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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Coop, Railway line from Mont Albert to Box Hill, c.1956
Railway line from Mont Albert to Box Hill, c.1956 - Churchill Street, Mont Albert on right Prior to the Eastern Suburbs Railway Development which added a third set of tracks down the alignment to Box Hill (Dec. 1971). This photo was taken at the same time as the 1956 Mont Albert Railway Station (behind the camera view) See also EDHS_04674-03 both taken from the same location. adjacent to the end of present day Trafalgar StreetDigital TIFF file Scan of Kopdak 620 black and white negative transparencygeorge coop collection, churchill street, mont albert railway station -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Card - Membership, Port Melbourne Football Club, Port Melbourne Football Club, 2002 - 2016
Port Melbourne Football Club members tickets (.01) 2002 (.02) 2006 (.03) 2011 (.04) 2012 (.05) 2010 (.06) 2013; (.07) 2014; (.08) 2015; (.09) 2016sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - Oral History, Eleanor HOPKINS and Methodist Church and kindergarten in Graham Street, Emily LOCK
Recording of the oral history of Emily LOCK discussing Eleanor HOPKINS and the Methodist Church and kindergarten in Graham St. Recorded by Pat GRAINGER at Emily's home in Farrell St. Recording duration 28:05religion - wesleyan methodist church, education - kindergartens, emily lock, eleanor hopkins -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, The Lightning diary of John Fenwick, 1/11/1969 12:00:00 AM
Diary of John Fenwick on board the clipper 'The Lightning' between 14/05/1854 and 31/07/1854 on maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne.Diary of John Fenwick on board the clipper 'The Lightning' between 14/05/1854 and 31/07/1854 on maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. Caught fire and sank after loading in Geelong.Diary of John Fenwick on board the clipper 'The Lightning' between 14/05/1854 and 31/07/1854 on maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. boats, the lightning, fenwick, john, geelong historical society, cary, j.j., wilmot, g.c. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat School of Mines Invoices, 01/07/1895 - 05/05/1899
The invoices glued into the scrapbook relate to purchases from the Ballarat School of MinesA very large dark green hard covered volume with read leather face spine and corners. Black ornamental bands across the spine. Leather strap with buckle for securing covers when not in use. Plain pages of brown "wrapping paper". Receipts glued to pages, folded and then numbered consecutively by hand i blue pencil. First receipt No. 996 (01 July 1895), numbering restarts after 1000 (three times). Last receipt is No. 155 (05 May 1899).invoices, ballarat school of mines, tunbridges, pringle, receipts, w. hamer, plumber, eyres brothers, j.h. trotman, g. batchelor, n. guthridge, w. doepel, frank fiscalini, huddart, barker and co., a. gaunt, h. wardle and son, turron & mcgavin, e.e. campbell, g.f. hocking, william sutherland, f. vale, victoria insurance company, r. collie & co., walter cornell, john fiscalini, mcvitty & co, j. miller & co, a.g. corbett, ben franklin printing works, middleton & morris, melbourne glass bottle works co, eldon chambers, e.l. stubbs, j. jones, firewood, mrs soderstrom, museum, ballarat school of mines museum, hill & paine, h. hebestadt, f.w. commons, sculptor, cherry & robins, alex e. monsbourgh, alex purdie, andrew cant, ballarat star, frederick martell, goodfellows, evening echo, a.h. powell, phillately -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 3/05/1952
Letter contains news of family members in London Quinn CollectionA pale blue self-folding letter (0898.a1) headed 8 Gloucester Walk, London W 8 and dated 3/05/52. Letter is written in green ink. It is addressed to Mrs K Hayes, 14 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. It is postmarked Kensington and is barely legible. The return address is Allan Quinn, 8 Gloucester Walk, London W8.letters-from-abroad, allan quinn, alette andersen, london 1952, vera south, hampton court, pat hannon -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Slater Family, 05/03/1996 and/12/1994
William Henry Slater of Mitcham, Surrey : an Australian pioneer. Notes by Eric Montague 05/03/1996 with an article ' A Mitcham Life' by Paul Parry from 'Merton Messenger' December 1994 on members of the Slater family, lavender growers.William Henry Slater of Mitcham, Surrey : an Australian pioneer. Notes by Eric Montague 05/03/1996 with an article ' A Mitcham Life' by Paul Parry from 'Merton Messenger' December 1994 on members of the Slater family, lavender growers. Includes photograph of William Mitchell. Note: Article refers also to Mitcham England. The photo of the Mayor Lyndon Parnell refers to Mitcham, South Australia.William Henry Slater of Mitcham, Surrey : an Australian pioneer. Notes by Eric Montague 05/03/1996 with an article ' A Mitcham Life' by Paul Parry from 'Merton Messenger' December 1994 on members of the Slater family, lavender growers.herb farms, slater, william henry, mitcham, slater, benjamin, skater, daniel, mitcham, surrey, england -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Lawn sprinkler
Lawn sprinkler with two splayed legs acting as a stand. Hose fixture on one side. Top shaft with nozzle at either end. Shaft on wheel to allow it to spin.Rain King Pat Fan 1956 P2056 Chicago Flexible Shaft Co Chicago.domestic items, gardening -
