Showing 53745 items matching "7/12/1940"
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Greensborough Historical Society
Bottle, Unknown, Glass milk jug, 1950c
Of type used by customers of Coles Cafeteria Melbourne circa 1940-1970. Displays mold marks on base, Mold G22M. Irregular glass thickness on base. Indent in rim to assist pouring. Evidence of two-piece mold seams.Clear glass milk jug (vial). Displays mold marks on base, evidence of two-piece mold seams.Mold G22Mmilk jug, coles cafeteria, glass bottle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Rushworth Gold Mines
The Rushworth gold rush began in 1853 and ended in 1870 when rising ground water made it unprofitable. The area then turned to the timber industries until the 1940's. It is estimated that the Rushworth goldfields produced approximately 100,000 ounces of gold.51-page soft cover booklet. Pale yellow covers. 'The Rushworth Gold Mines' A descriptive narrative of the Rushworth Gold Mines as prepared by the staff of the 'Rushworth Chronicle' and published in that journal in 1918. Mines are listed by name. rushworth, gold mines -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Wright Cyclone 9 Series R-1820-52 Engines
Description: 100 pages. Published by Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Published with materials from 1940-1945. Catalog Part No. 851653. Parts Catalogue for Wright Cyclone Aircraft Engines Series GR-1820G-200 Level of Importance: World. Author: Editor John W. R. Taylor -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Wright Cyclone 9 Engines Instructions
Description: 150 pages. Published by Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Published with materials from 1940-1941. Part No. 851361. Parts Catalogue for Wright Cyclone Model GR-1820-G-100 Aircraft Engines Level of Importance: World. Author: W. Baird -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting, Camp 2
Camp 2 waterclour. Donated Lieut Frederick Ferdinando Hardy b 1881. Served in Boer War, migrated to australia in 1909, enlisted WW!, with number VX7. Re-enlisted in 1940 for WW2 and served as Paymaster in camp 2Framed watercolour of Camp 2. Four huts, two in foreground and two behind. Two large gum trees and the end of the row infron t of a barbed wire fence. Corragated iron ssurrounds a small garden. Other gardens have frame work constructed from tree branches for climbing vines. Some washing hangs from another branch. Two gentlemen sit on a bench at a table appear to be studying. Tatura 1941, Theodore Engelcamp 2 tatura, theodore engel, watercolour painting, camp huts, 1941, hardy -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Domestic object - Miniature Coffee Pot
Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. The coffee pot was made by internees in the Camp.Small metal coffee post with spout, handle and lid made as part of a child's tea set. Embossed with the letter "E" on the front. "E"else lore hukins, else oertel, camp 3, camp 3 children's toys, toys, internees, teaset -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Ephemera, The Gum Tree. A journal devoted to the conservation, propogation and utilisation of Australian Trees, 1917 -1956
Various copies of the Journal of the Australian Forest League, Victorian Branch. Incomplete set. V.1 -18 1917 - 1940. NS V1 -V.14 mp 3 1941 - July 1956. stored in ex Herbarium box.Documents -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Map - RAAF Navigational Maps
Historical Details: . Description: Official Wartime Maps NewGuinea, New Britain etc AAP Date: 1940-45 Author: RAAF Amended to AL Publisher: RAAF Pages: 15 Maps Binding: Content/Keywords. Level of Importance: -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Photograph, Charlton High St 1987, c.1987
High St Charlton 1987. Part of Shire of Charlton series of photos. National Australia Bank building. Established as Bank of Victoria in 1876, later became Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Current building built in c. 1940Colour photo of High St, Charlton looking east. National Australia Bank on the corner of High & Armstrong Streets. Sign for Victoria Bitter and East Charlton Hotel on LH side. White car travelling toward photographer. Two people holding bicycles and standing next to a motor bike on LH side of road.high st charlton, national australia bank, bank of victoria, commercial banking company of sydney, charlton, business, industry -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mrs Attrills performing dogs Aussie and Rex
Large Group of Children seated who have enjoyed a performance by Mrs. Attrill's dogs Aussie and Rex. c 1940 -1950. Presumably Mrs. Attrill on right of photo. Lady at back - Black hat and glasses is Miss Gresswell.Black & white photo of a group of young children plus several adults all seated with a woman standing out the front. stawell business -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Sunbury Football team, c1940 - 1950s
IT is a photograph of the Sunbury Football team possibly taken in the 1940-1950s decades when the matches were played on land bounded by Shields, Evans, Harker and O'Shanassy Streets. A football team was formed in the early 1890s and in 1892 was known as 'The Swifts'.A non- digital black and white photograph of a football team.football, australian rules football, sunbury football club -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC Provincial tramways pre purchase strip tickets, pre 1950's?
