An original newspaper cutting from The Illustrated London News 28 August 1852 regarding the steam-packet Great Britain leaving London for Port Phillip and Sydney.Realism, historical, etchings, newspaperAn original newspaper cutting from The Illustrated London News 02 April 1853 regarding the Royal Mail steam ship SS SYDNEY leaving London for Port Phillip and Sydney and its return journey.On the reverse - [NIL] iron-screw steam-ship, 1853, ss sydney, royal mail ship, port phillip, port jackson

An original newspaper cutting from The Illustrated London News 28 August 1852 regarding the steam-packet Great Britain leaving London for Port Phillip and Sydney.Realism, historical, etchings, artworkCard mounted etching style drawing of the "Steam Packet Wharf, Mack's Hotel, etc Geelong and features the paddle steamer PS CITIZENOn the reverse - "PS Citizen - 196 tons Built 1843 Ran Melbourne - Geelong Trade till Oct 15th 1862 when she left for New Zealand and was never seen again"geelong, steam packet wharf, ps citizen, mack's hotel

The Olivetti company was founded in Italy in 1908.This particular typewriter is a Olivetti Lettera 22, oblique front stroke and portable manufactured after 1950. The 1950s and 1960s was a time when British manufactured goods were still purchased by many Australian consumers. The later 1960s onwards, there was a shift, mainly in the cities, to European made goods. The invasion of Japanese manufactured goods was relatively slower, especially in rural areas. The demand for long lasted and dependable merchandise was in the rural area still the most important criteria. The ease of setting up this typewriter and its compact mobility was its major benefit to trades people and travelling professionals, e.g. rural doctors, other medical professionals, accountants, lawyers and educators. This item facilitated the growing numbers of professional nomads requiring a relatively light office stationery package e.g. travelling novelist, writer, businessman and academics. This typewriter needed no electrical or battery power to operate it. Outback Australia, where at this point in time, was still relatively isolated from a good available electrical power reticulation and battery power, and therefore could not be totally measured as a highly efficient office environment.Although this typewriter was purchased from a business in Penrith, Sydney, N.S.W., it is significant that it travelled easily to the Kiewa Valley, demonstrating the mobility of certain sections of the community. This typewriter was designed by an Italian industrial designer, Marcello Nizzoli, in line with the art deco style of the 1930s and the colour and flexibility of the vibrant 1950s. The underlying theme of manufacturing in the 1950s was to produce equipment that was more efficient than what was inherited from the earlier period of 20th century. Improvements were made to this Olivetti typewriter by Giuseppe Beccio by reducing the number of parts made from 3,000 to 2,000. This reduction of parts and therefore cost of production was the major principle of the Japanese manufacturing juggernauts of the post World War II era. Efficiency and low costs material was becoming prime factors in the success of rural industries from the 1960s. Competition from overseas producers was starting to affect rural industries and the removal of the large range of tariff protection, especially rural products, required not only a shift of farm management but a more efficient cost savings modus operandi. This Olivetti Lettera 22, oblique front stroke portable (weighs 4kg) mechanical typewriter has a coral coloured plastic casing. The keys are made of black hardened plastic with white lettering, numbers and symbols (imperial fractions, and pound). It has a QWERTY keyboard as opposed to the Italian QZERTY. It has a lever to move the ribbon between black, neutral (for mimeograph stencils)and red colours (a red key is provided for highlighting specific words,letters or symbols) . This machine is fitted with only a black ribbon. It has a black rubber paper rollers and chromed metal parts on the carriage way. It has four rubber feet underneath the main body. On the left side of the roller there is a lever to adjust the roller from fixed (when mobile) through 1,2 and 3 line space gradients. This model has a key for zero but not one for the number one (uppercase letter l is used) see KVHS 0459 for the carrying bag.On the cover over the ribbon wheels letter strikers has a plate marked "Lettera 22" and the back plate behind the paper roller and in front of the paper supports has a silver metal label marked "olivetti made in great britain".commercial, mobile office equipment, mechanical typewriter

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Richard Strauss: Seven Songs; Mozart: Four Concert Arias. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: ASD 2493, Cardboard Cover, Paper sleeve, 1 Vinyl disc, lyric sheet inside with translations by William Mann (c) 1969, made in Great Britain. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (British Soprano); Conductor: George Szell; Music: London Symphony Orchestra, Edith Peniemann (Violin), Alfred Brendel (piano).lp, sound recording

Military Manual. Great Britain. War Office. Title: Military Engineering, Volume VIII-Transportation. Part VI Port Operation and Maintenance. Supplement No.1- Military Stevedoring.170p., illus., foldout endpapers. Soft cover.world war i, military manuals, military engineering, transportation

