The photograph shows a couple on the beach at Torquay. He is taking a photo. She is holding a parasol.A nostalgic scene from yesteryear.Black and white photograph

Photograph shows a young boy sitting on Torquay beach in front of a bathing box.Bathing boxes were a feature of the Torquay beachfront pre 1950sBlack and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows a bathing beauty in a neck to knee costume posing on Torquay beach.A nostalgic memory of a past generation.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

The photograph shows a group of young girls in swimming costumes and two young men in blazers on a Torquay beach with bathing boxes in the background.A memory of early beach culture at TorquayBlack and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows four young girls bathing at a Torquay beach.A memory of past days at the beach.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows six young ladies in the water on a Torquay beach sporting a variety of costumes and hats.A memory of good times past.Black and white photograph

Photograph likely taken at the mouth of Spring Creek where it enters the sea at the Torquay back beach. Three girls and a boy are wading in the creek watched by adults wearing suits and dresses standing on the sand.A picture of beach recreation in past times.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph taken on the Torquay front beach in front of the first Surf Club house. The clubhouse on the Torquay front beach was superceded by one on the back (surf) beach.Black and white photograph

Photograph shows women on the Torquay back beach.in the background of the photograph is a rotunda on Rocky Point that was demolished many years ago.Black and white photograph

Photograph shows boys jumping into the sea off Rocky Point, a cliff formation adjacent to the Torquay back beach with the sweeping beach in the backgroundChildren indulging in a now prohibited beach pastime..Black and white photograph

Photograph shows a group of surfers on the beach at Torquay with their wooden longboards and wearing two piece bathing costumes.Longboards and two piece uniforms are now part of surfing history.Black and white photograph

Photo shows a young woman dressed in shorts and sandshoes holding a body board on the beach at Torquay. The young lady's name is believed to be Yvonne Evans.A memory of a balmy beach day.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows two young children in bathing suits holding hands on the beach near Point Danger at Torquay.A memory of early TorquayBlack and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows five young boys and a baby standing on a wooden structure on the beach and wearing a variety of beach wear.The bathing boxes in the background were a feature of the Torquay beachscape until the 1950s.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows six men on Torquay beach dressed in womens bathing costumes.Torquay swimmers showing their feminine side?Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows a family group in swimwear, wrapped in towels and blankets, on the beach at Torquay with bathing boxes in the background.A record of beach fashions, and bathing boxes that had disappeared from the beach by the 1950s.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows four adults and two children sitting on the rocks at the beach at Torquay.A nostalgic beach sceneBlack and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows seven children in bathing costumes with two parasols on the beach at Torquay. The three eldest girls are believed to be Betty, Yvonne and Peggy Evans.A memory of a day at the beach.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows eleven lady bathers immersed in the sea showing off an array of bathing hats to a group of admiring spectators on Torquay beach.A record of fashionable headwear.Black and white photographtorquay victoria

Photograph shows a couple in then contemporary swimming costumes posing arm in arm on the beach at Torquay.It is believed that this photograph was taken circa 1920. The happy couple are James Thomas Evans and Roberta Evans then of Daylesford, later of 43 Anderson Street Torquay.Black and white photograph

This spinning wheel originates from New Zealand; however, it has no distinguishing features relating to its creator such as an inscription, so its exact maker is not known. Gill Stange remembers buying the wheel on Bridge Road in Richmond, approximately 30 years ago. Gill had joined her local Spinners and Weavers Guild after the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. She was a then resident of Mount Macedon and lost everything in the fires. Moving to Melbourne to get away from the scene of much pain, Gill was also in need of a new hobby to help occupy her mind. That is when spinning and weaving entered her life. The local Spinners and Weavers Guild was a great support network for her and with their recommendation, she purchased her own spinning wheel. Her passion was started, and the wheel was to become a treasured item in Gill’s home. She had several spinning wheels within her possession over the years, however, this wheel was her first and always her favourite. When the time came for Gill to downsize, there was simply no longer room for her spinning wheel. This is when she decided to donate the wheel to the National Wool Museum. Gill remembers one highlight was weaving a tablecloth from a traditional German design. It took her two years to complete, with Gill spinning all the wool herself on this wheel. The tablecloth won the first prize in the Melbourne Show in 1987. Gill also used the wheel to teach programs to school children on how to spin and knit wool. She would take the easily transported little wheel, and its accompanying seat, with her to schools. Its small size enabled her to teach children to knit and spin, bringing others the joy that spinning had brought her. Not just limited to schools, Gill also taught programs with the wheel here at the National Wool Museum. It is a fitting home for the wheel, which Gill donated to the National Wool Museum in 2021.Dark varnished wood in a Castle style spinning wheel. The wheel has 8 small spokes which meet a thick outside rim. The outside rim has four golden disc weights on the bottom edge, to aid in the turning of the wheel. The spinning wheel has four legs of turned wood giving a sculptural form, a design pattern which is continued throughout. The wheel has a single medium sized foot pedal. This pedal is well worn with varnish missing from years of use. The wheel is completed with its accompanying chair. Made of the same dark varnished wood, its legs are also of turned wood, continuing the design pattern and uniting the two objects. The chair is very simple outside of the legs, with a medium size base and a thin backrest ending in a rounded head. The chair’s varnish is also starting to fade from years of use. The chair is small, designed to keep the spinning wheel operator at the appropriate height when spinning on the equally small and compact Castle style spinning wheel. Additional parts were donated with the Spinning Wheel. - 3 x Lazy Kates - Spare Maiden. - 450mm Niddy Noddy - Steel teeth brushspinning wool, spinning wheel, ash wednesday, mount macedon, textile production

Associated with - Valentines Novelty Postcard Buildings - Gates/Hotel/River People - "Attwell, M L C, Jessie Swainston Collection"

Associated with - "Malmsbury General Store, Townsend Graphics" Buildings - "Viaduct, St Johns Church General Store, Post Off."

Framed collage of Australian raw wool by wool artist Pauline Osborn. Titled "Jimba on Manooka" (Sheep on Hill). Work specially made for the National Wool Museum after a visit by the artist in 1991.Wool collage of pastoral scene entitled "Jimba on Manooka" (English translation - Sheep on Hill). Framed and glazed.handicrafts

Part of a set of 11 slides depicting scenes relating to sheep pastures.35mm colour slide in a red and white paper slide mount, depicting a rural scene with gum trees and pasturesPrinted: SHEEP PASTURES / Set No. A868 No.9 / Western District Pasturessheep nutrition, wool growing, sheep - nutrition, western district, gum trees, pastures, farm

Advertisement in 'Church Scene', vol 5 no 23 April 19th 1996 for Daniel Robertson Pty Ltd, makers of clay bricks, tiles and pavers.Advertisement in 'Church Scene', vol 5 no 23 for Daniel Robertson Pty Ltd, makers of clay bricks, tiles and pavers.brickworks, daniel robertson australia pty ltd, station street, nunawading, no 58

Black and white postcard entitled 'Blackburn' Scene shows corner Railway and Blackburn Roads, Albert Street unmade.railway road, blackburn, hooke, janet emily, blackburn road blackburn, albert arthur

Black and white photo of gum trees preserved in a street in Blackburn. Photo taken by Jean Studack, Nunawading, in 1980, for the book 'And So Today'.studack, jean, field, jean 'and so today'

Australia Post First Day Cover envelope. With 5 stamps depicting various Military scenes. Denominations from 41cents to $1.10.3 Postmarks - Dandenong 12th April 1990. Red Poppy with "The Anzac Tradition". Signature of "Weary E Dunlop" on front of envelope.