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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Carbide Lamp, Powell & Hanmer, Late 19th to early 20th century
Francis Powell (1861-) and Francis Hanmer (1858-1925) founded Powell and Hanmer Ltd in the Summer of 1885 for the manufacturer of bike and carriage lamps. Their first advertisements began to appear in November of 1885. In 1890 they lodged a Patent for “velocipede” lamps to be used by lightweight wheeled vehicles propelled by a rider, such as a bike, tricycle and railroad handcar. In April of 1913, they were selling headlamps for cars and in 1914 built their second factory manufacturing dynamo lighting sets in Rocky Lane Birmingham, also for the production of dynamos for motor cars. Then in 1929 Powell and Hanmer Ltd, was acquired by the Lucas company which was at that time the main competitor for the manufacture of non-electrical equipment for cycles and motorcycles. When a director of Powell and Hanmer joined the board of Austin motor cars, Lucas feared that Austins might encourage Powell and Hanmer to start to produce electrical equipment for supply to the company and as a result this association might affect Lucas's business with other large vehicle manufacturers. As a result, Lucas made an offer to Powell & Hanmer and purchased the business for £500,000. Carbide lighting was used in rural and urban areas of Australia which were not served by electrification. Its use began shortly after 1900 in many countries and continued past the 1950s. Calcium carbide pellets were placed in a container outside the home, with water piped to the container and allowed to drip on the pellets releasing acetylene. This gas was piped to lighting fixtures inside the house, where it was burned, creating a very bright flame. Carbide lighting was inexpensive but was prone to gas leaks and explosions. Early models of the automobile, motorbike and bicycles used carbide lamps as headlamps. Acetylene gas, derived from carbide, enabled early automobiles to drive safely at night. Thick concave mirrors combined with magnifying lenses projected the acetylene flame light. These type of lights were used until reliable batteries and dynamos became available, and manufacturers switched to electric lights. Acetylene lamps were also used on riverboats for night navigation. The National Museum of Australia has a lamp made in about 1910 that was used onboard the PS Enterprise, an 1878 Australian paddle steamer, currently owned by the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. It is still operational, and one of the oldest working paddle steamers in the world, listed on the Australian Register of Historic Vehicles.Acetylene Carbide lamp, marine pattern burner housing and reflector missing Carbide Lamp, metal. Has plate for attaching to wall, & gimbal to allow lamp to remain vertical. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, carbide lamp, motor vehicle, bike lamp, lighting, vehicle lighting, powell, hanmer, acetylene gas lamp, early lighting, marine lighting -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Bereavement Card
This is a card sent by the Fulton family in1922 thanking the Warrnambool Club members for their sympathy following a recent bereavement. The Warrnambool Club was established in 1873 as a gentlemen’s club and the Warrnambool Club building which still stands was erected in 1877. Percival Fulton, who lived at 54 Ryot Street Warrnambool, was aged 62 when he died. He was the son of General John Fulton and Ellen Fulton nee Wroughton and the husband of Charlotte Fulton nee Trollope and is buried in the Warrnambool Cemetery. This card is of interest as it has a social history showing the type of bereavement card used in the early 1900s – a plain card with a black edging. These cards could be purchased in bulk with a blank sheet for inserting the relevant details. The connection to the Fulton family and the Warrnambool Club is also of interest. This is a cream-coloured card with black edging and printed and handwritten material. It has a small slit in the top left hand corner indicating it has been pinned to a noticeboard or wall. ‘To the President and Members of the Warrnambool Club’ ‘Mrs Fulton and Family desire to thank you for your kind sympathy in their recent bereavement’ ‘Ryot Street, Warrnambool, November 1922’ fulton family, warrnambool club -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Demolition of former distillery, Pickles Street, Port Melbourne, Aug 2002
From the last set of photographs donated to the Society by Ron LaingSet of 4 colour photographs of the demolition of the former distillery in Pickles Street 2002, showing the painted facade wall which is to be retained and built into the new apartments to be named 'íd'.built environment - domestic, joshua brothers distillery, pickles street -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Hume Reservoir Australia Album - Core wall with drainage tunnel and earth embankment in progress in Victoria, June 1924, 1927
This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 14. Core wall with drainage tunnel and earth embankment in progress in Victoria, June 1924.hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, hume reservoir construction -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Large sepia photo, Mitcham State School 1937
1888 school opened. 1890 children attend (50ft x 20ft room. 90 children, 3 teachers)1922 land purchased on Tirana St. site. 1930 brick building built for upper grades. 1950's timber rooms added, later burnt down. 1967 Junior classes to brick extension Tirana St. 2008 2 large learning spaces built.Sepia photograph of Mitcham school (Grade 7 and 8) taken outside in front of a plant covered wall. The photograph was taken in 1937. This is a class of 37 children. Teacher on the right.mitcham state school no 2094, class photo, 1937 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mitcham Post Office - mid 1920's