Large red cover book (dust jacket missing)non-fictionDescription of passengers liners with photographs, funnel colours.passengers liners, passengers ships, mission to seafarers, seamen, seafarers

Singer was first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac Merritt Singer with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark. Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then the Singer Company in 1963. The Singer company began to market its machines internationally in 1855 and won first prize at the Paris world's fair that year. They had offices established in both Sydney and Melbourne by the mid-1960s. The company demonstrated the first workable electric sewing machine in 1910. Singer was also a marketing innovator and a pioneer in promoting the use of instalment payment plans, making their machines more affordable for many people. According to its serial number, this machine was manufactured in 1950 and was one of the new models designed to be more portable as it only weighed about 10 KG.This sewing machine is of local, national and international significance as it represents developments in technology and the impact this had upon the work of women.The Singer 99 was a sturdy and reliable machine that was easy to use. Lighter than other machines of its time, this machine weighed only 10 Kgs. It is mounted on a wooden base with a small compartment under the balance wheel to store accessories and bobbins. It has a 'Bentwood' (polished plywood) cover which also provided some room for storage. The machine is driven by a small electric motor and a light to illuminate the work area. It is decorated with gold decals and a filigree pattern. It includes a knee control which is inserted in a hole at the front of the machine. The serial number EG045782 indicates it was manufactured in 1950.Across the top in gold script: "The Singer Manufacturing Co. / Made in Great Britain" On light cover: "SINGER" Plate with specifications also attached. On front of machine in oval badge: A CENTURY OF SEWING SERVICE/ THE SINGER MANFG. CO. 1851 - 1951singer sewing macnine, domestic appliances, women's work, technology

Alternating Currents by Edward T. Larner, published by CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND SON, Stationers Hall Court, Ludgate Hill E.C.4, 1923, Printed in Great Britain at Darien Press, Edinburgh.Alternating Currents by E.T.Larner Publisher Crosby Lockwood & Son Dated 1923flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, alternating currents, book, e.t.larner

Large poster size printed by the Australian Gazette for '200 years of Advance', 1770-1970, covering a range of issues, Captain Cook, a kangaroo taaken to Britain, Eureka, Aboriginal cricket tour of Great Britain, Qantas , Gold, etc. reverse 'qantas Recalls' covers 50 years of Qantas flights: Air Race arrival of Captain Ross Campbell in Darwin 10th december 1919 to win the 10,000 pound prize. Folded in eightAustralian Gazette

Photo of the scene looking southwest from the Post Office area, with an ESCo tram hauling a trailer and another tram on the opposite side of the roadway. Has the Town Hall, National Mutual Building, C Marks, and Snows in the view. Wal has dated the photo about 1913 on the rear of the postcard and about 1912 in his album notes - considered c1905 as the destinations are hanging from the front of the tram. They were soon after moved to the roof of the tram in a destination box. in the card sent to Ken Magor by Wal Jack, he notes the the Historical Museum has a large photo of this and you can see No. 12 outlined very clearly. See Reg Item 6247 for another version of this photograph/postcard.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the early ESCo era and streetscape and the use of the former horse trams as trailers.5128 - Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a coloured postcard - titled "Town Hall and Sturt St Ballarat", has number 300516 and initials JV in the bottom right hand corner. Card printed in Great Britain, produced by Valentines. 5128.1 - Black and white version of the same photo 5128.2 - colour version with a note from Wal Jack to Ken Magor with Ken's stamp on the bottom right hand corner.5128 - On rear in ink "1913" and "Note No. 12 tram on left" 5128.1 - hand written message, undated to May from her brother Claude 5128.2 - see image 5sturt street, ballarat, tramways, esco, town hall, national mutual, trailers, horse trams, tram 12

Letter and envelope from The Municipal Tramways Trust - Adelaide of 11/4/1942 to W.Jack re photograph and ex MMTB Cars 127-130 (then MTT Cars 191-194) - No Photographs. 111.1 - letter - Paper has a Watermark of "Tullus Bond / Made in Great Britain". 111.2 - envelope has stamp - 2 1/2D Australian and has been over stamped with MTT stamp "Travel by Tram or Bus" with typed address.trams, tramways, mtt, adelaide, letters, envelopes

Wooden Box, used for packing horse shoe nails, open top, clear varnish, labelled with manufacturer's details.Capewell Horse Shoe Nails, Trademark, Manufactured in Great Britain by the Capewell Horse Shoe Nail Co Ltd England. No 7 Horse Nails, Over stencilled with black ink or paint: "Net 100 lb, Gross 116 Full (?) Hunter"box, light horse, horse shoe nails, capewell horse shoe nail co, packaging

