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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SCARCE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Scarce: the prolonged dry weather in 1865 made water very scarce in Eaglehawk. It had to be carried from Sandhurst for domestic use.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONSTABLE RYAN COLLECTION: PHOTOCOPIES OF THE BENDIGO ADVERTISER AND BENDIGO INDEPENDENT
Photocopies of pages from the Bendigo Advertiser January 8, 1886. Article on the weather the day constable Ryan disappeared.Bendigo Advertiser from January 9, 1886. Article on the strange disappearance of a constable. The Bendigo Independent from April 9, 1886. Article on the mind reader at the White Hills mystery.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, constable ryan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: BENDIGO'S CENTURY VOLUME THREE: 1920 - 1929
Newspaper supplement titled Bendigo's Century Volume Three: 1920 - 1929. Front page has a photo of The Duke and Duchess of York visit to Bendigo, 1927. Each year has heading of Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business. First years are 1910 - 1919 titled The way we were. 1920 is titled Prince hailed. 1921 - City racks up a milestone. 1922 - Furore erupts. 1923 - Felons escape from city gaol. 1924 - Bid to finish RSL memorial. 1925 - Foul odour over sewerage plan. 1926 - Lest we forget Bendigo's fallen. 1927 - Royal Visit captures city. 1928 - Four shot in farm tragedy. 1929 - Billie's trip to remember.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo's century - volume three: 1920 - 1929, bendigo advertiser, duke and duchess of york, cr e m vains, r putnam, a j taylor, j h jackson, w crowley, sandhurst football club, george lansell, st peter's church, bendigo junior technical school, prince of wales, unity mine, mr w wilson, badak tin mining syndicate, mr t w ortonmr h scarborough, mr raleigh, general sir w r birdwood, the soldiers' memorial committee, bendigo city council, rsl memorial hall, captain g c wilson, lietenant r j parer, lieutenant j c mcintosh, cr j p carolin, h k morris, e a morris, turf tavern hotel, rev donald baker, all saints' pro--cathedral, keck's nursery, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, rising sun hotel, leanne mcdonnell, most rev john mccarthy, sir john quick, prime minister billy hughes, state rivers and water supply commission, diptheria, edna stevens, bendigo railway workshops, watson sustenance fund, sir joseph cook, dr lanza, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, bendigo benevolent asylum, miner's phthisis, bendigo gas company, electric light company, bendigo sewerage authority, commonwealth bank, cr curnow, the earl of stradbroke, dame nellie melba, princess theatre, lt-col g hurry, h sw lawson, countess of stradbroke, clunes woollen mills, girton college, mrs polglaise, mrs kennedy, gold discovery memorial, cr m g giudice, victorian co-operative freezing company, bendigo brick and tile company, mr lawson, soldiers' memorial, windermere hotel, toni riley pharmacy, bendigo gaol, mr a a dunstan mla, new red white and blue mine, claude de vere, walter osborne, sir john and lady quick, jonathan smalley, bendigo advertiser, st paul's bells, mr t cambridge, epsom public hall, bendigo school of mines, major lansell, mr h s w lawson, cr david andrew, colonel hurry, mr s bruce, bendigo sewerage authority, eppalock weir scheme, bendigo football league, r s l memorial, major g v lansell, lempriere, mr s m bruce, sandhurst hotel, market square, big hill tunnel, bendigo football league, bendigo united cricket club, south bendigo rex, sacred heart cathedral, hercules mine, gillies, aids & appliance shop, anne caudle centre, fizelle & mulqueen, south new moon mine, bendigo sewerage authority, mr a a kelley, epsom sewerage works, white hills botanical gardens, mr j sternberg mlc, bendigo book of remembrance, bendigo football league, senator general drake-brockman, captain dyett, school of mines, handschin and romus, hanro (aust.) bendigo knitting mills, charles handschin, farmers' union, andrew sunstan mla, country progressive party, john allan, captain g j c dyett, eahlehawk ufs dispensary, data fundamentals, the duke and duchess of york, the hercules mine, cr j a michelsen, lansell family, bendigo agricultural society, huntly shire council, bendigo creek trust, south african war memorial, cr j h curnow, st paul's church of england diamond jubilee, bendigo chamber of commerce, bendigo freezing works, bendigo pottery, bendigo trotting club, new red white and blue mine, the conservatory, cr e g batchelder, hercules mine, billie rigby, bendigo railway station, travellers' aid society, eppalock weir, the state rivers and water supply commission, bendigo railway workshops, frank grove, cr curnow, electric supply company, state electricity commission, australian aero club, bendigo preserving company, jardine, busbridge, feeman, mr h pearce, bfl, fred wood -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: BENDIGO'S CENTURY VOLUME SIX: 1950 - 1959
