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Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Box of Cottonwool, mid 20th century
TROVE : Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), Saturday 29 March 1919, page 6. For Perfuming the Living or Sick Rooms, for Special Services, High, Mass, Requiem Service, and Benediction. "SANAX" Fragrant Pastille; ignite easily and burn steadily, emitting delightful fumes of fragrant incense. Every home should have them. All Chemists, or BURROWS PHARMACY, 5 Brunswick St., FITZROY. TROVE : Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Saturday 16 August 1941, page 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. ADVERTISERS …………Girl Packer, about 18 yrs. The Sanax Co., 5 Brunswick-street, Fitzroy. City…….. Manila coloured cardboard box printed in dark brown and orange containing a wad of cotton wool wrapped in blue paper.Box. Side 1. 'SANAX (logo) ABSORBANT COTTON. For Absorbing Blood or Drying a wound. As a Swab for Washing Wounds; to place above a Compress to keep the heat in; or as a pad to protect wounds or fractures. THE SANAX CO. Manuf. Chemists Melbourne Reg'd Office : 5 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, N.6.' Side 2. 'THERE'S A "SANAX" FIRST AID CASE for every purpose 27 Distinct Patterns to choose from. No. 1 "Sanax" First Aid For Factories, Home etc. No. 1a "Sanax" First Aid For the Home, Farm, School No. 2 "Sanax" First Aid For Factories, Mines, Quarries No. 4 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For Sports Clubs, Scouts, Guides No. 5 "Sanax" First Aid For Mines, Racing & Football Clubs No. 7 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For the Farm, Home or Sports Field No. 9 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For the Motor Car No. 11 "Sanax" First Aid (Pocket Size) For Boy Scouts, Girl Guides No. 20 & 25 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For the Motorist. Side 3. USE "SANAX" ACHE TABLETS for ALL PAINS ACHES and FEVERS - SAFE and EFFECTIVE. Side 4 Keep "Sanax" First Aid Dressing handy , for small wounds, cuts, cracked hands, and abrasions. It forms an antiseptic healing skin over the damaged part. Sole Makers The SANAX Co. Melbourne. Side 5. TRADE "SANAX" MARK cotton wool, wound dressing -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Programme - Fishermen's Bend Classic, Airstrip races, Feb 1956
Official souvenir programme Fishermen's Bend Classic airstrip races 11 & 12 February 1956. Details of races. 36 pages black and red cover. Digital image of cover on computer.sport - motor racing, fishermans bend airstrip, port melbourne speedway, light car club of australia -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Raising racehorses and greyhounds, Fishermen's Bend, c. 1920
Photos loaned for copying as digital images by the Stivey family: Group of 10 photos - raising racehorses and greyhounds on Bendfamilies, fishermans bend, sport - horse racing, sport - greyhound racing, mrs stivey -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Legatee function, 1945
The photo shows President W.A. Perrin accepting a donation from the Mr W.P. Mein of Williamstown Racing Club at a Legatee function. The Comradeship Bell is on the table so it is assumed it is a Legacy luncheon, usually held weekly. President 'Bill' Perrin is wearing dark glasses, as he was blind as a result of service in the First World War. He went on to be elected President of the Co-Ordinating Council at the Perth Conference in 1948 to succeed L/- Savige in the role. An article in Trove provides the date of 19 June 1943 for the luncheon. The Williamstown Racing Club donated the net proceeds of a race meeting on 12 May at Moonee Valley to Legacy, which was £9,178/8/6. The photo caption identifies the men as: 'CHEQUE FOR £9,178 being presented by Mr W. P. Mein, chairman of Williamstown Racing Club, to Mr W. A. Perrin, president of the Legacy Club at the club's luncheon yesterday. The funds were raised by a race meeting. Seated (from left) : Major H. Steele, Messrs E. Sherwen (vicepresident Legacy), A. N. Kemsley, S. G. Garnsworthy (treas, WRC), J. Lindon, and A. G. Spence.' More photos of this event are in the photo album at 00041.Legatees met up for comradeship meetings and functions. This photo records the donation from the Williamstown Racing Club.Black and white photo of Legatees at a function in 1945.Handwritten on reverse: 'Cheque being handed over to President Perrin by W Pultney Mein on behalf of the Williamstown Racing Club. Head Table: [names indistinct]' in pencil. Stamped copyright of The Argus Melbourne in purple ink and negative number 'U-2166' in pencil.legatee event, past presidents, donations -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, A Mural West of Tobruk, 1941
