Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a three piece suit and hat standing on the beach. The man is Frank Wright and the place is Coogee Beach, Sydney. Written in pen on back - Frank Wright (21) at Coogee Sydney, Easter 1923, Taken by Alex Wrightfrank wright, alex wright, coogee, beach

Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Photograph of Frank Wright and his brother Alex WrightBlack and white photograph with 2 men in 3 piece suits one of the men is Frank Wright aged 19 years and the other is Alex Wrightprinted on back , Post Card, Mendelssohn Studios 80 Swanston St, Melbourne, written on back Frank Wright (aged 19 years ) Alex Wright 12th March 1921alex wright frank wright 1921

Tin box used to store opium. Metal is broken in several places with a piece missing from one face. Has been repaired and glued.Chinese characters on top and base of box.tin box, goldfields, opium, chinese, recreation, buckland valley

Frames (2) wooden with felt covered wooden block for centre piece. Block has hinge in centre. Metal straps holds block in place.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Gimlet metal with wooden handle attached and sharp metal cutting edge on turns of drilling piece. Given by I.D. Jacobs Box 150 Ararat.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Diver's Submarine Electric Torches were first developed to give illumination for close examination work. They have to be self-contained, the older ones are powered by an accumulator type battery which could be recharged. Some models were fitted with a switch to turn the light off saving on the battery power. The lens is of a convex type and magnifies the light. Sometimes there was a protective grill across the glass or prongs to protect the glass from an impact. When fully charged the battery would last about seven hours. Torches are made from non-ferrous metal so as not to corrode in their watery environment. Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd has been producing hand-held, battery-powered, submarine electric torches for divers and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) since the 1920s. In 1961, the famous diving manufacturer C.E. Heinke merged with Siebe Gorman, and for a short while, torches were made with the combined 'Siebe Heinke' inscription. However, this linked inscription was later dropped, with a return to the Siebe Gorman name tag. Date of manufacture for these torches can be determined by their Admiralty Pattern (AP) number that was used to identify a particular item and were for naval stores use. Before NATO stock coding became more widely used, earlier MOD torches often have a simple four-digit group of AP numbers such as AP4456 or AP4458. In 1975 Siebe Gorman moved from their Neptune Works at Chessington in Surrey to a new location at Cwmbran in Wales and by this time their manufacture of diving equipment had declined. (For additional historic company information on Siebe & Gorman see notes section this document.)The item is significant as it gives us a snapshot into marine history and the development of diving equipment generally, especially that used for salvage operations before and during WW2. The company that made the torch Siebe Gorman was a leading inventor, developer and innovator of marine equipment with its early developments in helmets, compressors and other diving equipment. Items that are today eagerly sought after for maritime collections around the world. The items that have been donated to the Flagstaff Hill collection give us an insight as to how divers operated and the dangers they faced doing a very necessary and dangerous job.Divers torch, brass with glass lens , screw on piece with three lugs attached. Leather wrist strap attached & loose contact spring inside."Siebe Gorman and Co Ltd, Makers, London." Has A.P.4456 stamped on front faceflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Piece of ceramic with Reg No 126381 Use sparingly for violins. R.R. Shields Manchester Infallible Resin Dry your strings and use infallible oil."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, violin

Rubber Stamps; - Cash Box, missing handle, no key, contains rubber stamps as per attached, some stamp impressions on piece of paper in box.see attached.mining, equipment, deborah mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Piece of paper torn on an angle wirh 'Pay for Alfred Mason £0-10-0. W. S. Mason £0-8-0 written on it.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, alfred mason, w s mason

Blue piece of paper dated August 2 1874?. Ann French received from Mr. Muller the some of two pounds two shillings.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - memo, ann french, mr muller

Receipt written on a piece of paper and dated March 18/72. Receipt is for £1/5/- from Mr. Merry for framing a Certificate. Signed by ? Ward.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, mr merry, ? ward

8369.1 - Medium-sized piece of coal, high-grade; small specks of 'rust' can be observed; long narrow, with a generally square cross-section.

8318.1 - Roughly rectangular mudstone with fragments of fossil wood and plant matter, notably large ovoid cross section through a piece of fossilised wood.

8303.1 - Angular piece of sandstone; irregularly shaped; flattened profile largest flat surface fresher than others (less weathered) otherwise unremarkable.

Document. First Prize Certificate Annual Spring Show 1936 awarded to Miss K. Guiney for Piece of Fancy work, not specified. County of Bendigo.document, certificate, first prize for spring show

Item is a buckle in a triangular shape. A pattern of engraved decorative flowers and spots is across the piece. A loop is at one end and another on the reverse. Item is rusted.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, qc binks

Coloured slide transparency. Image is of a large wooden piece of machinery in a bush setting. The words, Ruedin's Mallee Roller are handwritten across the bottom border.Kodachrome Transparencyslide, bendigo, bendigo institute of technology

The first all transistor hearing aids appeared in 1953. They were created to replace vacuum tubes; they were small, required less battery power and had less distortion and heat than their predecessor. The vacuum tubes were typically hot and fragile, so the transistor was the ideal replacement. The size of these transistors led to developments in miniature, carbon microphones. These microphones could be mounted on various items. There were body hearing aids where the earpiece was connected to the hearing aid and battery pack worn on the body. Ear level hearing aids consisted of eyeglass, behind the ear (BTE), in the ear (ITE), and in the canal (ITC, CIC) hearing aids. Tan plastic case hearing aid, with wire, ear piece and ear mold with metal clip. Made in England and sold by Myer Hearing Service. "MYER/HEARING SERVICE" engraved in gold on case. "MADE IN ENGLAND" on bottom of case. deaf children australia, hearing aid, myer hearing service

This equipment was used to detect and analyse enemy radar transmissions. A piece of radio equipment very typical of the time, aluminium with circular glass display screen.

Hand painted by internee at Camp 3. Returned from GermanyArmy issue tin dinner plate, hand painted pale green with decorative edging of pink flowers, green stems and similar centre pieceplate, tin, dinner, rippert c, kuebler g, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, domestic, table, setting

Shows picture of Mactier Gardens and Victoria Hotel, Hogan Street, Tatura,.Colour photograph showing Mactier Gardens (on left) and Victoria Hotel (on right) Hogan Street, Tatura. Photograph stuck onto piece of white cardboard. hogan street tatura, mactier gardens tatura, victoria hotel tatura

Shows picture of a man walking his dog down Hogan Street, Tatura, near Tatura Milk. Looking west along Hogan Street. Sepia photograph showing man walking a dog near Tatura Milk, Hogan Street, Tatura. Photograph stuck onto piece of white cardboard. tatura victoria, hogan street tatura

Handmade by internees at Camp 3. Handpainted by Georg Hoffmann at Camp 1Hand carved wooden goose (silhouette) in red, green, black, brown, blue, yellow coloures. Base, green, is a semi circular piece of woodgoose, wood, hoffmann g, kazenwadel k, camp 3, camp 1, tatura, ww2 camps 1 and 3, handcrafts, woodcarving, toys, general