The item was a donation to Ballarat School of Mines sometime in the early forties. It was handed in to Geoff Biddington thinking it may have nostalgic relevance to the Museum Collection. He handed it on to Bill Ryan who was the collector - Museum Exhibit. The type of solid brass ruler may have been used in Drawing Offices of Consultants - Engineers, Architects, Surveyors. Brass rule with straight edges. Mounted on grooved roller mounts. Lifting knobs at each end. Polished wooden box (blackwood) with brass hinges and clips.brass, ruler, engineers, architects, surveyors, museum collection, geoff biddington, bill ryan, exhibits

This metal sphere is part of the wooden barque, the Grange, built in 1840. The sphere was recovered from the shipwreck of the Grange in around 1968, 110 years after the Grange was wrecked (see below for further details on the Grange). It is part of the John Chance Collection. THE GRANGE, 1840-1858- The wooden barque ’Grange’ was a three-masted ship built in Scotland in 1840 for international and coastal trade. On March 22, 1858, the Grange set sail from Melbourne under Captain A. Alexander, carrying a cargo of ballast. The barque had left the Heads of Phillip Bay and was heading west along the Victorian coast towards Cape Otway. The ship struck Little Haley’s Reef at Apollo Bay due to a navigational error and was stuck on the rocks. The crew left the ship carrying whatever they could onto the beach. Eventually, the remains of the hull, sails and fittings were salvaged before the wreck of the Grange broke up about a month later. About 110 years later, in 1968, the wreck of the Grange was found by divers from the Underwater Explorers Club of Victoria. They were amazed to find a unique, six to nine pound carronade (type of small cannon) and a cannonball on the site. There have been no other similar carronades recorded. In that same year the anchor of the Grange was recovered by diver John Chance and Mal Brown. The sphere is significant historically as an example of hardware used when building wooden ships in the early to mid-19th century. The sphere is historically significant as an example of the work and trade of blacksmith. The sphere also has significant as it was recovered by John Chance, a diver from the wreck of the Grange in the 1968. Items that come from several wrecks along Victoria's coast have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value. The sphere is historically significant for its association with the 1840s wooden barque, the Grange. The Grange is an historical example of a Scottish built vessel used for international and coastal trader of both cargo and passengers in the mid-19th century. The Grange is an example of an early ship, designed with a wooden hull. It is significant as a ship still available to divers along the south coast of Victoria, for research and education purposes. The Grange is an example of a mid-19th century vessel that carried a weapon of defence onboard. Sphere; thin hollow copper, various shades of brown, dimpled or hammered surface with a sheen, no joins. Base has a small hole and is fitted with a hollow, cylindrical brass collar. The collar had a rim on top, inward curving sides and a narrower rim on the bottom. The sphere looks similar to a bed post knob.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, west coast trader, apollo bay, mid-19th century shipwreck, the grange, scottish barque, little henty reef, captain a alexander, underwater explorers club of victoria, 1840s carronade, vhr 5297, coastal trader, wooden shipwreck, john chance, wooden ship, ship fitting, sphere, knob, bed knob, post decoration

These handmade skittles in this set appear to have had a lot of use as the surfaces of the skittles are well worn. The skittles have a hole in the top, indicating that they were made on a wood lathe. The game of skittles is played indoors and outdoors. It is a traditional target game or sport and the forerunner of the sport of bowling. A standard skittle set has nine skittles and one or two balls. The skittles would be arranged in a diagonal square pattern and a ball would be bowled towards them, for a given distance away. The object is to knock down as many skittles as possible. These skittles are representative of the traditional games played by children and adults over the centuries.Set of four wooden skittles, cylindrical body tapering inwards to form a narrow keck with a knob on top. Knob has two flat surfaces. The bodies and knob tops of the skittles sow remnants of wood stain but the bodies' surfaces are worn. The tops have a scored line around their circumference. The bases are rounded, with the edges off the floor. The top and base of the skittles have a hole in the centre. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, skittles, pins, game, children's game, traditional game, bowling, toy

Six walking canes shaped from natural timber. 7543a Light coloured wood with top carved in shape of a snake head. 7543b Light brown wood with T shape carved top. 7543c Dark brown branch with bark intact. Natural branch at 30 degrees cropped at top. 7543d Thin dark brown bamboo like straight walking stick. Ornate carved knob at top. 7543e Light brown straight walking stick of three pieces of wood spliced together. Curved top spliced in place. Lacquered and polished. Metal band attached below hand grip (1.5 cm wide.) 7543f Rough natural branch with natural handle at 30 degrees angle.walking sticks, wooden objects, natural wood

Wooden musical instrument purportedly from Fortuna Villa.The Melba Accordion, black lacquered timber with some red leather covering, metal corner pieces which read made in Germany (G missing) buttons of ivory or bone connected to keys, pull knobs on side, bellows of grey and white paper. Contained in a black wooden box with metal hinges and handle, also in box is a small wooden piece, possible a tuner, with inserts of mother of pearl flowers & brass ends.Melba Accordion Made in Germanymusical instruments, wind, accordion

Small black wooden perpetual calendar showing month, date and day on canvas and paper rollers. With pointed top and 4 small winder knobs down each side.on back name unreadable 1/1/15 Wilson 1931furniture, office, caalendar

8694.1 - Medium sized wooden box with two pull down latches and a hinged lid. It also has a metal handle on top. 8694.2 - Large brass weight with handle on top. 8694.3 - Medium brass weight with handle on top. 8694.4 - Small brass weight with knob-like handle on top.