Newspaper supplement titled Bendigo's Century Volume six: 1950 - 1959. Front page has a photo of Gillies' famous corner, 1954. Each year has heading of Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business. First year is 1950 titled Gillies: it's a Bendigo icon. 1951 is titled It's party time. 1952 - City mourns King George. 1953 - Mining ceases. 1954 - City thrilled at royal visit. 1955 - Push to save old Joss House. 1956 - Olympic fever grips Bendigo. 1957 - State Cabinet visits Bendigo. 1958 - Plan to keep historic mine. 1959 - Water storage woes solved. Back page has the Gillies Story.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo's century - volume six: 1950 - 1959, gillies' corner, bendigo advertiser, john lienhop mlc, north deborah mine, les gillies, alan gillies, norm gillies, black swan hotel, sir dallas brooks, cr a g weynton, bert mundy, cr poulston, the northern district school of nursing, lister house, the bendigo free library, rev dr c irving, shamrock hotel, sir albert dunstan, the most rev dr john mccarthy, jack davey, 1950 empire games, hercules gold mines, amy castles, ben templeton, cobb & co, cr norman oliver, reg parker, fred amer, les hammer, colonel george victor lansell, john quick, mr l w galvin, mr p j clarey mhr, hanro knitting mills, flooding, bendigo pottery, snow fall, the last lamp-lighter, the north deborah, aids & appliance shop, boardwalk, the late king george vi, the north deborah, beehive building, st paul's, st kilian's, upper reserve, bendigo trades hall, bendigo blackout, bendigo hospital, shamrock hotel, gerald smith, britannia hotel, mr a j harris, william morris (billy) hughes, andrew hampson, deborah anticline, north deborah, central deborah, diamond hill mine, north nell gynne mine, robert ross haverfield, sandhurst commercial courier, arthur moore lloyd, robert ross haverfield, angus mackay, jj casey, james henderson, david stuart, bendigo independent, colonel george lansell, bendigo base hospital, bendigo town hall, victorian electric traction association, the most rev b d stewart, st vincent's memorial college, commonwealth athletic club, south atlas racetrack, harp and shamrock hotel, mr and mrs f drake, cr f w clayton, cr r poulston, j h abbott & co, sir george lansell, clan macleod, bendigo gaol, queen alexandra fountain, belfast hotel, commonwealth bank, st vincent's college, lyric threatre, des duguid, brian cahill, lord's raceway, red white & blue extended gold mining company nl, central napoleon gold miningcompany nl, joss house, harry john, bendigo advertiser, mr leggatt, university of melbourne, anz bank, golden drive-in theatre, bank of australasia, john brown industries, bendigo football league, bendigo trotting club, faith leech, racv, bendigo sewereage authority, bendigo base hospital, bendigo benevolent asylum, henry bolte, jack davey, russell oakley, neville stilwell, channel seven, bendigo's olympic pool, annie caudle centre, strathfieldsaye aerodrome committee, southern airlines, cr d j osborn, cairn curran reservoir, state savings bank, commonwealth bank of australasia, belfast hotel, bennett's arcade, eppalock weir, bendigo cenotaph, sir edmund herring, cr a s craig, bendigo creche, bendigo high school, bendigo pottery, shamrock hotel, the venerable ronald richards, bishop riley, all saints cathedral, mr albert bush, bendigo arcade company ltd, woolworths, bull's head hotel, pike's corner, arcade hotel, upper coliban reservoir, cr tom flood, crystal egg co, sailor's guide, central deborah, central nell gwynne mine, bendigo benevolent home, ron masters, george daniel, eppalock dam, water commission, public works committee, bendigo central victoria telecasters ltd, channel nine, royal princess theatre, sir george lansell, volunteer defence corps, bendigo independent, countess erna cadorin, count ettore cadorin, ernst mueller, sutex pty ltd, dick turner, marco cavasassi -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK PRIMARY SCHOOL
Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. A black & white photo of Eaglehawk Primary School No. 55210. The ornate façade of the school can be clearly seen including the ornate tower with its iron fence & the weather vane on the top.buildings, government, eaglehawk primary school, harry biggs collection, eaglehawk primary school -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: TORNADO AT MARONG, September 27th 1911
