -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Our Holy Redeemer School students, circa 1915, 1915
Date is approximate. In 1904 Fr George Robinson had a weatherboard school hall erected beside Our Holy Redeemer Church, which had opened in 1902. The hall was opened on 20 November 1904 by Archbishop Thomas Carr and the following January the Sisters of St Joseph took charge of the school. Fr David Gleeson was parish priest from 1911-1933.Black and white photo of students of Our Holy Redeemer School in c1915. There are 50 students - 29 boys and 21 girls taken on the veranda of a building with a corrugated iron roof. education, primary education, children, our holy redeemer primary school, 1915, sisters of st joseph, fr david gleeson -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Medal, Catholic Total Abstenence Medal
The Catholic temperance movement started in 1838 when Irish priest Fr Theobald Mathew established the Teetotal Abstinence Society in 1838. Fr Patrick Henneberry founded the Catholic Temperance movement in the USA and visited Australia in 1897 winning Australian Catholics to his cause. These medals were worn by Catholics who had taken a pledge of abstinence pictured on the reverse side of the medal. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1910 c
Photocopy of photograph has names of all the boats, W H Edgar, suction dredge called Paynesville, grab dredge called Priest Man, stores barge called Lady Harriet, a boat used to keep rivers free of snags called Snagger, sand hopper barge from W H Edgar in process of being dismantled. Information provided by Reg Schulz.Black and white photograph showing five boats / barges at slipway, one with crane. Little row boat in foreground at jetty. Point of land in background, Raymond Island, sparse vegetation. Paynesville Victoriaships and shipping, shipwrecks, jetties -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RANDALL COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE - ACT OF CONSECRATION - FOLEY FAMILY 1919
Randall Collection: Certificate - ''Act of Consecration of the Family to the Sacred Heart of Jesus''. At bottom of certificate are the names of the parents - Edmund & Isabella Foley; the children - Maurice Edmond, Mary Bridget, Mary Isabel, ??, Ryan, Honorah & Sarah J Foley. Priest's name - Richard J Kelly. Date 29th June 1919. Certificate is in the form of an illuminated scroll with religious text of RH side and the family information inscribed at the bottom of the certificate. (note the NB!) -
Yendon History Group
Photograph, Untitled, Yendon Catholic Church, Early 20th century
Importance of religion in the Yendon community is evidenced by the two churches. This is the weatherboard building of the catholic church and there was also a brick Anglican Church. Both these buildings were eventually removed when congregations declined as the community declined in the twentieth century.The catholic church was looking a bit delapidated in this photo taken just before it was demolished. Locals recall how the priest had to contend with all the birds nesting in the roof as the church slowly deteriorated.This is the only known photo ( as of 2010) of the Catholic Church in Yendon before it was removed.Enlarged printed copy of scanned Sepia photo of the Catholic Church, a wooden structure with a pitched tin roof, at Yendon just before it was removed.The grass is high and the barbed wire is not strained. The arched church windows have several broken panes of glass.It is a rectangular building with two additional spaces - an entry and a vestry. religion, tin roof, church, yendon, catholic, arched windows, vestry, broken panes of glass, weatherboard churches, pitched roofs, barbed wire -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Ceremonial object - Priest's scarf, 1907 to mid 20th century
This item is part of the collection of Ecclesiastical Linen once used by St. Andrews Anglican Church on the corner of the Esplanade and 14 Drummond St, Dennington, Victoria. The first Anglican service was conducted on December 22nd, 1907. The church was decommissioned in January 2003. This item is part of the Ecclesiastical Linen collection, which is significant for its examples of handworked embroidery and drawn-thread work from the early 20th century. The items are also examples of a collection used for religious services during this period. The Ecclesiastical Linen is also significant for its association with the early development of the local township of Dennington and the importance the the community of setting aside land in the 1850's for the purpose of religious worship. The Ecclesiastical Linen is also significant for its connection to St Andrews Anglican Church, Dennington. The church was funded and attended by the local community in the early 1900's and is now listed on the Victorian Heritage