A photo of a mural in Libya painted by a South Australian Sapper of a bottle of Victorian Bitter Ale being poured into the Melbourne Cup trophy and horses racing. The photo, and two others, were sent to Melbourne Legacy in 1979 by Legatee Syd Wilson of Yamba NSW. He thought Melbourne Legacy might be able to use them to generate money by selling them for advertising or publicity. He said they were enlargements of snapshots he had found in his old army trunk. The text says 'A good thing for the Cup but better for the tonsils'. Legatee Wilson's letter says the murals were: 'painted on three walls of a white concrete Italian block house (Police Check post I think), some 18/20 miles west of Tobruk, between Tobruk and Derna, and near a captured Italian airfield, somewhere about February 1941. Obviously they were painted by a Victorian Sapper. They were very well done, by a competent Sign-writer/artist, in correct and excellent colours (captured Itie paint no doubt - there was plenty in their Naval Stores at Tobruk).' (NB Itie was slang for Italian). 'The photos were there when we were coming back from Western Libya sometime in March 1941, prior to the 6th Division going to Greece.' From the AWM website the signs were painted by South Australian painter, SZ538 Sapper Leslie John “Doc” Dawes, 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. There are several photos on the AWM site including the building the three murals were on.Photos taken by a Legatee when on active service in Libya in World War 2. They were donated to Legacy when it was thought they could be used for fundraising, which shows that Legatees were conscious of the way Legacy needs to generate funds to continue its work.Black and white enlargement of a photo taken in Libya of Victorian Bitter Ale for the Melbourne Cup mural.tobruk, beer, victorian bitter ale, ale, horse racing, murals, world war 2 -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Wooden framed photo finish, A Copley, New Derby, 6 December 1930
New Derby won The Redan Handicap Trot Ballarat on the 6 December 1930. New Derby owned by LJ King, was trained and driven by C Robertson. One large black and white photograph in a black frame. Top line: Ballarat / 6-12-30 Second line: The Redan Handicap Trot Third line: Won by "New Derby" Fourth line: Owner LJ King / Trainer & Driver C Robertson Bottom line: Distance 1 1/4 miles / Time 2 min 59 secs Bottom right corner: A Copley, 434a Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, ballarat, 1930, new derby, c robertson, lj king, a copley, charlie robertson, charlie robertson jnr, c robertson jnr -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Booklet - Membership, Victorian Trotting Club (V.T.C.) Elsternwick Park 1886 Member Ticket and Fixture
Victorian Trotting Club (V.T.C.) Elsternwick Park Member Ticket and Fixture for Season 1886Victorian Trotting Club (V.T.C.) Elsternwick Park Blue Booklet/Folder with Gold Writing with attached Blue Ribbon containing Member Ticket and Fixture for 1886 SeasonFront and Back Cover: V.T.C. / Season 1886. Inside Left: Victorian Trotting Club Elsternwick Park / No S39 / Season 1886 / Issued to Mr Bennett Esq / Not Transferable / Thos. Haydon Secretary / This Ticket entitles you to all the Privileges of Membership, which includes Admission for yourself and two Ladies to the Grand Stand / Its loss or non - production will render you liable to payment and the money will not be refunded / By Order of the Committee. Inside Right: Fixtures for 1886 / Saturday January 23rd / Wednesday March 17th (St Patrick's Day) Cup Meeting / Saturday April 24th Easter Saturday / " May 8th / " July 3rd / " August 28th / Wednesday October 13th Caulfield Cup Week / Wednesday November 3rd Melbourne Cup Week / Saturday December 18th / Andrew Sherar, 11 Collins street West, Melbourne. harness racing, trotting, membership, ticket, 1886, victorian trotting club, elsternwick park, mr bennett esq, fixture -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Mounted photo finish, A Copley, Direct Gift, 20 May 1922
Direct Gift won the Novice Trot Ballarat on the 20 May 1922. Direct Gift owned, trained and driven by J Ried. One large black and white mounted photograph. Top line: Ballarat / 20/5/22 Second line: Novice Trot Third line: Won by Direct Gift Fourth line: Owner Trainer Driver J Ried Bottom line: Distance 1 1/4 miles / Time 3 min 14 secs Bottom right corner: A Copley, 440 Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, ballarat, a copley, direct gift, j ried, 1922 -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Wooden framed photo finish, A Copley, Susie Royal, 10 February 1934
