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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Mitchell Bros., Auctioneers in Main Street Stawell c1890 -- Sketch
Mitchell Bros. Auctioneers Main Street Stawell From Sketch series Circa 1890stawell businesses -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, MR L.C. Phillips, Tailor & Clothier in Main Street Stawell c1890 -- Sketch
L.C. Phillips Tailor & Clothier Main Street From Sketch series Circa 1890stawell businesses -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Mr S. Isaacson, Draper & Clothier in Main Street Stawell c1890 -- Sketch
S. Isaacson Draper & Clothier Main Street From Sketch series Circa 1890stawell businesses -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Bone, Saddler & Harness factory in Main Street Stawell c1890
Bone Saddler & Harness factory Main Street From Sketch series Circa 1890stawell businesses -
Maryborough Midlands Historical Society operating the Worsley Cottage Museum
Book, Nature Fantasy in Australia, 1932
Alec Chisholm was born in Maryborough in 1890. He became a journalist, and a prominent ornithologist and conservationist.The book forms part of the small Chisholm archive held by the M.M.H.S. The author is one of the town's most famous "exports".Blue, hard cover book, 96 pages. A general introduction to the avifauna of the Sydney district by noted ornithologist Alec H. Chisholm. Black and white illustrations throughout.chisholm birds maryborough -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Yonge, Charlotte M, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge, Date of this edition unknown. First published 1866
Hardcover book, 256 pages. Book has a decorative cover.fictioncharlotte yonge, fiction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CABINET PORTRAIT OF VICTORIAN LADY
Cabinet portrait of Victorian Lady seated with sheet of paper in hands. No inscriptions on reverse. Unframed in album. Possibly a member of the Opie/Dower/Martin/Adams family formerly of Castlemaine/Maldon/Mt. Pleasant areas. Originally from Cornwall. Photograph c.1880's./Bartlett Brothers -Sandhurst photoBartlett Bros., Sandhurstphotograph, portrait, female, cabinet portrait of victorian lady, bartlett bros. sandhurst, opie, dower, martin, adams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH OF DE LACEY EVANS
With a card (for exhibition??) entitled '' The only known photograph of the enigmatical De Lacey Evans who for many years impersonated a man and was by occupation a gold miner''. Date 1877 (1880 crossed out). On the reverse side is the name N. White photographer Mitchell St Sandhurst, Opposite St. Pauls Tower.N W White, Mitchell St, Sandhurstperson, individual, de lacey evans, de lacey evans, male impersonater. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: RECEIPT J.J. HAYES & CO
memo from J.J. Hayes & Co., General Auctioneers & Estate Agents, sheep and cattle salesmen, Hargreaves Street, Sandhurst. Receipt from Messrs Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, for valuation at Mologa and Pyramid Hill. Signed J.J. Hayes. One penny stamp on bottom. Undated ( approx. 1880's )business, legal, j.j. hayes & co., sandhurst, j.j. hayes & co., sheep and cattle salesmen. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Art Engraving Company, Memorial Card: Alexander Stewart, 1897
Memorial card given out to family and friends. Alexander Kirk Stewart died October 17, 1897 aged 42 years. Husband of Caroline Fairie (nee Kidd - born 1856 at sea), they marriedin 1885. Caroline died in 1901 at Diamond Creek aged 45 years. Memorial Cards were commonly handed out to those friends and family paying their respects at the loss of a loved one. CABINET 1866-1905 The Cabinet photo was introduced in 1866 in answer to a demand for a larger format photograph which could be mounted for a cabinet or on the wall. They were 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches (11.5 x 16.5 cm), more than twice the size of the cdv. They cost about twice as much as a cdv but eventually displaced them. They were not extensively produced until 1880 and had ceased by 1905. Coloured mounts, especially maroon or green, indicate a date between 1880 and 1890. - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 19911897, alexander stewart, cabinet photo, caroline fairlie stewart (nee kidd), marg ball collection, memorial card, shillinglaw family photo album 3, the art engraving company -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Document - leaflet, Proposed Bass Valley, Powlett River and San Remo Railway Lines
Submission for the Bass Valley, Powlett River and San Remo Railway line to be included in the Railways Act4 page paper booklet with small print. Pages 3-6. Page 1-2 appear to be missingnon-fictionSubmission for the Bass Valley, Powlett River and San Remo Railway line to be included in the Railways Actrailways, san remo, public transport, bass valley, powlett river -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - J Kitchen & Sons offices, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c. 1888