Printed at the Theater for the author, MDCCVII . And sold by Mr . Bateman in Pater -Noster-Row, London: and Jeremiah Pepyat bookseller at Dublin. Lhuyd [Lhwyd; formerly Lloyd], Edward (1659/60?-1709), was a naturalist and philologist and the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. Lhuyd was a pioneering linguist. In the late 17th century, Lhuyd was contacted by a group of scholars, led by John Keigwin of Mousehole, who were trying to preserve and further the Cornish language and he accepted the invitation to travel to Cornwall to study the language. Early Modern Cornish was the subject of a study published by Lhuyd in 1702; it differs from the medieval language in having a considerably simpler structure and grammar. In 1707, having been assisted in his research by fellow Welsh scholar Moses Williams, he published the first volume of Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain, from Travels through Wales, Cornwall, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. This book is an important source for its linguistic description of Cornish, but even more so for its understanding of historical linguistics. Some of the ideas commonly attributed to linguists of the nineteenth century have their roots in this work by Lhuyd, who was "considerably more sophisticated in his methods and perceptions than [Sir William] Jones’’. Lhuyd noted the similarity between the two Celtic language families: Brythonic or P–Celtic (Breton, Cornish and Welsh); and Goidelic or Q–Celtic (Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic). He argued that the Brythonic languages originated in Gaul (France), and that the Goidelic languages originated in the Iberian Peninsula. Lhuyd concluded that as the languages had been of Celtic origin, the people who spoke those languages were Celts. From the 18th century, the peoples of Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales were known increasingly as Celts, and are regarded as the modern Celtic nations today. (Wikipedia)Oversize book. Includes the original languages of England and Ireland, Amoric Grammar, Amoric-English Vocabulary, Welsh words ommitted from Dr Davies' dictionary, Cornish Grammar, Ancient Scottish language, Irish-English Dictionary. Four page index which includes the errata, has the list of subscribers, mainly 3 columns per page. Includes a Cornish Grammar and dictionary of the Irish language, Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Been Hitherto Published, of The Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain: From Collections and Observations in Travels Through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Chapters on: The comparative Etymology, The comparative Vocabulary, The Armoric Grammar and Vocabulary, Dr Davies's Dictionary, Cornish Grammar, Catalogue of British Manuscripts in Welsh and Latin, Essay towards a British Etymologicon, The Introduction to the Irish, Irish Dictionary etc. language, gaelic, irish, scottish, edward lhuyd, welsh, latin, greek, etymologicon, celtic

Items in the collection re Lt Col J. Swatton, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his service details.1. This is a pocket sized booklet. Cover is red buckram. printing in black ink. Inside are printed descriptions of drill movements for ceremonies. It also has B & W photos of a soldier demonstrating funeral (?) positions and paces. It has 171 pages plus end plates. There are some modification slips glued in there. 2. This is a khaki coloured, covered pocket book. It has the Crest of Great Britain top centre. In the centre is the title and above that is supersedes 1935 edition.1. Inside front cover, written in ink is "V59401 Col. J.W. Swatton, 4 Div". On first page it looks like the original owner's name has been cut out. 2. On rear cover is a sticky label "On loan from the Estate of Colonel J.W. Swatton".passchendaele barracks trust, booklets drills and ceremonial

A Dunlop, Rod Laver, Grand Slam tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, which are enamel painted along with throat and shaft. Model name features along throat and shaft, accompanied by decal images of the flags of U.S.A., Great Britain, Australia, and France. 'D' trademark in arrowhead device, above Dunlop logo, features across base of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

Instruction - 3 sheets of a former 8 or 12 page document titled "Westinghouse Magnetic Brake" describing the mechanism for magnetic and clamp brakes on 21E trucks, bogies, 22E, trailers. Lists the advantages of the Westinghouse Magnetic Brake. Has a note on the last pages that 2000 Westinghouse Magnetic Brakes have been sold in Great Britain along up to Nov. 1904. Presumed published in the UK by The British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. London and Manchester.trams, tramways, westinghouse, instructions, maintenance, brakes

aircraft engines of the Second World War. Particularly focusing on the state of aircraft engines in 1944. Considers engines from the United States of America, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and the USSR (Soviet Russia). engines, aircraft engines, second world war, 1944

Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 328 page hardcover book on the experiences of an Apprentice in Sail in the full rigged ship 'British Isles' by Captain William H.S.Jones (Master Mariner) as told to P.R.Stephensen. Includes 27 B&W illustrations. Published in Great Britain in 1956 by Andrew Melrose Ltd and printed by the Anchor Press Ltd. Catalogue sticker ''2193 JON'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf ''To Alec Chisholm, Captain of the 'Encyclopaedia' from P.R.Stephensen 6th Mate Sydney 1956 Ahoy! ''William H.S.Jonesbooks, collections, sailing, alec h chisholm collection, william h.s.jones, p.r.stephensen, sailing