Used by Manning Pharmacy, Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne until1984.Six different sized round brass weights with knob shaped handles, sitting in a fitted wooden block, each weight inscribed with its individual weight.Wooden block has sticker Manning Chemist Melbourne. Weights 213.1 on top 10 OUNCES APOTH, on base 'a crown' CA8 VIC E55 D59 F61 E63 G65 G69 173. 213.2 on top 6 OUNCES APOTH, on base 'a crown' CA5 VIC F55 C57 D59 F61 E63 G65 G69. 213.3 on top 4 OUNCES APOTH, on base G65 'a crown' CA6 VIC F55 C57 D59 F61 E63 G69. 213.4 on top 2 OUNCES APOTH, on base 'a crown' CA4 VIC J54 C57 D59 F61 G69 E63 G65. 213.5 on top 1 OUNCE APOTH, on base G65 'a crown' CA3 VIC F55 C57 E63 D59 G69. 213.6 on top 3 iv, on base F61 CA4 VIC C51 J54 D59 E60 699.

Coleman spirit iron with blue and white speckled body, chrome plated base and spirit tank, wooden handle and a bakelite control knob, on a chrome plated stand impressed with the Coleman name. Made in Australia by arrangement with Coleman Lamp & Stove Co Ltd Canada Proprietor of Regd Trade Mark No 67296 Jan 14 1936Coleman Lamp & Stove Co Ltddomestic equipment, laundering, iron

Clothing. Cream coloured silk parasol with 40 cm wooden handle with 4 cm diameter gold coloured metal knob at the end. Parasol has silk fabric with ribbed border stretched over eight ribs. Silk twisted cord wound around stick above the handle. Two ends of the cord have 14 cm tassels with 5cm twisted cord with 9 cm velour strands.Paper sticker on ferrule of umbrella, ''G Buongiovana Napoli''costume accessories, female, cream coloured silk parasol

Wooden stereoscope viewer made for table top viewing with adjustable positions for ease of viewing and focusing, with a large loose magnifying glasss which can be attached to 2 folding brass rods.Outer casing covered in a rosewood veneer,brass catches, hinges & rods, bone screw on knobs, purple felt on base.photography, viewers, stereoscope

Cedar with 3 drawers, green lino top. Lockable drawers. One large piece for top. Blackwood legs 9cm width graduating to 6cm. Cedar drawers with knobs which have been replaced extending to back of table with lock and key.Possibly made from Mayday Hills Complex

Material banner made up of red, blue and yellow stripes attcehd to a wooden pole with brass clips. Maroon, blue and yellow plinth at top of pole with brass knob. A large number 2 in white material in the middle of the banner.banner, 2 field ambulance

Made by German POW for "Soda" Martin.Small carved round wooden jewel box featuring a leaf design around the sides and spiral pattern on the lid with small spiral knob on the top.jewel box, wood

Made in Camp 13 by a German P.O.W.Rectangular wooden, lined and padded jewel box. Four small wooden feet on the base and a wooden lid inlaid with a light coloured wood and a black knob on the the top.camp 13, murchison

made in Camp 3 approx 1940 by Rudolf HoeferSMALL Jewel box made of polished red gum, shaped like an egg cup, sitting on a saucer, with a domed lid featuring a knobwooden jewel box, hoefer, rudolf, camp 3, tatura, kazenwadel, gerda, handcrafts, woodcarving

Jewellery box presented to Vincent Villarroya, an Army Guard/Interpreter for Italian POW's, by POW Vincenzo LongoEight sided wooden jewel box with paneled lid of light and dark wood with a small round knob on top. Lid is lined with blue material. Box is padded and lined with blue materialjewellery box, villarroya, camp 13, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork, italian pow's

Brown Oblong wooden box with rollers and knobs. - Stawell Butter Factory Commercial Calculatorstawell

Knobkerrie are clubs used as weapons mainly in South and East Africa. The club end can be used to throw at an animal or to club an enemy's head in. Usually these would be carved from a protruding tree branch. The name is Afrikaans and comes from 'Knop', meaning knot or ball and 'Kierie', meaning cane.Accessioned into the museum collection in 1913 and donated by a Mrs Newcome, there is not much other information on its provenance. However, the museum collection holds several artefacts from this region of South Africa and much of it was collected during the Boer Wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902.A wooden club type object. It has a narrow cylindrical handle with a large wooden sphere at the top. The wood is shiny and smooth with a polished effect. The handle is 31.5cm long with a 2cm diameter and the head or knob has a height of 9.5cm and a circumference of 27cm.This would have been hand carved from a protruding tree branch. Towards the end of the handle is a 13.9cm section of zig-zag patterning. Further down towards the 'knob' there looks to be carved into the wood 'Jud'.knobkerrie, boer war, zulu, south africa, ethnography, weapon

Said to be the one used by Mr Harry "Judge" Taylor the Yarrawonga Town Crier.Large round brass bell with wooden handle attached.Round ball suspended from a hook which hangs below the bells lower edge.Very loud ringing sound which vibrates for some time.Has lost its screw on knob at top of handle.None.town crier, bell