Brown framed sepia photograph of eight men standing outside a building with a man leaning out of first floor window. Sign on ground floor reads "J Kitchen & Sons... candle and soap..."Label believed to describe the photograph... "This picture taken in 1886 shows the company's offices at 28 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. (Now 325 Flinders Lane). These premises were vacated in 1890."industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Glass hand blown, bottle with cork stopper, 20thC
Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Co Pty Ltd (1903 - 1915) Registered in Victoria in 1903 the company amalgamated with the Waterloo Glass Bottle Works Ltd in 1915 to form Australian Glass Manufacturers Company, Limited. Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Spotswood 1872- 1915 The Melbourne Glass Bottle Works (former), comprising a complex of buildings constructed between 1880 and 1940, at Booker Street, Douglas Parade, 2-38 Hudson Road, Raleigh Street and Simcock Avenue, Spotswood. The former glassworks was established in 1890 and originally made bottles for pharmacists Felton Grimwade before it was sold to the State Government by US multinational, OI glass manufacturers A small clear glass bottle with a piece of the cork stopper* pharmacy, medicines, asthma, respiratory diseases, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, glass bottles, melbourne glass bottle works. felton grimwade, spotswood, -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Burman's Photographic Rooms, Unidentified Shillinglaw Family Female, c.1880
According to Sands & McDougall Melbourne Directory, Burman's were operating from 209 Bourke St. East and St George's Hall (73 Bourke St. East) from 1879-1885 CARTE-DE-VISITE (cdv) 1857-1890 Cartes-de-visite (cdv's) are the most common form of photograph from the nineteenth century, generally measuring two and a half inches by four and an eighth inches (6.3 x 10.5 cm) when mounted, sepia toned, mounted on a card which was generally printed with the photographer's name and address on the back or beneath the portrait. - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, shillinglaw family photo album 1, 1879-1885, 1880, burman's photographer 209 bourke st east and st georges hall melbourne, unknown, female shillinglaw 9 -
Ballan Shire Historical Society
Photograph - Macpherson, Dugald J.P, Framed portrait of Councillor Dugald Macpherson J.P
Sepia photograph, mounted on fawn cardboard in a very dark timber frameCouncillor Dugald Macpherson J.P. Member of the Road Board 1862 - 1864 Councillor Ballan Shire Council 1864 -1873 President 1875 - 1880 Colart - Melbourne Merv Quinn 1992ballan shire councillor, •ballan shire president, •ballan road board, macpherson dugald -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Redmond Barry Statue, 11/10/2011
Sir Redmond Barry was the first trustee of the Ballarat School of Mines.Four photographs in digital format showing the Redmond Barry Statue outside the State Library of Victoria in Swanston Street, Melbourne.On base of sculpture " Erected by a grateful public to perpetuate the memory of invaluable services rendered to Victoria by Sir Redmond Barry Kt. Doctor of laws and a Judge of the Supreme Court Obiit MDCCCLXXX' [1880]redmond barry, state library of victoria -
Vision Australia
Medal - Object, Helen Keller medallion, 1980
Produced by Lions International to commemorate the 100 years since the birth of Helen Keller, who was a pioneer in changing attitudes and rallying support for the blind and vision impaired community in the United States of America, as well as around the world.Silver medallion with profile of short-haired woman turned to the leftHelen Keller in profile with the words 'Helen Keller Centennial 1880-1980' on front side. "While they were saying among themselves it can not be done it was done' - Helen Keller (script on back) collectibles, medals -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Alfred Brown, c1880
Fred Brown was awarded a certificate in Telegraphy at the Ballarat School of Mines in 1880. (SMB Annual Report 1880, p64) A sitting man poses for a studio photograph, wearing a jacket and bow tie. The photograph is surrounded by an oval shaped metal frame, and that in turn is located within an ornate rectangular frame. ballarat school of mines, telegraphy, telegraph, brown, fred brown, alfred brown -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN EVANS COLLECTION: LABORATORY NOTES, CHEMISTRY AND ASSAYING 1890
