Early Australian homes were built with outdoor bathrooms and toilets. A commode chair was a convenient and discreet design to save trips outside in the dark, creating an early form of indoor toilet. The commode chair was designed to look like any other household chair and fitted in with other bedroom furniture. The toilet bucket or chamber pot was hiding beneath a false seat and a lid was provided to cover the pot to help prevent odour and spillage. The bucket would be emptied each morning and washed out. This commode chair belonged to the great great grandmother of the donor and has been kept in very good condition. It was originally one of a pair of two chairs. The Robert Fowler Ltd Pottery was established in 1837 by Irish immigrant Enoch Fowler (1807-1879) in Marrickville, Sydney; his son Robert managed the business from 1873. Initially, the company mainly supplied the building and industrial trades but after the First World War, demand for domestic clayware grew. The company opened a second factory in Thomastown, VIC, in 1927. They are still operating today as one of Australia's leading bathroom products companies. This commode chair is an example of early 20th century bedroom furniture made by the first company to make pottery in Australia.Commode chair, cane chair, padded seat lifts up to reveal toilet seat with enamel bucket and metal lid beneath. Bucket is made by R. Fowler Ltd. of Victoria, Australia. Early 20th century.Bucket Maker's Mark "R. FOWLER LTD. THOMASTOWN VIC"flagstaff hill,, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, commode chair, cane commode chair, robert fowler porcelain ware, bedroom furniture, potty chair, wicker toilet chair, ceramic chamber pot

Vic Rathgeber and Family. Vic's niece going to christening.

Melbourne [Vic.] : A.H. Massina, 1949 165 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. non-fictionmassina, alfred henry, australian journal, newspaper publishing - australia

This is a souvenir glass with an image of the Lower Lighthouse at Flagstaff Hill in Warrnambool. This lighthouse is one of two first situated at Flagstaff Hill in 1871, with the lower light being placed on the top of an obelisk that had been erected at an earlier date. The two lighthouses still operate today on Flagstaff Hill. The glass has been sold as a tourist souvenir or as a memento for local people.This item is of minor interest as an example of a tourist souvenir of Warrnambool.This is a clear glass circular tumbler with a heavy base and an indented section near the base where the hand grasps the glass. On one side of the glass is a multi-coloured sketch of a lighthouse.Warrnambool Vicwarrnambool lighthouses

RACV members' badge; designed to be attached to owner's car. Issued to members of the RACV over a long period of the twentieth centuryChromed RACV emblem with blue background, with two screws for attachment to carRACV Vicroyal automobile club of victoria, racv, car badges

Bendigo Looking South postcard, with covering letter re same from Ian C Ballinger Horsham.Printed in Vicbendigo, buildings, heritage buildings

REPORT OF THE MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS, 31st. December 1881. 44 pagesVic. Govt.gold mining, miners' safety cage, mining surveyors and registrars rep, gold mining, bendigo, goldfields, mining surveyor, mining registrar's reports

REPORT OF THE MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS, 30TH. JUNE 1881. 40 pagesVic. Govt.gold mining, miners' safety cage, mining surveyors and registrars rep, bendigo, gold mining, goldfields, registrars, mining surveyors report

Reports of the mining surveyors and registrats quarter ended 30th. June 1880. 35 pagesVic. Govt.gold mining, miners' safety cage, surveyors and registrars report, bendigo, goldfields, gold mining, mining surveyors, registrars

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF EXPLOSIVES 1892 working of the explosives act during the year 1892/Vic. Govt.gold mining, miners' safety cage, explosives, gold, gold mining, explosives

REGULATION FOR REGISTRATION OF AGREEMENTS AS TO MINING ON PRIVATE LAND. 2 copiesVic. Govt.government, state, mines act

Govt. document, regulations and orders. Explosives Act 1890.Vic Govt.government, state, mines act, gold, gold mining, explosives

Mining accident Relief Fund balance sheet 1894Vic . Govt.government, state, mines act

ALTERATION OF SEARCH LICENCE REGULATIONSVic. Govt.government, state, mines act, minining, gold mining

Mines Act 1890 - general rules.Vic. Govt.government, state, mines act, mines act, mining, gold mining

THE DONOR OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A DESCENDENT OF J.S. MULCAHY, BOOT STORE. FRASER STREET. 1860- 1892PHOTOGRAPH OF FRASER STREET, LOOKING TOWARDS THE EAST END, AND THE ANZ BANK. THE RED BOOT PALACE IS FIRST 2 STOREY BUILDING ON THE RIGHT.CLUNES VIC.shops, red boot palace, clunes township

DIMBOOLA VIC.dimboola, victoria

WARRACKNABEAL VIC.warracknabeal, victoria

HORSHAM Vic.horsham, victoria