This is the badge of the Australian Commonwealth Horse which was a mounted infantry unit of the Australian Army established during the Second Boer War in 1902. It was the first expeditionary force established by the Commonwealth of Australia following Federation in 1901 and the first to wear the Rising Sun Badge, a design chosen by the British Commander in Chief of the Australian Forces, Sir Edward Hutton. This Rising Sun Badge was the second version of a military badge used by Australian soldiers in 1902.This badge is of great interest as the hat badge worn by the Australian Commonwealth Horse in the Boer War. It is not known if it has any local significance. Brass semi-circular badge in the shape of the rising sun with slightly curved bottom edge. There is text along the bottom edge with "Australia" in a semi-circle above a crown in low relief.two hooks on the back of the badge."Commonwealth Horse" in scroll alonf bottom of badge. "Australia " in semicircle below the rays of the sun.warrnambool, commonwealth horse badge, military badges of australia, australian commonwealth horse badge

Avro Lancasters of 460SQN RAAF, based at Binbrook Lincolnshire about to join the bomber stream heading into the gathering darkness of the continent, June 1943. Rectangle colour print of a group of Lancaster bombersAircraft Illustrated Series two. Number 1. Signature of Ray Honisett Printed in Australia

The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia. Methodist Church of Australasia Order of Knights Charter certificate. The card has the MOK symbol and a decorated border. "Court Camelot Carnegie" "30th May 1963" "Ray Rees" " John W Goodhal"methodist order of knights, order of knights court camelot carnegie, ray rees knight grand commander

Photograph of the decorated interior of the Rutherglen Memorial Hall full of people in Ball dress for the opening of the Memorial Hall in 1927.On verso: "Donated by Ray Herrin Aug 85. Ball for opening of Memorial Hall 1927"memorial hall, ball, dances

Reproduced Page 1 of Pioneers & Painters, edited by Alan Marshall (1971)This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.4 x 5 inch B&W Neg Black and White prints 20 x 25 (2) and 17.5 x 18.5 cmpioneers and painters, sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection

When the ship Schomberg was launched in 1855, she was considered the most perfect clipper ship ever to be built. James Blaine’s Black Ball Line had commissioned her to be built for their fleet of passenger liners. At a cost of £43,103, the Aberdeen builders designed her to sail faster than the quick clippers designed by North American Donald McKay. She was a three masted wooden clipper ship, built with diagonal planking of British oak with layers of Scottish larch. This luxury vessel was designed to transport emigrants to Melbourne in superior comfort. She had ventilation ducts to provide air to the lower decks and a dining saloon, smoking room, library and bathrooms for the first class passengers. At the launch of Schomberg’s maiden voyage, her master Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes, drunkenly predicted that he would make the journey between Liverpool and Melbourne in 60 days. Schomberg departed Liverpool on 6 October 1855 with 430 passengers and 3000 tons cargo including iron rails and equipment intended the build the Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. The winds were poor as Schomberg sailed across the equator, slowing her journey considerably. She was 78 days out of Liverpool when she ran aground on a sand-spit near Peterborough, Victoria, on 27 December; the sand spit and the currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. Overnight, the crew launched a lifeboat to find a safe place to land the ship’s passengers. The scouting party returned to Schomberg and advised Forbes that it was best to wait until morning because the rough seas could easily overturn the small lifeboats. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted SS Queen at dawn and signalled the steamer. The master of the SS Queen approached the stranded vessel and all of Schomberg’s passengers were able to disembark safely. The Black Ball Line’s Melbourne agent sent a steamer to retrieve the passengers’ baggage from the Schomberg. Other steamers helped unload her cargo until the weather changed and prevented the salvage teams from accessing the ship. Local merchants Manifold & Bostock bought the wreck and cargo, but did not attempt to salvage the cargo still on board the ship. They eventually sold it on to a Melbourne businessman and two seafarers. After two of the men drowned when they tried to reach Schomberg, salvage efforts were abandoned.32 In 1975, divers from Flagstaff Hill, including Peter Ronald, found an ornate communion set at the wreck. The set comprised a jug, two chalices, a plate and a lid. The lid did not fit any of the other objects and in 1978 a piece of the lid broke off, revealing a glint of gold. As museum staff carefully examined the lid and removed marine growth, they found a diamond ring, which is currently on display in the Great Circle Gallery.33 Flagstaff Hill also holds ship fittings and equipment, personal effects, a lithograph, tickets and photograph from the Schomberg. Most of the artefacts were salvaged from the wreck by Peter Ronald, former director of Flagstaff Hill. The Schomberg, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S612), has great historical significance as a rare example of a large, fast clipper ship on the England to Australia run, carrying emigrants at the time of the Victorian gold rush. She represents the technical advances made to break sailing records between Europe and Australia. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the Schomberg is significant for its association with the shipwreck, The collection is primarily significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the Schomberg. It is archaeologically significant as the remains of an international passenger Ship. It is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and for its association with the shipwreck and the ship, which was designed to be fastest and most luxurious of its day Copper Hinge-plate (broken) from the wreck of the Schomberg, 3 bolt holes. L 1' x 6½" x 5" x ¾" thickflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, schomberg, clipper ship, black ball line, 1855 shipwreck, aberdeen clipper ship, captain forbes, peterborough shipwreck, ss queen, copper hinge-plate, copper plate