Melbourne Legacy
Document, Legacy: the Australian way, 1956
Photocopy of an article by James A. Michener reprinted from the Reader's Digest, April 1956. Through anecdotal accounts the article details the services and support given to beneficiaries of Australian war dead.Demonstrates international recognition of "this extraordinary ex-servicemen's organization".One double sided printed A4 photocopy, folded to make 4 pages.legacy promotion, history -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Cards - Debutante Ball x3, Mt Beauty H.E.S. Mothers' Club
Debutante Balls date back to the 18th century. They were originally intended to present young women to society. They were also used as an opportunity to teach dancing and to mix with each other at a formal function using social etiquette.Mt Beauty Mothers' Club was very active and supported the Mt Beauty Higher Elementary School and the community by organising a Debutante Ball in 1956 and 1958.1. Programme:yellowed cardboard folded to create a small card. Mt Beauty Mothers' Club Debutante Ball Mt Beauty Community Hall May 4th, 1956 printed on the cover. Inside, typed lengthwise with title 'Programme' listing the people involved 2. has two copies: Fancy pink border dated May, 2nd 1958 and similar to that in 1956mt beauty higher elementary school, debutante ball, mt beauty mothers' club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF VICTORIA BENDIGO BRANCH COLLECTION: MINUTE BOOK
Black covered book with an advertisement for stationary pasted on the front and a handwritten label stuck over the top. N.C.W. Bendigo First Minute Book 1948-1956 written on the label. Lists of Receipts and Expenditure written in the back of the book. First Meeting 29 July 1948 and the last Meeting in the book was 27 September 1956. Audit entry 13/10/56.organisation, women, national council of women, national council of women of victoria bendigo branch collection, ncw bendigo first minute book 1948-1956 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - My War Part 25 Newspaper The Sun dated 9/5/1942 - 10 Japanese Warships Sunk
newspaper reports of The Sun dated 9/05/1942Newspaper The Sun 9/5/194210 Japanese Warships Sunk, Enter , The General - MacAthurnewspaper articles from the the sun dated 9/05/1942 -
National Wool Museum
Letter
Addressed to Robert C. Lloyd (8/4/05)Signature of John Tindallsquatters sheep stations - history, board games, lloyd, mr robert, squatters, sheep stations - history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1981
1/05/1981 12:00:00 AMColour photograph of an aluminium dinghy swept into vertical position by surf breakers, on the beachships and shipping, fishing industry, shipwrecks -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1981
1/05/1981 12:00:00 AMColour photograph of an aluminium dinghy swept into vertical position by surf breakers, on the beachships and shipping, fishing industry, shipwrecks -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Drawing, Wal Jack, Sketch of "0" Road at SEC Depot, 1956?
Yields information about construction of "0" road at the Ballarat Tram Depot.Sketch showing the Ballarat tram depot with "0" road sketched in and handwritten notes about the date it was started, finished and the overhead or trolley wire put up in Feb. 1956. Items were contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips - see btm5507-list.pdf for actual location.depot, o road -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 8/01/1956 12:00:00 AM
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Geelong No 35 in Ryrie St, at Gheringhap St with destination of Chilwell, on the last day of service on this line. Has a bar traffic light in the photo and R. J. Stokes store. 8/1/1956. No details on photographer. On rear in ink "No.35 Chilwell bound in Ryrie St opposite Gheringhap St, Post Office Corner Geelong 8/1/56"trams, tramways, geelong, last day, ryrie st, traffic lights, tram 35 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST CHRISTMAS, 1956
Black & white photograph, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Progress Xmas Social in the year 1956, Father Christmas with dark glasses and black shoes with a young boy sitting on his lap.On the face in white ink are; 6 1/2 X 4 3/4 , No. 155, Bendigo East Progress Xmas Social and on the back too.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east progress association -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Victorian Railways (VR), "Melbourne and Suburbs", 1956
Map printed by the Victorian Railways in 1955 gives places of interest, some facts about Melbourne, and amusements, with the map showing rail, tram, and railway bus routes, suburbs, golf links, sporting grounds, and municipalities. The Bourke St tram route to East Preston is shown but not the Nicholson St East Brunswick line which opened during mid 1956. Provides a detailed list of suburbs, miles from the GPO, and how reached from where. Notes it was published in Jan. 1956 by the VR Public Relations and Betterment Board.Demonstrates a Victorian Railways printed map of MelbourneMap - 8 fold printed in colourmaps, melbourne, tramways, bus routes, railways -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - SECV Ballarat Power Stations, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Units Book", 1949 to 1956