Database (VHD 118083) as a building of historical and social significance. Priest's scarf, part of a set of Ecclesiastical Linen once used in St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Dennington, Victoria, between the years 1907 and 2003. The rectangle of lined coarse white fabric is slightly flared at the ends, which are finished with a white twisted cotton fringe. Three cross symbols, one at each end and one in the centre, have been handworked in white ribbon with gold-coloured edging and gold embroidery in the form of rows of small crosse.. Three embroidered symbols [ribbon cross with gold-coloured borders and small gold coloured crosses along the arms]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, st andrews anglican church dennington, dennington church, warrnambool church 1907, ecclesiastical linen, communion linen, hand worked linen, religious service, religious ceremony, ceremonial linen, needlework, embroidered, applique, cross symbol, priest's scarf -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HANRO COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE
Photograph of a Group of People: Black and white photo with six girls having a break. Four girls standing one sitting eating and one squatting with a cup. Photo taken in front of factory. On the back hand written in blue ink *Alma Floyed, Dorothy Priest, Nance Pettigrove, Jean O'Shannesy, Self - Clarice Pascoe* Estelle Dole, 1 Farrell Crt. Hand written in pencil is the number 50. Velox is printed in black ink. Box 116Aphotograph, person, hanro, hanro. estelle dole -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pedestrian suspension bridge over the Yarra River at Lower Plenty
Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centre in Bonds Road, Lower Plenty is a distinctive landmark, especially when viewed from across the Yarra at Templestowe. It was built in the 1950’s as a seminary for the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Because of the poor and circuitous road access, a suspension footbridge was built across the river. As well as providing easy access for the priests residents of Templestowe could attend services at the seminary. The bridge is now part of the Yarra Trails system.Two black and white photographs of footbridge over Yarra River, part of the Ruffey Trail just off the Main Yarra Trail near the former seminary (now Odyssey House) Lower Plentybridges, yarra river, odyssey house, bonds road, lower plenty, seminary, blessed sacrament fathers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pedestrian suspension bridge over the Yarra River at Lower Plenty
Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centre in Bonds Road, Lower Plenty is a distinctive landmark, especially when viewed from across the Yarra at Templestowe. It was built in the 1950’s as a seminary for the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Because of the poor and circuitous road access, a suspension footbridge was built across the river. As well as providing easy access for the priests residents of Templestowe could attend services at the seminary. The bridge is now part of the Yarra Trails system.Colour photograph of footbridge over Yarra River, part of the Ruffey Trail just off the Main Yarra Trail near the former seminary (now Odyssey House) Lower Plentybridges, yarra river, lower plenty, seminary, blessed sacrament fathers, odyssey house, bonds road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Odyssey House Victoria, 28 Bonds Road, Lower Plenty, 6 March 1990
Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centre in Bonds Road, Lower Plenty is a distinctive landmark, especially when viewed from across the Yarra at Templestowe. It was built in the 1950’s as a seminary for the Blessed Sacrament Fathers. Because of the poor and circuitous road access, a suspension footbridge was built across the river. As well as providing easy access for the priests residents of Templestowe could attend services at the seminary. The bridge is now part of the Yarra Trails system.Colour photographlower plenty, bonds road, odyssey house -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Ancient Order of Druids, c1935
The Ancient Order of Druids (AOD) is a fraternal organisation founded in London, England in 1781 that still operates to this day. It is the earliest known English group to be founded based upon the iconography of the ancient druids. Druid, (Celtic: “Knowing [or Finding] the Oak Tree”), member of the learned class among the ancient Celts. They seem to have frequented oak forests and acted as priests, teachers, and judges. The earliest known records of the Druids come from the 3rd century BC.Photo of a parade in Main Street with the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Druids in attendancedruid, parade -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Article - Newspaper Clipping, The First Asian Port Chaplain, 1963