Photograph (proof 72) Shows a Tornado Funnel stretching from very dark clouds to the ground. A white wooden fence stands out in the foreground. Original is in an oval frame. Underneath the photo is written : Australian Tornado at Marong, Loss if life and destruction of property, Sept, 27th 1911, photo taken by C. Hosken, 3 miles distant, Bolton Bros. print. At the side of the photo, written in biro is: same sized negative.C. Hoskentopic, weather, tornado, tornado0 at marong, c. hosken -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: UNKNOWN FAMILY IN FRONT OF COTTAGE
Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. A faded black & white photo of an unknown family comprising 2 women, 2 men & a child are standing in front of a weather board home with a high picket fence. The house has a corrugated iron roof and the front door has glass inset into it. Two dogs are with the family.person, group, personal/portrait, harry biggs collection, unknown family in front of house. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: SHEARING SHED
B&W Photograph of a shearing shed, with a wooden extension, there are sheep yards off to the side of the extension. There is a weather vane attached to the gable, there are trees in the background. Another shed with a weather vane can be seen behind the trees. A ramp extends upwards from a door in the end of the shed. The words 'East Loddon Shire' are written at the bottom of the Photoplace, building, shearing shed, east loddon shire, shearing shed -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - METAL CREATIONS, 1971
Slide. Metal Creations. Airplanes,windmills,birds,weather vanes are some of the creations made of metal. March 1971slide, bendigo, metal creations., metal creations. -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO MEN STANDING IN FRONT OF A WEATHER BOARD HOUSE - WOLFENDEN HOUSE. CORNER LESLIE AND SMEATON ROAD CLUNES.HAND WRITTEN IN BLACKLEAD PENCIL WOLFENDEN HOUSE CNR. LESLIE AND SMEATON ROAD.local history, photography, photographs, early citizens -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Domestic object - Glass Dish, 1884
The Joseph H Scammell sailed from New York on 13th January 1891 bound For Melbourne Australia. On 7th May 1891 she hit rough weather outside Port Phillip Bay, and hit the reef 400 metres off Port Danger, at Torquay. The people on board were rescued the next day but the ship broke up and cargo and goods were strewn along the foreshore. An auction of goods was conducted by Burns and Sparrow and this dish was purchased by Edwin Molyneaux, one of the Founding Fathers of Torquay, and donated by his Great Grand daughterThis item was rescued from the only shipwreck off Torquay. The focus of this wreck has formed part of Torquay's history and folkloreA solid rectangular clear cut glass dish, part of collection from the Joseph H. Scammell.Original Note of unknown author "off /Joseph H/Scammell/May7th 1891glass dish, wreck of joseph h scammell -
Unions Ballarat
The age of paradox : a biography of England, 1841-1851, Dodds, John, 1953
An account of Britain in the early Victorian days, focussing upon such things as the Irish Famine, royal births, the Rowland Macassar hair oil, religion, performing arts and the weather. Historical - Victorian Britain. Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, britain, victorian england, irish famine, religion, performing arts -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, The Courier Ballarat, "The elements a threat to historic tram", 23/02/1985 12:00:00 AM
Photocopy of an article concerning the fate of a Ballarat tram after its return to Geelong and storage in open weather. The tram was in poor condition. BTPS did inspect but did not have the room to store and its poor condition went against recovery. Subsequently acquired by the TMSV and since sold?Photocopy of an article on an A4 sheet from the Geelong Advertiser dated 23-2-1985, titled "The elements a threat to historic tram". Article by David Fitzsimons about the poor condition of the body of Geelong tram No. 40 in Queens Park Newtown. Gives a short history of the tram, including its time in Ballarat as No. 43. Quotes Dr. David Ellerton who reported on the situation, Mr Tom Wilson, City Engineer of Newtown. Has a photo of the tram in Queens Park. Mentions offering the tram to the BTPS.trams, tramways, geelong, queens park, newtown, sale of trams, scrapped trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONSTABLE RYAN COLLECTION: TELEGRAM RE DISAPPEARANCE OF CONSTABLE RYAN, 6th January, 1886