Sets of SEC Provincial tramways pre purchase strip tickets (known in Bendigo as Section tickets) consisting of up to 12 No. 1d tickets (1/- worth), printed on 210 gsm orange pasteboard and blind perforated at each ticket to enable them to be torn off and cancelled. Each ticket strip has the same ticket number. Form TYE 2-15 See below for the ticket details of each strip. Each strip of 10 or 12 tickets has been folded in half. Tickets availability printed on back of ticket - 0 and 1, 1A and 3, 1A and 4, or two for a 2d section or part payment of a 3d or 4d fare. Not known when in use at time of cataloguing. Pre 1950's? Each ticket has been stamped "CANCELLED" in purple ink. 2112.1 - Ticket No. AA322405 - 12 tickets in strip .2 - AA322404 - 12 tickets in strip .3 - AA374335 - 10 tickets in strip .4 - AA2449563 - 4 tickets .5 - AA244954 - 2 tickets .6 - AA244953 - 4 tickets See Reg Item 3069 for Bendigo type. trams, tramways, secv, tickets, parcels -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Domestic object - Silver sugar bowl, Stokes & Son, c1910
This item is from a collection donated by descendants of John Francis Turner of Wodonga. Mr. Turner was born on 6 June 1885. He completed all of his schooling at Scotts Boarding School in Albury, New South Wales. On leaving school, he was employed at Dalgety’s, Albury as an auctioneer. In 1924 John was promoted to Manager of the Wodonga Branch of Dalgety’s. On 15/03/1900 he married Beatrice Neal (born 7/12/1887 and died 7/2/1953) from Collingwood, Victoria. They had 4 daughters – Francis (Nancy), Heather, Jessie and Mary. In 1920, the family moved From Albury to Wodonga, purchasing their family home “Locherbie” at 169 High Street, Wodonga. "Locherbie" still stands in Wodonga in 2022. The collection contains items used by the Turner family during their life in Wodonga. Thomas Stokes a diesinker and electroplater was born in Birmingham in 1831, and arrived in Victoria in the 1850s. By the 80s he was well-established in Melbourne, employing 30 tradesmen and apprentices. The business became a proprietary concern in 1911, re-named Stokes & Son Pty Ltd. This assists in establishing the provenance of the item to before 1911.This item comes from a collection used by a prominent citizen of Wodonga. It is also an example of silverware of the early 20th century.A silver plate sugar bowl. It is circular in shape but has a scalloped rim and has a handle attached to the top. The hallmark of Stokes and Son, Australia is embossed underneath the bowl. This indicates that the item is made from Electro Plate Nickel Silver. A1 indicates that it was manufactured with the highest quality EPNS produced by Stokes and Son.On underside of bowl: "W S in the middle of a star and above a boomerang EPNS S&S A1 MADE IN AUSTRALIA 462 MATES LTD ALBURY"silverware, silver plate, domestic items -
RSL Victoria - Anzac House Reference Library and Memorabilia Collection
Letter of Edwin Charles Waldegrate Lloyd, Edwin Charles Lloyd, 12/7/1917
Letter of thanks to "Miss Elsie" by Lloyd, for his having received the pair of sox she knitted. Lloyd enclosed some Turkish (paper) money got from a captured Turkish cavalryman.Two page handwritten letter of Edwin Lloyd (1067 - 6th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement), dated 12th July 1917.ww1, letters, 6 light horse, edwin charles waldegrate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AUXILIARY BENDIGO, 7/11/1956 - 22/12/1956
Book, Bendigo Horticultural Society Auxiliary Bendigo, Minutes of meetings. Dated from 30 April 1957 to 26 June 1962.book, bendigo, bendigo horticultural society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NORTH VIRGINIA GMC N L - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, 26/7/1946 - 12/8/1948
Document. Well worn cardboard folder (tan) containing financial statements for the North Virginia GMC N L.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, gold mining, financial statements -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - PANNOOBAMAWM, 7/12/1914
Map: Parish of Pannoobamawm, County of Bendigo. Parish plan (number 313 in map cupboard 1)map, bendigo, parish plan, pannoobamawm -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Letter, 7/04/1967 12:00:00 AM
A two page letter written to his parents by James Kelly Kerr on paper with The Patriotic Fund Of Queensland. "In Gratitude To Our Forces Overseas".letter, james kelly kerr -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, 4 CO's, 7/08/1968 12:00:00 AM
Unframed photo of the Commanding Officers of the four Infantry Battalions represented in vietnam at a farewell party of Officers of 7RARAWM THU/68/C0356/VNlt. col. shelton, 3 rar, lt. col. charlesworth, 7 rar, 1 rar -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Nunawading Planning Scheme, 7/06/1994 12:00:00 AM