Appointed to both the Mission to Seamen and the Chinese Church Mission in Little Bourke St Rev'd Wong and his family commenced his appointment at the Mission in 1963. A former head of the 1500 student Kei yen school , Hong Kong he was accompanied by his wife and two sons Timothy and John. Ordained a Deacon in 1953 he became a priest in 1955 and was inducted on arrival in Melbourne by Bishop Sambell. The family arrived on the cargo -liner "Tjiluwah".Rev'd Stephen Wong was the first Asian Port Chaplain appointed and worked at the Mission part-time form 1963-1968. He played an important role in raising awareness among asian seamen and was perhaps the inspiration behind the first Mission brochures to be printed in Chinese characters. Undated / unsourced news clipping featuring head shot photograph of Rev'd Stephen Wong and description of new role at the Mission and was minister of the Chinese church in little Bourke St.stephen wong, timothy wong, padre stephen wong, hong kong -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Legacy 50th Anniversary, 1973
Four photos of the 50th Anniversary rededication service at St Pauls Cathedral in 1973. 00455.1 shows a group of men holding a Legacy torch near the altar and priests. Photos came from an envelope marked P1 Federal Conference 1973 / 50 Year anniversary / 1983 Morewell / 1973 Legacy March ANZAC Day, 50 yr celebration, inclusion in ANZAC Day March authority of RSL". See items 00452, 00453, 00454, 00391. A record of a church service marking the 50th anniversary of Legacy during the Golden Jubilee year 1973.Black and white photo x 4 of a church service for the 50th Anniversary.All stamped "This Photograph is the compliments of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of Victoria. Please acknowledge Michael Cheshire" in grey ink. 00455.1 Label on front says "Re-dedication service at St.Pauls Cathedral".golden jubilee, 50th anniversary, church service -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Education kit - Hygeia - Miniature Doll - Nursing through the Ages
Miniature Doll Hygeia - The ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Romans believed gods directed physical welfare. Temples were built for priests - physicians. In Greece temples remains of "Asklepios" provided hostels, hospital wards, bath houses, gymnasia. Hygeia symbolized health and panacea. Hippocrates born in 460BC was a great physician and held ideals of ethical conduct and practice. Todays medical students still adhere to this oath when graduation and also laid the foundations of scientific medicine.Miniature Doll - Dressed in Blue Dress with Silver Trim 30 cm tall with name tag. Name Tag Hygeianursing history, nursing education equipment, miniature doll -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GET TOGETHER
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, April 19, 2004. Get together: Church of Christ's picnic day at Ravenswood, 1947. Some of the family names of those attending are Nan, Tie, Pollock, Hughes, Langley, Jones, Ackland, Thorton, Pearl, Dues, Gillam, Martin, Whitting, Buchan, Mead, Turner, Priest, Legge, Ellis, Crowe, Lowery, Jackel, Felfon, Streader, Tattersal, Buller, Graham, Lacy, Cambridge, Bramley and Greenwood. The Minister was Pastor Robinson. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Print - Reproduction, Holy Communion on the battlefield (original painting title: Preserve Thy Body and Soul), c.1915
The original artwork painted by William Yates Holt Titcomb (1858-1930), an English artist specialist in religious subjects, is located in Clifton College Chapel, Bristol, England (visible in their virtual tour online). The original title draws on the Giving of Communion words: The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for you, preserve your body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your heart by faith with thanksgiving. The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for you, preserve your body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ's blood was shed for you, and be thankful. The body of Christ. The blood of Christ. The body of Christ keep you in eternal life. The blood of Christ keep you in eternal life. The body of Christ, broken for you. The blood of Christ, shed for you. The bread of heaven in Christ Jesus. The cup of life in Christ Jesus.FigurativeReproduction ( Lithograph?) framed mounted and glazed print. The image shows a group of soldiers kneeling before a makeshift altar during World War One in Flanders field with a Red Cross flying on a flag pole at the far right of the composition. A Union Jack flag is being used as an improvised altar cloth. A priest or chaplain in a surplice, also a soldier , administers the sacrament to the reverent congregation. The print is glazed with a substantial window mount and housed in a dark wood frame with eyelet screws and very rusted hanging wire.Preserve Thy Body + Soulpainting, world war one, ww1, wwi, soldier, priest, altar, union jack, red cross, red cross flag, titcomb, andre sleigh and anglo ltd, clifton college, royal academy exhibition, 1915, preserve thy body and soul, reproduction print, the soldiers' communion, william yates holt titcomb (1858-1930), artwork-paintings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH MARCHING TEAM