Susie Royal won the Trotter's Racer's Handicap Ballarat on the 10 February 1934. Susie Royal owned trained and driven by W Rothacker. One large black and white photograph in a black frame with gold trimmings. Top line: Ballarat / 10/2/34 Second line: Trotter's Pacer's Handicap Third line: Won by Susie Royal Fourth line: Owner Trainer & Driver W Rothacker Bottom line: Distance 1 1/2 miles / Time 3 min 46 secs Bottom right corner: A Copley, Phone F1748 434a Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, ballarat, a copley, 1934, susie royal, wc rothacker, bill rothacker -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Mounted photo finish, A Copley, Thelma Alto, 11 January 1926
Thelma Alto won the Trotters & Pacers Handicap at Geelong on the 11 January 1926. Thelma Alto owned, trained and driven by E Earl. One large black and white mounted photograph. Top line: Geelong / 11/1/26 Second line: Trotters & Pacers Handicap Third line: Won by Thelma Alto Fourth line: Owner, Trainer & Driver E Earl Bottom right corner: A Copley, 434a Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, geelong, thelma alto, e earl, 1926 -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Wooden framed photo finish, A Copley, Whip-Cord, 17 July 1933
Whip-Cord won the Association Handicap 1st Div at Ascot on the 17 July 1933. Whip-Cord owned and trained by R Harrington and driven by O Marshall. One large black and white photograph in a black and gold frame. Top line: Ascot / 17/7/33 Second line: Association Handicap (1st Div) Third line: Won by Whip-Cord Fourth line: Owner & Trainer R Harrington Driver O Marshall Bottom line: Distance 1 1/2 miles / Time 3 min 42 1/4 secs Bottom right corner: A Copley, Phone F1748 434a Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, a copley, whip-cord, ascot, 1933, r harrington, o marshall, orme marshall -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Wooden framed photo finish, A Copley, Prince Pirate, 20 July 1936
Prince Pirate won the Association Handicap 2nd Div at Ascot on the 20 July 1936. Prince Pirate owned, trained and driven by O Marshall. One large black and white photograph in a black and gold frame. Top line: Ascot / 20/7/36 Second line: Association Handicap 2nd Div Third line: Won by Prince Pirate Fourth line: Owner Trainer & Driver O Marshall Bottom line: Distance 1 1/4 miles / Time 2 min 56 secs Bottom right corner: A Copley, Phone F1748 434a Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, a copley, ascot, o marshall, 1936, prince pirate, orme marshall -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Wooden framed photo finish, A Copley, Glide Away, 7 May 1928
Glide Away won the Flying Handicap at Richmond on the 7 May 1928. Glide Away owned, trained and driven by A Petherick. One large black and white photograph in a black and gold frame. Top line: Richmond / 7/5/28 Second line: Flying Handicap Third line: Won by Glide Away Fourth line: Owner Trainer & Driver A Petherick Fifth line: Distance 1 mile / Time 2 min 18 3/4 sec Bottom right corner: A Copley, 434a Flinders Street Near William St Melbournehorses, race, winner, driver, trainer, owner, a copley, richmond, glide away, 1928, a petherick, alf petherick -
Melbourne Legacy
Functional object - Bookmaker's Bag
Bookmaker's bag used as a prop during Legacy golfing and social events. Bags such as this one were used by bookmakers to collect and securely hold punters' bet at racing events.Legatees had many social events together and used items like this.White painted leather bag with metal fastening mechanism. A short painted leather handle is joined to the bag by metal fastening clips. A long painted leather strap is joined to the bag by metal fastening clips.'R.J. Connell / Victorian Club' painted in black and 'U. Pickem / K.E.R.C.' Handwritten in black on other side.legatee event, legatee, golf -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Memorabilia - Silver trophy, Maori's Advice, 1990 The Holmfield 3yo Trotters
Maori's Advice (Garry's Advice Vic P 1.58.6 - Maori Mara Vic Tr 2.9.2 (Bravado Hanover)) Bay Gelding. Foaled 1986 (5th Foal). Breeder/Owner: R McD Healy & Co Pty Ltd. Trainer R McD Healy. Maori's Advice raced from 1989 (2yo) through to 1996 (9yo). Career: 5 wins 1 second 4 thirds 25 starts $26,593 2.03.5 Winning Driver: BR Healy. Won on 3 Tracks: Moonee Valley (3) Geelong (1) Maryborough (1) Maori's Advice won the 1990 The Holmfield 3yo Trotters at Moonee Valley over 1940m at a mile rate of 2.03.5. Driven by BR Healy. Defeating Le Strike 2nd and Random Height 3rd. Won the Heat and Final on the same night/meeting.Two Handled Silver Cup shaped Trophy with LidThe Holmfield / Moonee Valley / Saturday 23rd June 1990 John F Hickman / Trophies & Engraving / 4th Floor, 94 Elizabeth Street / Melbourne 3000 / Ph: 654 6535 maoris advice, 1990, the holmfield, moonee valley, br healy, bryan healy, r healy, ric healy, b healy, r mcd healy -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Mounted photo finish, A. Copley, Fair Admiral Richmond 11/3/1929 - Victoria Derby, 11 March 1929