Local Section maps 1 - 4 with index. Geographical information system land Information Branch. Scale 1:10,000 Shows zoning under planning scheme.Local Section maps 1 - 4 with index. Geographical information system land Information Branch. Scale 1:10,000 Shows zoning under planning scheme.Local Section maps 1 - 4 with index. Geographical information system land Information Branch. Scale 1:10,000 Shows zoning under planning scheme.blackburn, blackburn north, blackburn south, forest hill, heatherdale, maps, nunawading, vermont, vermont south, town planning, burwood east, laburnum -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Address by State Librarian, 7/10/1986 12:00:00 AM
Address by Jane La Scala, State Librarian to MAV forum on Strategies for Local Authority Libraries.Address by Jane La Scala, State Librarian to MAV forum on Strategies for Local Authority Libraries.Address by Jane La Scala, State Librarian to MAV forum on Strategies for Local Authority Libraries.la scala, jane, state library of victoria, public libraries, municipal association of victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Water towers, 7/07/1996 12:00:00 AM
Article about how demand for water has been of importance throughout history.Article about how demand for water has been of importance throughout history. Photos of some of Victoria's storage towers including Mitcham.Article about how demand for water has been of importance throughout history. water supply, mitcham water tower -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Let's Salute our Inspiring Heroes, 7/10/2014 12:00:00 AM
Illustration of recipients of Pride of Australia Medal 2014.Illustration of recipients of Pride of Australia Medal 2014. Les Smith, at 86 is Environment Victoria's longest serving volunteer.Illustration of recipients of Pride of Australia Medal 2014. smith, les -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Sudden storm hits street, 7/01/2015 12:00:00 AM
Lightning strike downs trees in Maple Street, Blackburn.Lightning strike downs trees in Maple Street, Blackburn.Lightning strike downs trees in Maple Street, Blackburn.maple street, blackburn -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Plan - Family Tree, McGhee and Eriksson Families, 7/07/1993 12:00:00 AM
Information on the family history of the McGhee and Eriksson families.Information on the family history of the McGhee and Eriksson families as supplied by Margaret Sells.Information on the family history of the McGhee and Eriksson families. genealogy, mcghee family, eriksson family -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Naturally unique, 7/02/1990 12:00:00 AM
Article by Roth Jones on 70 year old Tudor style house at 17 Acacia Avenue, BlackbuArticle by Roth Jones on 70 year old Tudor style house at 17 Acacia Avenue, BlackburnArticle by Roth Jones on 70 year old Tudor style house at 17 Acacia Avenue, Blackbuacacia avenue, blackburn -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Battle of the will, 7/07/1993 12:00:00 AM
Article in Nunawading Gazette.Article in Nunawading Gazette re Alan Franklin who was presented with a cheque from Forest Hill Lions Club to enable him to buy an electric wheel chair.Article in Nunawading Gazette. franklin, alan, lions club of forest hill, harken, mike, harken, jenni, edward, barry -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Tribute to Dorothy, 7/11/1990 12:00:00 AM
Note of a tribute by George Cox, Member for Nunawading Province to the late Dorothy Goble.Note of a tribute by George Cox, Member for Nunawading Province to the late Dorothy Goble.Note of a tribute by George Cox, Member for Nunawading Province to the late Dorothy Goble.goble, dorothy, cox, george -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, War veteran raises the flag, 7/02/1990 12:00:00 AM
Australian flag presented to Mr Claude Fankhauser by Carroll and Richardson.Australian flag presented to Mr Claude Fankhauser by Carroll and Richardson prior to the return to Gallipoli for 75th anniversary of landing.Australian flag presented to Mr Claude Fankhauser by Carroll and Richardson. anzac day, fankhauser, claude augustus leopold, carroll & richardson, strachan, ron -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Mary Ann Jeffery, 7/05/1976 12:00:00 AM
Death Certificate of Mary Ann Jeffery nee Launder died 6 Jun 1943.Death Certificate of Mary Ann Jeffery nee Launder died 6 Jun 1943.Death Certificate of Mary Ann Jeffery nee Launder died 6 Jun 1943.jeffery, mary ann, launder, mary ann