Post Office Telegram January 8 1886 Re: Disappearance of Constable Thomas Ryan of White Hills Police Service No. 1098. It is feared that Constable Ryan fell down a mine shaft in White Hills on his way back from making an inspection of the Chinese Camp in Kennington in inclement weather on Wednesday night January 6, 1886 some time between 9 and 10 pm.bendigo, history, police history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (Continued) The scene at the Gravel Pits was especially animated, and would have made a capital sketch. The crowded assemblage of white awnings on these clay heaps, which the diggers had raised to protect them at their work on rainy weather, these standing at different elevations; the diggers turning their windlasses; and others, in rows of half-a-dozen along the sides of muddy pools, working away at their puddling tubs with their shovels, chopping and stirring them about; other cradling; others washing out. (Continued) Markings: 34 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - Dunn's Rock Eppalock, 2012
The low rolling hills of the Kimbolton countryside consist of ancient, hard and fractured Ordovician rock up to 65 million years old, which was originally deposited deep under the sea. Rocks mainly are sandstone, mudstone, black shale and quartz conglomerates. Marine fossils can be found in the area. Around seven million years ago a basalt flow buried the original bedrock along the along the Campaspe River. Ongoing weathering, wind and water movement over the following years has produced younger clay, sand, silt and gravel deposits throughout the area. Patches of White Hills Gravel are also found in the area. Another unique geological feature of this area is the Permian Glacial Pavement rocks north and south of Eppalock and glacial sediments (such as “Dunn’s Rock” and “Kellams Rock”). During the ice age (up to 280 million years ago) large glaciers moving over the countryside, scoured out sediments, pulverized bedrock, polished and cut grooves into bedrock in the direction of ice movement. When the ice melted boulders etc where left behind in areas of entirely different rock types, such as a 100 Tonne granite block known as ‘The Stranger’ near Derrinal. Dunn's Rock (Glaciated Pavement) Eppalock - Photos of the rock and a field group collecting date with Lake Eppalock (Knowsley) in the backgroundhistory, bendigo, dunn's rock eppalock, kimbolton forest, lake eppalock, gately collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1852
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Mt Alexander Escort, 1852. In dry weather, the gold (locked in iron boxes) was escorted to Melbourne in open carts. Markings: 22 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Weather Almanac and General Guide
BHS CollectionSeventy pages book. Missing the cover. Published in Melbourne by Clarson, Massina and Co, 72 Little Collins Street East. Weather Almanac and General Guide and Handbook for Victoria for 1873. An advertising page for J.G. Haynes pastry cook and confectioner. Mollison Street, Sandhurst is now at the front due to the missing cover. Aileen and John Ellison collection: 1873, weather almanac -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Programme - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: GOLDEN SQUARE DISTRICT MEMORIAL SERVICE 1918 PROGRAM, 1918
LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: GOLDEN SQUARE DISTRICT MEMORIAL SERVICE 1918 Program (2 Copies) For those who have fallen in the service of their country, Golden Square Reserve. Weather permitting or Golden Square Methodist Church Sunday 5th May 1918bendigo, history, churches -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wade's Farm, Kilby Road, Nineteenth Century
""The public trial of reaping machines, under the auspices of the Port Phillip Farmers' Society, advertised to take place on Friday, last, but postponed on account of the weather, came off December 27. The place selected (Mr. Wade's farm, Belford, near Kew) is undulating ground, with a remarkably heavy crop of wheat upon it. This, taken in connection with, the state of the ground, still soft from the recent rains, made the trial an uncommonly severe one. ..."(South Australian Advertiser, 15 January 1859) Some bricks used in Kew buildings came from the brickworks on Wade's Farm at the end of Belford Road near the Yarra River (now part of the Kew Golf Club). (History of RSL by John Torpey)Wade's Farm, Kilby Road, Kew.wade's farm, farming (kew), kilby road, north kew, belford road, kew, kew golf club -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
The Government first granted land for the building of a Presbyterian Church in Sunbury in Stawell Street and Barkly Street, in 1864 and a smaller building was later erected on the site. In 1904 Rev Goyen pressed for a brick church rep[lace the smaller weather board building and the foundation stone was laid for the new church was laid by Mrs. John Duncan on 17th August 1904 and the new church opened by Lady Clarke on 13th November 1904.The Presbyterian Church was one of the earliest churches to be established in Sunbury along with a school.A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of the front view of a brick church with a light picket fence across the front. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, c1920s