Black and white photograph of the Golden Square Primary School boys Marching Team. Date Nov. 2nd 1970. The twenty three boys are; David Hunter, Noel Claridge, Greg Hammond, Ricky Ervin, Paul Foley, Garry Stewart, John English, Robyn Adams, Tim Doye, Gregory Devanny, Paul Bateman, John Tresidder, Colin Grenfell, Peter Jarvis, Stewart Davey, Michael Priest, Peter McConville, Terry Blaufuhs, Ian Symons, Barry Palmer, Bill Bradley, Wayne Symons and Glenn Lloyd.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - photograph marching team, david hunter, noel claridge, greg hammond, ricky ervin, paul foley, garry stewart, john english, robyn adams, tim doye, gregory devanny, paul bateman, john tresidder, colin grenfell, peter jarvis, stewart davey, michael priest, peter mcconville, terry blaufuhs, ian symons, barry palmer, bill bradley, wayne symons, glenn lloyd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH RUNNERS UP - FOOTBALL
Black and white photograph of the Golden Square Primary School Runners Up - Football, dated Nov. 2nd 1970. Photograph taken under a tree. The coach is Mr. D. Munari and the nineteen boys are: Kevin McCurdy, Terry Blaufuhs, David Hill, Colin Grenfell, Leigh Hunter, Stephen Gault, Clifford Ireland, Ricky Ervin, Michael Priest, Noel Claridge, Robyn Adams, David Hunter, Gregory Devanny, Bill Bradley, Peter McConville, Ian Symons, Barry Palmer, Peter Jarvis and Colin Wright.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - photograph runners up - football, kevin mccurdy, terry blaufuhs, david hill, colin grenfell, leigh hunter, stephen gault, clifford ireland, ricky ervin, michael priest, noel claridge, robyn adams, coach - mr. d munari, david hunter, gregory devanny, bill bradley, peter mcconville, ian symons, barry palmer, peter jarvis, colin wright -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ANNIE LANSELL (MISS) - PORTRAIT, 1960/1961
Photographs (2of) - both black and white. 1st one - Miss A.Lansell, taken on her 100 birthday,budgie on right hand, sitting up in bed, close up. 2nd Photo - Miss A.Lansell in the centre, a group of 5 other women and 1 male and 2 priests, 4 of the women holding posies. 2 newspaper cuttings - both cuttings about the death of Miss Annie Lansell, 7th April,1961, aged 101 years old. Daughter of William and Jane Lansell, niece to George Lansell.Bendigo Advertiser Photographic Service.person, individual, lansell family, annie lansell. william lansell. jane lansell. george lansell. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Nichols, Alan
Montmorency resident, Rev Alan Nichols worked as a crime reporter then as a priest n Burma, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, South Africa and Kenya; he was deputy chairman of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre board and writing a book on the West Papuan refugees who came to Australia by canoe in January 2006. Contents Newspaper article: "A life close to violence," Diamond Valley Leader, 21 March 2007. Outlines Rev Alan Nichols past work and current activities.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcalan nichols, west papuan refugees 2006 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, James Murray & Combined Churches Drought Action in Africa, 1984
At a press conference in Melbourne, the Australian Council of Church, Australian Catholic Relief, the Baptist World Aid and Relief Committee, the Lutheran World Service and the Seventh Day Adventists joined to speak about a combined appeal to relieve drought victims in Africa. One speaker was Anglican priest the Rev. James Murray, who had recently returned from some of the drought-stricken areas with a film-maker, having been sent on behalf of the appeal. The article has three columns and provides more detail about the drought and its effects and how the churches' help will be used.Head & shoulders photo of middle-aged man wearing a beard.C&N identification.combined churches drought action in africa, murray, james -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - St Joseph's Catholic Church Elsternwick