Black and white photograph c1920's of the Mitcham Post Office and the State Savings Bank under construction. Car in front of post office and Velvet Soap sign on wall.mitcham post office, state savings bank of victoria, mitcham, post offices, banks -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, 1970s
This shop, in Main Street Rutherglen, near Poachers Paradise pub (originally the Rutherglen Hotel), was owned and operated as a barber shop by Jack O'Keeffe. This photograph was thought to have been taken in the 1970s. At present (2019) the shop is again operating as a hairdressers, as Jack and the Fox.Colour photograph of the interior of a barber shop, with two old barbers' chairs. The walls and every flat surface feature antiques, old photographs, wanted posters and other memorabilia. jack okeefe, barber shop, hairdressers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Former Kew Court House : Court Room fireplace, 1996
A civic campaign for new public offices developed in Kew in the 1880s. After much deliberation, the location chosen was the junction of Bulleen and Cotham Roads. The buildings were designed by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects within the Department of Public Works (Victoria). Building was commenced in 1887, and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office was transferred to the new Commonwealth Government in 1901. The Police Station and Court House, sold by the Victorian Government to the City of Boroondara in 2007, are now a community cultural centre and performing arts venue.The buildings were listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Register (HO885) in 1991. They are historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria because Watson and Harvey's designs exhibit diversity in integrating civil offices, they accommodate the apex of road junctions, and they demonstrate a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings.The sole means of heating the Court Room of the former Kew Court House was this open fire place (now no longer useable). The fireplace was located on the south wall of the Court Room.kew court house, public offices -- kew (vic), court houses -- victoria -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Marine Discovery Centre Portland, Victoria, c. 1998
Coloured photograph: MDC - inside. Man and young girl examining shark jaws,. Large photo of gannet colony on wall behind, plus display of marine flora and faunaBack: 'C14' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - St Stephen's Church, Portland, n.d
Black and white photo. Priest and altar boy in robes, standing either side of memorial plaque in honour of Betty Vivian's parents, on wall at St. Stephen's Anglican, Portland.Back: 16.4 x 11.4place of worship, anglican -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Cape Grant Quarry, 03/09/1954
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Purple PHT stampport of portland archives, cape grant quarry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Ship Fittings, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: 'WASHROOM' - blue biroport of portland archives -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), 1960-1970
The photograph is part of a serie likely to have been taken by Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), who was a keen photographer like many of the chaplains as he often uses the Ilford paper to print his images.Small b & w photograph of baptismal font at St Peter the Mariner chapel. On the wall to the left hangs the illumination: Believe in God The Father Almighty (see item 1537). handwritten number poss. 3, stamp: 8940, photographic paper markings ILFORDbaptismal, font, st peter chapel, illumination, charles edward murray puckle (1887-1915) -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), 1960-1970
The photograph is part of a serie likely to have been taken by Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), who was a keen photographer like many of the chaplains as he often uses the Ilford paper to print his images.Small b & w photograph of baptismal font of St Peter the Mariner chapel. On the wall to the right hangs the illumination: Believe in God The Father Almighty (see item 1537).stamp: 8940, photographic paper markings ILFORDbaptismal font, illumination, baptistry, st peter chapel, charles edward murray puckle (1887-1915) -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Rack, Early 20th-century
The paper rack is an example of early 20th-century domestic furniture.Radk; paper or newspaper rack, rectangular wedge-shaped wooden frame, painted brown, with metal loops and wire for hanging against a wall. The front is a "picket fence design".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, rack, paper rack, handmade, magazine rack, newspaper rack, domestic furnishing, storage, reading material storage -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, A Group of Students May 1917 School of Horticulture, Burnley, 1917
Black and white photograph. Group of 17 students standing and seated in the Gardens. One girl is holding a chain measure. Edna Walling seated on the ground wearing a floppy hat.chain measure, student group, 1917, edna walling -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Scancolour Australia, 1950c