Contains entries for the monthly records of Units generated and consumed in the Ballarat SECV district from Nov. 1949 to June 1956. For each month records power generated, load factors, maximum demands, traction power, public lighting, domestic, industrial, and commercial, and total sales excluding that power used by the SECV themselves in offices, workshops, stores, and for auxiliary equipment at the power stations. First entry for Ballarat B Power Station Sept, 1953. See item 9543 for the July 1956 to Dec. 1962.Demonstrates record keeping of the units generated and sent out (sold) of the two Ballarat Power stations.Printed as a Minute book - 136 ruled pages + heavy card cover, red tape binding on the outside, six sections, bound, with additional red and blue ink columns. tramways, ballarat power supply, ballarat a power station, ballarat b power station, secv, electricity generation -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Angus & Robertson, Shackleton's Argonauts by Frank Hurley, 1948
Blue hard covered book with an image of a vessel on a rough sea glued to the front, 140 pages plus 48 pages of photographs. Reprinted 1956.non-fictiondick richards, sir ernest shackleton, frank hurley, endurance, shakleton's argonauts, r.w.richards, richard w. richards, antarctica, exploration -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: CEREMONY
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, March 31, 2003. Ceremony: St Nicholas Day, circa 1956. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: READY TO ROLL
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Ready to roll: a truck loaded with balls of wool in Inglewood; circa 1956. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. Image from magazine, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA, 1956. (Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright.)Encircled 31 (Handwritten)usa, slide -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Rowers in last hurrah, 2012
Bob Duncan, a rower from Blackburn who participated in the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, will be accompanying the rowing team to the London Olympic Games. With photo.Bob Duncan, a rower from Blackburn who participated in the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, will be accompanying the rowing team to the London Olympic Games. With photo.Bob Duncan, a rower from Blackburn who participated in the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, will be accompanying the rowing team to the London Olympic Games. With photo.duncan, bob, rowing, olympic games, dickson, bruce -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Lucie Baragwanath, 1/03/2006 12:00:00 AM
Interview with Lucie Baragwanath, who migrated to Australia from Austria in 1956.Interview with Lucie Baragwanath, who migrated to Australia from Austria in 1956. Interviewed by Erica Sharpe 14 March 2006. Tape at NP 3457Interview with Lucie Baragwanath, who migrated to Australia from Austria in 1956.austrians in australia, oral history migration program, emigration, baragwanath, lucie -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Eckermann's Poultry Farm, c1960
Photographs relate to the Poultry Farms that existed in Nunawading and Forest Hill in the1950s and 1960s. Photos taken in 1961-62. Poultry farmers included Messrs Boyce, Gallos, Foote,Grimsley, Greenwood and Dudley|Slides scanned as a 'tiff' at 300dpi to CD Rom and cleaned and adjusted by Ted Arrowsmith.View from Eckermann's Poultry Farm front of the saw tooth, 2nd last and last pen, taken across back lawn. Built 1956.eckermann's, eckermann frank, poultry farms, nunawading, greenwood, forest hill, canterbury road, mount pleasant road nunawading, boyles, white, bruer's -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Program, Babirra Music Theatre
An overview of Babirra Music Theatre which was established in 1956 to perform musicals and has done so far for 65 years. See also NP4464babirra music theatre, music, whitehorse centre -
Mont De Lancey
Glass
1956 Olympic games glass. Olympic pageant. Featuring John Macmillan, Australia Helsinki finalist 1952. Grass originally used for Greig's honey.glasses, drinking glasses -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Photographs of Phillip Island, 1920s and 1940s
Photographs associated with Public Schools camp, that started in the 1930s. Some boys worked on chicory at McFee's farm. 314-05 was possibly located at Trenavin Farm, Ventnor. (Source Jan Andrews ) Photo of people on cart with tank stand was off to a 7 picnic at the Nobbies 1917. [See 1124-01] Keeston Sambell driving, behind him is Betty Parker. on side from left is May Lambert, Jim Patterson, Jim Blake, Carmen Sambell and Bill Sambell.[ Source Jim Blake] Eight black & white photographs. 314-01. Photograph of horse and cart with 2 women, 2 girls and 5 boys. 314-02. Photograph of a mixed group of 7 people on a horse and drag. 314-03. Photograph of 3 young adult males and a dog standing in front of a wooden building. 1926 “Campers Rest” Labelled The Immortal camp at Ventnor. Poss. Trenavin Park 314-04. Photograph of 5 boys and 1 woman swimming in rock pool. 1 boy watching. 314-05. Photograph of old wooden hut with tank and chimney. Appears to have been used by boys when camping. 314-06. Photograph of 4 boys - 2 in swimming costumes - on the beach. 314-07. Photograph of 3 women and 1 girl sitting on sand dunes. 314-08. Photograph of 3 boys in uniform and 1 man sitting on bench - maybe watching sporting event?scotch college camp phillip island, scotch college boys, s j mcfee, c.k. newman, f. r. newman, trenavin park phillip island, sambell family, jim blake, betty parker