The swimmers were seated on the diving board over Jacksons Creek at The Nook, which served as a swimming pool in Sunbury until 1966 when the long-awaited for swimming pool was officially opened in Ligar Street on19th January 1966. For a number of years before the official opening townspeople organised many fund raising events to pay for the new pool. The pool at The Nook served as a popular swimming place for many years in Sunbury during the summer weather.A sepia photograph with a white border of a group of eight swimmers sitting on a diving board over a river. swimming, the nook, swimming clubs -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, 25th July 1986
Heavy snow fell across Melbourne and surrounding suburbs, including Sunbury, on 25th July 1985. The photograph taken from the pedestrian bridge at Sunbury Railway Station is looking north to the historic Macedon Street bridge. The widespread snow across the metropolitan area on that day caused much chaos.A coloured photograph of widespread snow across a railway line and the surrounding area.sunbury railway station, extreme weather events, snow storms -
National Communication Museum
Document - Telegram, 24/10/1934
This telegram was sent from the Royal Netherlands Airways, Sydney, to the manager of ABC Radio Station 2CO, Corowa, New South Wales. This telegram relates to the 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race. The telegram records the Royal Netherlands Airways' thanks to ABC Radio 2CO radio staff for their efforts in broadcasting an emergency message to the residents of Albury after the Dutch airliner ‘Uiver’ became lost at night in bad weather. As requested local radio listeners drove their cars to the Albury racecourse and illuminated an emergency landing ground using their vehicle headlights. This allowed the lost airliner to land safely.This item relates to the London to Melbourne Air Race of 1934, a significant event that shaped Australia's history as it proved travelling to and from Australia could be done within a reasonable time by air, thereby making the country less isolated. Up to that time Australia was three weeks away from Europe by steam ship. The Air Race was dreamt up by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Harold Smith, to commemorate the centenary of Victoria's statehood and was sponsored by the Melbourne chocolate manufacturer Sir MacPherson Robertson. The Royal Netherlands Airways entered a Douglas DC2 plane 'Uiver' - the largest aircraft in the race, and the only one to carry passengers as well as crew, to show that a commercial passenger service to Australia was possible. But in the last leg of the race, the Uiver lost its way in an electrical storm over the Riverina town of Albury. Several communication methods were used to land the plane safely, including the signalling of the word "Albury" in Morse code using the town's street lights. Local ABC Radio station 2CO also made a call for locals to light up a makeshift landing strip for the plane at the town's racecourse. The plane landed safely and the next morning with the help of the townspeople who pulled it out of the mud, took off and finished the race in second place. The story of the Uiver points to the importance of communication in its various forms: two-way and broadcast radio, Morse, and light signals. The survival of the Uiver is a reflection of the ingenuity of Australian communications and the solutions that can be found through the sharing of ideas of information. The landing of the Uiver was an important moment in Albury's social history, as residents participated in the rescue of the plane and its passengers, helping the Uiver to continue on its journey and finish second in the Race. When the Uiver crashed in the Syrian Desert in December 1934, Albury residents contributed to a memorial which honoured those who were killed. Beige paper telegram printed with black ink and overwritten with typewriter. Telegram split into sections designating details of the telegram, details of the recipient and a space for the transmitted message. A small section of paper is missing from bottom left corner."Extend to you my warmest appreciation for your most valuable / assistance rendered to Netherlands machine by continuously keeping your / wireless organisation available during a period of extremely difficult / air navigation stop I assure you that in Holland and in Java your action / is most deeply appreciated Bakker chief representative in Australia for / Royal Netherlands airways. / 6 18pm"telegrams, telegraphic messages, communications, radio, uiver, royal netherlands airways, albury, london to melbourne air race, morse code -