Richmond TrottingLarge rectangular sepia harness racing photo finish mounted on cream-coloured paper. Written in black ink on the frame: Richmond 11/3/1929 / Derby 1000 Pounds Race / Trotting Divison / won by "Fair Admiral" / Owner Trainer & Driver C Robinson [sic] (name should be C. Robertson) Printed in the bottom right corner: A.Copley / 434a Flinders Street/Near Williams St,/Melbourne.richmond, trotting, victoria derby, fair admiral, harness racing, derby, sulky, charlie robertson jnr, c robertson jnr, c robertson, charlie robertson -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Photograph - Framed photo finish, A. Copley, Akeley, winner, Richmond Ladies Bracelet 3/11/1919, 3 November 1919
Large rectangular black and white harness racing photo finish mounted on white paper and framed in a thin wooden frame (probably remounted and reframed)Bottom centered in black ink: Richmond 3/11/1919 / Ladies Bracelet / Won by "Akeley" At the back stamp in blue ink: BG / Bethany Gallery / 116 Bridge Street, Bendigo, Vic 3550/ Ph: (054) 42 4771 Fax: (054) 42 3480trotting, richmond, akeley, ladies bracelet, joe hillier, 1919, harness racing -
Unions Ballarat
King George V (Don Woodward Collection), Rose, Kenneth, 1983
Biography of King George V, including excerpts from personal papers, documents and diaries.History and politics - United Kingdom. Monarchy - United Kingdom. Biographical interest - George V.Book; 514 pages. Dustjacket: plastic covering; green background; artistic impression of King George V and his racing manager at the Grand National, 1927; yellow lettering; author's name and title. Cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - united kingdom, monarchy - kings of england - george v, politics and government - united kingdom, biography -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Ferris Road Landscape, Unknown
Barrie House on Ferris Road was located on the west side south of Highway. Weather board house was moved from Harkness Rd in 1941 and was moved to Bulmans Road near Porteous Road 1988/90 The site was near the entrance to the Harness Racing Complex.Black and white photos of the Ferris Road landscapeagriculture -
Melton City Libraries
Pamphlet, Thoroughbred Country, c.1985
"Melton has a long and celebrated history of horse breeding and racing. Draught horses were a crucial aspect of life in the early days of European settlement, and were heavily depended upon for both transport and agricultural labour. Peppercorn trees at the corner of Station and Brooklyn roads have been associated with a horse trough installed there to provide a drink to workhorses carting produce to the chaff mills and railway station south of Melton.20 Breeders, trainers and harness drivers in the area later became such an influential force in the equine industry that this came to be a defining aspect of the district’s identity and reputation.Pioneer of the Victorian horse racing industry and early Rockbank squatter William Cross Yuille was one of the earliest importers of stud racehorses in the district in the 1850s. A leading sports editor and writer, Yuille established bloodstock auctioning agency W. C. Yuille & Co. and was involved in the compilation of the first Australian Stud Book, which ensures the integrity of thoroughbred breeding in Australia. According to early Melton chronicler Alexander Cameron, horse races were first organised in the area by Rockbank farmer William Keating. Keating owned racehorses of his own, and many brought horses from Melbourne for the events, which ‘drew large gatherings’.22 Melton Racing Club meetings were held on the Exford Estate with the permission of H. W. Staughton, who built a small wooden grandstand in 1882. Other early races and sports meetings are said to have been held in the vicinity of the current-day Melton golf course.23 An 1884 article reported that Melton’s ‘race programme … equals any put forth by country towns of far greater size’. Ernest Clarke was another important figure in the early horse racing industry in Melton. He established the Melton Stud in 1902, which bred numerous successful racehorses. Perhaps most notably The Welkin, one of the most famous stallions in Australian horse racing in the early twentieth century. The Welkin sired Gloaming, bred by Clarke at the Melton stud in 1915 and one of Australia’s greatest