Demetri Cah, an young Italian migrant painted eighteen murals throughout the Glenara Motel while being employed by the proprietors Frank and Nancy CreaColour postcard of one of the eighteen murals decorating the internal walls of the Glenara Motel, Lakes Entrance, Victoria. This one shows three fishing sail boats on calm waters.Reflections on the Lagoon of Venice (on back)motels, arts, rsl clubs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: GROUP OF PEOPLE IN HALL
Black and white photo of a group of people standing in a hall, possibly at the end of a dance. Banner hanging around the walls has Union Jack type pattern with a circle in the centre.photo, group, dance, peter ellis collection, dance -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: QUARRY HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
Coloured photo of a group outside the Quarry Hill Primary School No. 1165. Name of the school on a plaque on the brick wall. Peter Ellis second from the right in the back row.photo, group, mixed group, peter ellis collection, quarry hill primary school no 1165, peter ellis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOSPITAL 1975
Black and white image: shows tunnel under either Anne Caudle or Bendigo Hospital during construction works in 1975. Tunnel has concrete walls, arched ceiling.bendigo, buildings, hospital, bendigo, hospital, anne caudle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, 1965 - 1969
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection - Latrobe Uni Construction, 1965-69. Students in classroom, book shelves along wall. Markings in plastic: Perutz, Made in Australia.Perutzeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection - latrobe uni construction, 1965-69. students classroom book shelves -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO GAOL (JAIL) DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION, 2014
BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO JAIL DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION Colour Photo Part of gaol (Jail) part of walls during the re-construction to the Ulumbarra Theatre.photograph, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO GAOL (JAIL) DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION, 2014
BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO JAIL DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION Colour Photo Part of gaol (Jail) part of wall during the re-construction to the Ulumbarra Theatre.photograph, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO GAOL (JAIL) DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION, 2014
BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO JAIL DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION Colour Photo Part of gaol (Jail) Interior Walls during the re-construction to the Ulumbarra Theatre.photograph, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO GAOL (JAIL) DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION, 2014
BHS COLLECTION: KAY MACGREGOR BENDIGO JAIL DURING RE-CONSTRUCTION Colour Photo Part of gaol (Jail) wall and buildings during the re-construction to the Ulumbarra Theatre.photograph, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ROBERT DENIS KELLY COLLECTION: GROUP OF MEN IN MILITARY UNIFORM
Black and white photo: 9 men standing in rubble of brick building, damaged wall behind. Men dressed in military uniform, some in leather knee high boots.person, robert denis kelly, world war 1, robert denis kelly collection, france, soldiers -
Vision Australia
Textile - Image, 2001 Year of the Volunteer wall hanging, 2001
To celebrate the 2001 International Year of the Volunteer, each Vision Australia Foundation site constructed a wall hanging. These were proudly displayed in the various offices until refurbishments and reduction of physical office space reduced the ability to do this. Various hangings have been stored by volunteers or former staff members, however digital images were secured where possible. Ballarat's wall hanging shows Lake Wendouree and the Ballarat area around it. Mildura's wall hanging shows paddleboats on the Murray River, with grapes, a hot air balloon and a large sun.Cloth banner made by volunteers to celebrate 2001vision australia foundation, volunteers -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Snow at Ernell, South Morang, Jul 1951
Snow at "Ernell" on Plenty Road at South Morang. One of a series of photographs donated by Roslyn Wilson.A4 copy of a photograph printed on thick card.19. Snow July 1951 "Ernell" South Morang. White's paddock aqueduct between 2 stone wall Sth Morang/ cherry plum large tree on Johnson's yard.ernell, south morang, ernell south morang, snow south morang, snow -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Mystery mine photographs: Crusher plant with walls, 1935c
Crusher plant with walls and winch track right of centre to pull truck to hopper at top.An interesting collection of photographs, the connection to Greensborough remains a mystery. Digital copy of 2 black and white photographs, two of 30 photos of mining operations.Photos have no markings or dates. Donor unknown.tasmania, mines and mining, mining machinery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Decorative object - Picture, Unknown
Handmade decorative wall hanging, possibly made in the late 19th or early 20th century.Pictures like this handmade example of 9th or 200th century craftwork were often used as decorative wall hangings in the home. Currently there is no connection of this work with people, places or historic events.A picture with a small black and white print of a country landscape and house mounted on embroidered and beaded yellow fabric.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, picture, embroidery, landscape scene, beading