Melbourne Legacy
Newspaper - Article, The Sun News Pictorial, Brother won VC, 1956
An article on the front page of The Sun with a photo from the 1956 School Students Ceremony. It was published on Anzac Day with articles estimating 20,000 people to march in the Anzac parade and the weather was inclement. The photo shows Margaret Mackey wearing her brother John Mackey's Victoria Cross The article was in a folder of documents about the history of Legacy which appears to have been mostly compiled by Legatee Cyril Smith as he has many hand written notes on miscellaneous pieces of paper (some are envelopes addressed to him). The notes were typed up into a summary of the History of Legacy. Also documents relating to the first time Legacy approached the public for donations in September 1956, including newspaper articles that were reprinted, a schedule of information that was approved to be released to the press, and a list of potential donors that was circulated to Legatees in the hope they could contact the ones they knew personally or professionally. The call for public donations was partially due to the purchase of the Dureau building and the need to modify the building for Legacy's needs. The documents from this folder have been added in separate records (see 01262 to 01281). The folder was part of an attempt to capture history of Legacy, generally from the 1950s.The collection of documents provide an insight into the working of Legacy, especially in the 1950s. Legatee Cyril Smith and others were detailing their experiences and knowledge for the future.Newspaper article about Legacy's School Student Anzac ceremony in 1956.wreath laying ceremony, anzac commemoration for students -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Footwear - Child's boot, 1940s
This small shoe (or boot) was found at Rosebrook, a small settlement between Warrnambool and Port Fairy, after the 1946 Western District floods. These floods are regarded as the worst in the history of European settlement in the Western District. At least five lives were lost, many small settlements and towns were isolated resulting in food shortages, onion and potato crops were ruined, 20 bridges were destroyed or damaged, roads were swept away, hundreds of farm animals perished and road and rail services were disrupted. The floods were the result of a very high rainfall in five successive days (658 points of rain in one 24 hours) and there was more flooding a week after the first major impact of the rains. A link to a major weather event in the South west.This is a small child’s brown shoe made of leather with a lace-up upper part (no laces) and a leather sole. The sides of the upper part of the shoe have broken away at the edges. As the shoe has been water-logged (it was found after the 1946 Western District floods) it has become hard and brittle. warrnambool, rosebrook western district floods, 1946, 1940's shoe -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Starry, Donn A., General, Armored Combat in Vietnam:, 1980
This book takes the reader from the earliest attempts by U.S. strategists to develop an armored force for the newly created Army of he Republic of Vietnam through eight years of hard fighting in a region in which tanks were once thought to be incapable of mobing, in weather that was supposed to hinder armored operations, against an enemy who was deemed too elusive and too disorganized to be stopped by armed forces.This book takes the reader from the earliest attempts by U.S. strategists to develop an armored force for the newly created Army of he Republic of Vietnam through eight years of hard fighting in a region in which tanks were once thought to be incapable of mobing, in weather that was supposed to hinder armored operations, against an enemy who was deemed too elusive and too disorganized to be stopped by armed forces. 1961-1975 - campaigns, united states. army. armoured force - history, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, army of the republic of vietnam (arvn) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - WATER PROBLEMS
Two handwritten pages with extracts from the Bendigo Advertiser Mining Intelligence. Notes mention making arrangements with other mines to resume bailing, Victoria Quartz still shaft sinking despite strong flow of water, Lansell's 180 preparing to bail water from the deep levels, so that the Victoria Quartz may continue shaft sinking and finishing cutting of plat at 4454 ft. Also a weather report on the 14/6/1910. From the Albert Richardson Mining History Collection.gold, drainage problems, drainage problems, water problems, bendigo advertiser mining intelligence 18/4/1910, 9/5/1910, 23/5/1910, 30/5/1910, 6/6/1910, 13/6/1910, victoria quartz, lazarus coy, lansell's 180, albert richardson -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Steering Gear, 1889