champion racehorses. During a long and prestigious career in both Australia and New Zealand, Gloaming achieved a triumphant 57 wins out of 67 starts and won a record amount of prize money. Ken Cox purchased the Stockwell Stud in Diggers Rest in 1957 and developed it into one of the largest and most renowned thoroughbred breeders in Australia. With its top-class facilities, international design standards and scientific methods, Stockwell became ‘the flagship of the Victorian breeding industry’.26 As well as racing studs, numerous trotting tracks were established on the flat plains around Melton in the 1960s.27 Other studs to play a leading role in the development of Melton as thoroughbred country were Cornwall Park and Merrywood at Toolern Vale, St John’s Lane Stud at Diggers Rest and Birchwood, Teppo Park and Dreelburn in the far north-east of the shire, near Sunbury. By 1985, thoroughbred horse breeding was such big business in Melton that the shire council adopted the slogan ‘The Heart of Thoroughbred Country’, which was used throughout its promotional material.29 But the slogan contained deeper meaning and was not just about Melton’s great equine industry and thoroughbred champions, the council explained: ‘“Thoroughbred Country” should be seen as a new concept of Melton, as a place where people can achieve the “Thoroughbred” ideal, excellence in all aspects of life’. The aim of the council in promoting ‘The Heart of Thoroughbred Country’, was ‘to instil in present and future residents the feeling that this is a place that is better than others. A place to be proud of’. In 1988, Melton’s champion reinsman Gavin Lang won his 176th race of the season, claiming the national harness racing record for the most wins in a single season.The following year, the first Melton Plate was held at Moonee Valley Racecourse, cementing the district’s importance in the harness racing industry. The inaugural winner was Victorys Phil, owned by local Danny Mullan. By the 1990s, Melton had earned the title of the ‘Home of Harness Racing in Victoria’. State-of-the-art, world-class harness racing facility and entertainment complex Tabcorp Park opened in Melton in 2009. In 2011, the Shire of Melton was home to over 140 registered trainers and over 1,200 horses. The municipality’s continuing leadership and influence in the industry today is a testament to the skills, talents and leadership of the local community over its history".Shire of Melton pamphlet of a map and information of the equine industry in Meltoncouncil -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Welkin the champ, 1983, 1927
"Although horse breeding and racing was an established and popular tradition in the district by the 1900s, one horse is credited with raising the profile of the industry in Melton during this period. The Welkin was bred in England and brought to Melton in 1910 as the foundation sire of Ernest Clarke’s Melton stud. Clarke, brother of Sir Rupert, enjoyed remarkable success with his champion stallion. By the time of the horse’s death in 1925, The Welkin had sired individual winners, with total winnings of almost £600,000. His most celebrated offspring, Gloaming, achieved 57 wins from 67 starts and won a then-record of £86,000 in prize money. The Welkin was buried at the entry gates to Clarke’s Melton stud under an inscribed marble headstone, as the racing world mourned the loss of ‘one of the most successful sires that ever did stud duty in Australia".Articles about Welkin the Champ featured in The Mail Express and Melton Express local identities -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Oppy's first ride here, 1996
Born 1904, he attended Melton School 430 1913/14. Achieved fame in bicycle racing, later was a well known Member of Parliament, held ministerial positions both in Australia and overseas. On October 27th launched Melton’s History–Plains of Promise 1985.Memories of Hubert Opperman, article featured in the Agelocal identities -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Oppy's bicycle, 1994
Born in 1904, Opperman attended Melton School 430 1913/14. Achieved fame in bicycle racing, later was a well known Member of Parliament, held ministerial positions both in Australia and overseas. On October 27th he launched Melton’s History – Plains of Promise 1985 The famous bicycle was left at its permanent “home” at the rooms of the Rochester Historical Society formerly Rochester Railway Station 1994.local identities, local significant events -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Government House Christmas Party 1960, 1960