Eighteen Blue covered legal documents relating to Harold Abbott, seventeen of these are Assignments, transferring the patent rights for the barbed wire from Harold Athelstane Abbott to Richard Hartley Smith Abbott in various countries around the world. The other document is the complete specification for A method and means for manufacturing barbed wire and the like. France, Great Britain, United States of America, Belgium, South Africa, Germany, Czech-Slovakia, Japan, Holland, Canada, Mexico, Argentine, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Brazil.A.T.Madden Patent Attorneyorganization, business, abbotts, harold athelstane abbott, richard hartley smith abbott, barbed wire

2437 - Printed colour postcard of the Sturt St. from Grenville St. looking west - c1905. Card consists of a gold background with flowers surrounding an oval colour image of Sturt St. Embossed at the top of the card is "Best Wishes" with one tram west bound in the lower section of Sturt St. Titled "Sturt Street Looking West, Ballarat." along the bottom edge. On the rear of the postcard is an area for the stamp, address, message. Made by Valentines and printed in Great Britain trams, tramways, sturt st, postcards, grenville st, tram 19

Yields information the appearance of Sturt St from Lydiard St about 1910 with ESCo trams in the photograph.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a coloured postcard looking west from Lydiard St along Sturt St with ESCo No. 17 at the city tram terminus. Has good detail of the central median strip. In the background is the Art Gallery Association building, Crockers store. c1910. Has the number 300ATR in the bottom right hand corner. Published by Valentines & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. Melbourne and Sydney. Printed in Great Britain. For rear of postcard - see image i2.trams, tramways, sturt st, esco, lydiard st, tram 17

A Dunlop, Rod Laver, Grand Slam tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, which are enamel painted along with throat and shaft. Model name features along throat and shaft, accompanied by decal images of the flags of U.S.A., Great Britain, Australia, and France. 'D' trademark in arrowhead device, above Dunlop logo, features across base of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

Report - 5 quarto sheets, photocopied, titled "Trams are now big business", by Basil Silcove from the August 1980 issue of National Bank Monthly Summary about the growth of light rail systems, particularly after the 1973 oil crisis. Looks at the International Light Rail Commission, types of vehicles and specific countries - eg Austria, Australia (Adelaide, Melbourne, Campbelltown (Sydney), Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Europe in general, USA and USSR.trams, tramways, light rail, tramways, europe, usa, australian tramways

Henry Louis, M.A. was an Associate of the Royal School of miens, Fellow of the Geological Society; Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain; Member of the Institution of Mining Engineers; Member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and Professor of Mining in the Durham College of Science. Green hardcovered book of 599 pages including index and illustrations. Contents include: Mode of occurance of gold; physical and chemical properties of gold; physical and chemical properties of mercury; Primitive Methods or ore-breaking; The stamp; Hoisting gear; Water Supply; Ore-Feeders; Crushing Machinery; amalgamation; concentration; Spitzkasten; Amalgam; Milling; Cam Curve; sampling and assaying; horse-power developed by fall of water; value of gold according to its fineness; conversionInside front cover in pencil "Rhys Brook"

In 1896 Robert James Probyn-Williams was appointed first honorary anaesthetist to the London Hospital and joined a select band of fulltime anaesthetists (26) in Great Britain. The Probyn Williams inhaler was a further modification of the Clover inhaler with narrow airways and rebreathing. The metal inhaler is ovoid shaped. The rotating gauge has a series of numbers engraved onto the inhaler for measurement. There is an elbow joint leading to a connector for attaching a re-breather bag, and at the other end is tap-style mechanism. There is a small glass bulb encased in a metal housing. The facemask is completely made of metal as well.Stamped into handle of tap: COEXTER & SONjoseph clover, frederick hewitt, robert probyn williams

In 1896 Robert James Probyn-Williams was appointed first honorary anaesthetist to the London Hospital and joined a select band of fulltime anaesthetists (26) in Great Britain. The Probyn Williams inhaler was a further modification of the Clover inhaler with narrow airways and rebreathing.Ovoid shaped metal ether inhaler device with a dark brown leather fask mask attached.Moulded into inhaler: MAYER & MELTZER / LONDON

Silk and rayon maps were produced by Australia, Great Britain (some 1.75 million in total) and the United States (c.7.5 million) during World War II. They were issued to Allied military personnel as part of 'escape and evasion' kits.This silk map, one of relatively few produced in Australia (most Australian RAAF pilots and crew were issued with British and US maps), is an original map from World War II.An oblong, cream colour, single-sided map printed in black and white with brown contours, Celebes 'Prepared under the direction of RAAF Headquarters' Celebes (with Insets 'A' to 'E')world war ii, silk maps, australia, a185