Steering Gear Operation: All steering was done from the stern of the ship and a steering mechanism was used to connect the rudder to the ship's wheel, often housed in a box-like construction behind the helm. The rudder was, in turn, mounted on a pintle or stern-post held in place by gudgeon's (sockets). The steering was activated with lines attached to the blocks on the two threads (half left hand, half right hand) of the steering gear. As the helmsman turned the helm in the direction in which he wished the ship to travel, the central screw of the steering gear, which was attached to the back of the helm, turned horizontally. This caused the rods on either side of the gear to move backwards or forwards at the same time, which then turned the pintle and rudder to port or starboard. A brief history of the Newfield (1889-1892): - The Newfield was an iron and steel sailing barque of 1306 tons, built in 1889 by Alexander Stephen & Sons Dundee (Yard No 89) for Brownelles & Co., Liverpool. The Newfield was on a voyage from Sharpness to Brisbane on 29 August 1892, with a cargo of 1850 tons of fine rock salt. The Cape Otway light had been sighted in squally, bumpy weather, but the captain was under the impression it was the King Island light. The ship’s chronometers were wrong, and orders were given to tack the ship away from the light, which headed it straight for the cliffs of the Victorian coast. The vessel struck rocks about 100 yards from shore, and five feet of water immediately filled the holds. The captain gave orders to lower the boats which caused a disorganised scramble for safety among the crew. The panic resulted in the deaths of nine men, including the captain when they drowned after the boats capsized in heavy seas. The seventeen men who regained the ship decided to wait until daylight and rowed to Peterborough in the ship’s jolly boat and gig after locals had failed to secure a rocket apparatus line to the ship. The Marine Board inquiry found the wreck was caused by a "one-man style of navigation" and that the captain had not heeded the advice of his crew.The Newfield wreck and its collection of recovered items are heritage listed and are regarded as historically significant. They represent aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and their potential for us today to interpret the maritime history and social themes of the time. The assemblage of various Newfield artefacts held in the Flagstaff Hill Museum is not only significant for its association with the shipwreck but helps archaeologists when examining the relationship between the objects to better understand our colonial marine past.Ship’s steering gear, cast iron, consists of a long round metal rod into which gears have been machined. The thread of the gear from one end to almost the centre winds in a left hand direction while the thread of the gear from the other end to almost the centre winds in the right hand direction. Each end of the rod has a metal coupler attached and two narrower round rods are also attached to the coupling, one each side of the gear rod, the same length as it and parallel to it. Two more ‘S’ shaped couplers are joined to the gear rod. Each of these have an opening through which the gear rod is threaded and can move along. There is another opening in these couplers through which one of the narrower rods is threaded. The other end of this coupler has half length metal rod attached to it by a bolt through the ring at the end of the rod. One end of the steering gear still has the brass hub of the ship’s wheel solidly attached. The hub no longer has its wooden spokes but the ten holes for the spokes can be easily recognised.Noneflagstaff hill, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, peter carmody, carmody, newfield, shipwreck, peterborough, south west victoria, rocket, rocket crew, shipwreck artefact, flagstaff hil maritime museum, steering, steering gear, screw steering gear, sailing ship -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Pergamon Press, Antarctic Meteorology, 1960
A non-fiction book detailing information about Antarctic weather patterns.Blue Harback 483 page book. Writing on the spine in gold lettering with an image of an ancient Greek (Spartan?) soldier in a circle at the bottom. Two gold lines across the bottom of the spine. The front and back cover are blank. No dust cover. Inside is an order form for ordering more books from the same published - Pergamon Press.non-fictionA non-fiction book detailing information about Antarctic weather patterns.meteorological, weather, antarctic, 1950s, maritime, nautical, portland