Colour slide of a children at a Merry Go Round ride at Government House in 1960. The ride has racing cars for the children to ride in. Melbourne Legacy held an annual Christmas Party for Junior Legatees and Widows at Government House for many years. Junior Legatees were given gifts. 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 is the best available.A record of a Legacy Christmas party held at Government House.Colour slide of a Merry-Go-Round ride with racing cars a Legacy Christmas Party at Government House, in a cardboard Kodak mount with red printing.Handwritten 'The Merry Go Round Govt House Party 1960' in blue ink.christmas party, government house party, carousel -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Older style racing car on display, Ballarat, 2011
... Street, Ballarat. racing car sturt street ballarat ...Old red racing car on display in Sturt Street, Ballarat.racing car, sturt street ballarat -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Rowing Regatta, Lake Wendouree 1926
Shows crew in 4 racing shell. One of the rowers is Ted Morgan.lake wendouree, rowing regatta, sport, people -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Pamphlet - Offical Race Meeting Card, Thomas Drenen, Rutherglen Racing Club. Winter Meeting: Wednesday, 13th May, 1908, May 1908 (Exact)
... racing club 134 Main Street Chambers Riteway Supermarket Thomas ...Office bearers of the Rutherglen Racing Club: President--Mr W R Commins; Vice-presidents--Messrs S P Gollings, H W Allen and J Geoghegan; Treasurer--Mr J Geoghegan; Judge--Dr Harris J.P.; Handicapper--Mr M Mitchell; Stewards--Messrs W R Commins, M Martin, S P Gollings, J Geoghegan, A Prentice J.P.;H W Allen, H McKay, J Logan, D Frew, J Prentice and H E D Kelly; Clerk of Scales--Mr W J Parlett; Clerk of Course--Mr A Gill; Starter--Mr J Hiskins; Secretary--T Drenen Part of a collection of business documents found under the floor of a building in Main Street when it was being renovated. At that time the owner was Don Chambers, and the premises was occupied as the Chambers Riteway Supermarket. The location (134 Main Street) is currently (2022) occupied by Miegel’s Pharmacy Rutherglen. Horse racing meeting information printed on card.Pencil marks beside some runnersgollings, allen, geoghegan, harris, mitchell, martin, prentice, mckay, logan, frew, kelly, parlett, gill, hiskins, drenen, horse racing, racing, rutherglen racing club, 134 main street, chambers riteway supermarket -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Financial record - Note Book Journal, 1913 (Approximate)
... Rutherglen Historical Society Murray Street Rutherglen high ...Part of a collection of business documents found under the floor of a building in Main Street when it was being renovated. At that time the owner was Don Chambers, and the premises was occupied as the Chambers Riteway Supermarket. The location (134 Main Street) is currently (2022) occupied by Miegel’s Pharmacy Rutherglen. Mixed notes and commercial information relating to betting on the boat races held on Lake Moodimere. Notes are hand written in a battered notebook.On cover: "James [illeg.], Murray Racing Association" "Romeo" also some graffiti resembling wine glasses. murray racing association, lake moodemere, betting, wagers, boat racing, bookmakers, 134 main street, chambers riteway supermarket -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Financial record - Note Book Journal, 1913 (Approximate)
Part of a collection of business documents found under the floor of a building in Main Street when it was being renovated. At that time the owner was Don Chambers, and the premises was occupied as the Chambers Riteway Supermarket. The location (134 Main Street) is currently (2022) occupied by Miegel’s Pharmacy Rutherglen. Mixed notes and commercial information relating to horse racing. Notes are hand written in a notebook with a missing front cover.horse racing, betting, wagers, rutherglen racing club, bookmakers, 134 main street, chambers riteway supermarket -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Coxed Pair race boat, Richmond Boat Sheds, The Queen of Hearts, 1936
First used Boxing day 1936 at Nagambie, Launched by Mrs S.G. Williams wife of the Shire President. The champaign bottle failed to break and a hammer was required. The first race was rowed by H. Gayer (bow) W. Bourke (stroke), Ted Forbes (cox) winning maiden pairs and the same crew won lightweight pairs at Lake Moodemere 1st Jan 1937. The boat was then purchased with funds raised in a queen competition held in Rutherglen and contested by 3 queens, Elise Frances, Emma Howard and Peggy Bourke (the winner and she went on to marry the bow H. Gayer). The Queen of Hearts went to the Air Force at Tocumwal during the WWIIClinker build racing row boaton stern VRA No. 176rowing, regatta, boats