Three documents about the history of this church: 1/Handwritten notes by Hilary Bullock dated 1978 on the beginning of St Joseph's Church Elsternwick plus recording that Margaret Stewart Bullock wrote a history of this church in 1973 for Brighton Historical Society. 2/Carbon copy reprinted article by Kathleen Meehan, dated 9/10/1978, on the history of St Joseph's Church Elsternwick including early parish priests. 3/Typed article taken from Golden Jubilee booklet on church's history. Handwritten additions researched by Claire Bartonst joseph's roman catholic church, orrong road, elsternwick, carey m rev, catholic church, foundation stone, bullock hilary a, st james church, north road, gardenvale, south caulfield, glenhuntly, leadlights, pioneers, dolan m father, walsh walter, daly timothy, cleary j h, meehan kathleen -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Book - St. Mary’s Church, Caulfield
Two copies of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Glen Eira Road, Caulfield. Souvenir of 50 years 1858-1908. Includes history of the church, home and foreign missions, list of memorials and gifts in the church. Also photos of parishioners the church and interior, the vestry and Rev. A.J.H. Priest and Mrs. Priest, and Rev. H.B. Macartney and Mrs. Macartney. Two copies of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Glen Eira Road Caulfield. Souvenir record of 60 years 1858-1918. Includes history of the wooden church, names of the early parishioners, the first, third and fourth incumbencies, the jubilee school, Sunday school, choir and organ, daughter churches and St. Mary’s a mission parish, and the last decade from 1908 to 1918. It also has a list of organisations and office bearers. Manila book has all photos omitted. There are twelve photos including St. Mary’s choir, a group of St. Mary’s Sunday school teachers, missionaries, curate, organist and verger, Rev. H.T. Langley and Mrs. Langley. Three leaflets from St. Mary’s Church, the first 100 years of the church building 1871-1971. Leaflets detail the centenary services and functions. It has a list of office bearers and vicars, named windows, the honour roll and some other notable areas in the church and furniture.watts thomas, caulfield, glen huntly road, balaclava, hawthorn road, the black chapel, st. mary’s, park street, porter mrs., pennington mr., pennington mrs., stephen wilberforce, stephen mrs., hart mrs., cox peter, bunton barbara -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Conversation in Celia Little Room, c. 1955
This photograph is a snapshot of how the Celia Little Room was used in the late 1950s, and the people who visited the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne at the time.The Mission to Seafarers Melbourne is a place of respite for visiting seafarers since 1917. The image shows a particular point in history in the Celia Little Room at the Mission, where the services provided to seafarers are being used.The image depicts a group of people in the foreground of the Celia Little Room at Mission to Seafarers Melbourne. A Priest is sitting to the left of a table with a number of tea cups and saucers. There is a man sitting in the middle with his arms crossed with his elbows on the table. A lady sits to the right of the table and she is holding a cup and saucer. Another man is sitting between the lady and the man with his arms crossed, he is bald. There are two men in the background who appear to be reading, one man is partially blocked from view by the man at the table with his arms crossed. The walls are timber lined.The reverse side of the photograph in the top right corner is an "O" with what appears to be a "9" in the middle of the "O". table, tea, reverend, reading, mission-to-seafarers-melbourne, celia-little-room, priest, wains-coting, flinders-street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 19th January, 1931 between R.L. Priest (seller) and F.S. Shepherd & C.A. Shepherd (buyer) for land situate Epsom Road, Eaglehawk Flat, being conditional purchase lease of special settlement area land from the Crow, entered in the register book volume 1001 folio 200107, allotments 152B and 152C section N, containing 15 acres no roods 27 perches at the present occupied by Mr. Hummel as tenant. Together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 250 poundsorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COMBINED PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION MINUTE BOOK 1960 -1961, 1960 - 1961
Combined Pensioners' Association Minute Book 1960 -1961 contains General and Committee minutes for these years in a grey covered book with red spine. Hand written on front cover is information that the group was inaugurated 8/10/59, President Mr. C. Belcher, Secretary Mrs. Lindrea, Treasurer Mr. A. Morrison, Vice President Mr. A. Priest, Assistant Secretary Mrs. Neville. Inside front cover lists Executive elected 1960, President Mr. Hughes, Secretary Mrs. Lindrea, Treasurer Mr. Morrison. Loose pages list paid members ( with addresses.)bendigo, clubs