Laboratory Notes, Chemistry and Assaying - listed as #4 Bendigo School of Mines ca. 1890. Two sets of folded notes, hand-ruled and results written in by hand. Many pages with names at bottom right-hand corner - ''McCowan & (??) Biggart'' with the following below: '' per A (??) GN''bendigo, education, bendigo school of mines, bendigo school of mines -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Portrait, George SANGSTER, c. 1910
Portrait photo of George SANGSTER (on right) with unknown man - both members of the Port Melbourne Chess Club. Councillor, Borough of Port Melbourne 1893-94.. President of the Port Melbourne Football Club 1898-1890. State Member of Parliament for Port Melbourne for 20 years local government - borough of port melbourne, recreation, sport - australian rules football, george sangster, chess club, port melbourne football club, pmfc -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BELFAST STORES
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Belfast Stores: Hargreaves Street, circa 1890. John Matchett established the store in 1868 after mining for several years. He managed to build the business and in 1912 opened a branch in Moonee Ponds. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, c1880-1890
Photograph is of Sir John Bowser as a young man, probably shortly after he settled in Wangaratta about 1880. In 1884 he became editor and part-owner of the Wangaratta Chronicle. In 20 November 1894 he won the Wangaratta and Rutherglen seat in the Legislative Assembly by only thirteen votes. He remained in the Victorian Parliament for many years and in November 1917 he became premier, chief secretary and minister of labour. At the time the Rutherglen Common School was completed in 1874 he was the Minister of EducationBlack and white portrait photograph of a young man with a mustache. Photo was mounted on a light piece of cardboard that has been torn at the edges.At bottom of photo is pasted a slip of paper printed with: "J. Bowser, Esq., M.L.A."john bowser, victorian legislative assembly, common school, rutherglen common school -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo - Edmonston, Richards & Co. Photos Ballaarat, C.Edmonston, "Circa 1886"
Councilor Charles Edmonston was elected as a member of council in1885 until 1897 and was President in 1890-91.Section of Original Historic Photo which depicts all councilors for the council year 1885-86.Photo of Coucilor Charles Edmonston,in Sepia,is oval,set on a light grey " horse shaped " mount edged with gold and on a darker grey mount and on the bottomright of the " horse shoe ". It is part of a composite collection of photos of councilors,1885-86." PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT G. RENNIE ESQ. TO THE BALLARAT SHIRE COUNCIL.1885-86.ballarat shire council, edmonston charles, 1885 1897 -
Torquay and District Historical Society
News paper article (copy), Scammell Collection
Physical description of wreck of J H Scammell on Thursday May 8th 1890 in Age NewspaperContemporary record of one of many ship wrecks on south coast of Victoria News paper article shipwrecks great ocean road victoria -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1991
Mrs Boucher was born in Stawell Victoria 8/3/1890 and died 10/5/1995Black and white photograph of Mrs Daisy Patience Amelia Boucher on her 101st birthday at Lakes Entrance Nursing Home with eldest son Ray. Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Stawell Brewery in Stawell West with horse and cart in the front c1890 -- Sketch
Stawell Brewery Stawell West with horse and cart in front. From Sketch series Circa 1890stawell businesses -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Wimmera Flour Mills and Grain Store in Taylor Street c1890 -- Sketch
Wimmera Flour Mills and Grain Store Taylor Street From Sketch series Circa 1890stawell businesses -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
Thomas Southcombe Mayor Port Fairy Municipal Council 1881, 1890 Carpenter from Devon Mayor of Port Fairy late 1800'sBlack and White photographthomas southcombe, mayor, port fairy, municipal council, councillor -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Bottle
Bottle, large clear glass whisky bottle, handmade top,3 piece moulded - turn marks on neck, lead paper seal, glass is irridescent in areas, embossed on base "C.S & Co Ld", c 1860's - 1880. H 30cm x Dia 8cm. Recovered on dive at Queenscliff.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bottle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - OLIVE PELL COLLECTION: PORTRAIT OF A MAN AND A WOMAN
Copy of a photograph - sepia. 2 copies. Portrait of a man and a woman having tea. Written on back, could be,. At the end it says the lady is Edith Lansell - The second wife of Geo Lansell. It says Geo Lansell 1st wife, Bedielia died Sept.1880. Also says (children all from Edith).Agnes S. Morris, Dunolly.person, group, lansell family, olive pell collection. portrait of geo and edith (2nd wife) lansell.