Baby shoes and shawl were worn by Anne van Popering (items appox.65 years old)1 x baby shawl 3 x baby shoes 2 x "hanky" shirts Also kitchen items: pudding boiler & cookbookssee photosbaby, clothes, shoes, kitchen, cooking items,

Used by Mr. Bob Fulton, Wandin East.3 x Wooden berry picking trays to hold punnets (includes punnets) 2 x 10 punnets and 1 x 6 punnets.packaging

Set of number decals for tram numbers or numerals or sign. , "1" x 12 copies - 230H x 68W, 400 12 61 numbered on back - 236H x 83W, 400/11/60 - 225H x 68W, 72-2-64 - 194H x 62W, 72/9/59 (2 copies, 1 copy has "48 RG" stamped on back) - 7 unnumbered copies inside paper band with "12" written in blue ink , "2" x 6 copies - 192H x 171W, 2 copies, unnumbered - 195H x 160W, 144/9/56 (4 copies, 2 stamped on back "MILL 630") , "3 x 7 copies - 193H x 163W, one copy stamped "48 RG" on back , "4" x 9 copies - 192H x 183W, one copy with "Tramway Green 388 5175" and "Tramway Cream 388 5176" written on back in red ink , "5" x 14 copies - 191H x 161W, 72/10/54 (8 copies, one copy has "6" written in pencil on front) - 149-3-48 (6 copies) , "6" x 8 copies - 199H x 175W, 2 copies have "six" written on back in blue. One paper band with "6" and "3" written in black on back. 48/3/33. 195H x 165W folded on LHS. 170H x 135W cut out of number. , "7" x 5 copies - 198H x 175W, stamped on back in blue, unreadable. , "8" x 3 copies - 198H x 176W. , "9" x 4 copies - 198H x 159W, 144/10/53 - 197H x 160W, 144/11/49 (2 copies) - 193H x 154W, 72/5/59. , "0" x 3 copies - 195Hx162W, 144/10/53.trams, tramways, decal, numbers, tramcars

Photograph of the Ascot boys who served with Harry Holmes at the front during World War One. Harry Holmes in the front. Ray Blight in centrechatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france, ray blight, harry holmes

Two variable vacuum discharge tubes (cathode ray tubes?). Two glass tubes, each with foil leaf electrodes inserted at opposite ends. scientific instruments, physics, electron discharge tube

Black and white photo John Jones LHS and Ray Beer wearing hard hats and lanterns inspecting ore in a skip.at Central Deborah Mine.Bendigomining, business, central deborah gold mine

Black and white photo of miner Ray Beer,wearing hard hat and mining lamp checking mine roof at Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo..mining, business, central deborah gold mine

Storyboard of Ray Hinde, Mike Force Campany Commander, Pleiku, Van Kiep, June 1968 - May 1969. Service Number 213536, AATTVbehind the wire, storyboard, aattv, ray hinde, pleiku

Brenda Smith's parents lived throuh two World Wars and the Depression. As an adult migrant arriving in Australia from England in 1970, when she looked back she realised her family spoke very little about what they had endured and she was not even aware of them going through the Spanish Flu pandemic. Smith has written a diary since 2009 and as a consquence of her family's earlier experiences with similar but lack of documentation and stories passed on, was determined to chronicle her experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic covering 2020-2021. This pandemic continues unabated in its third year (2022). The journal documents the daily life of living through the COVID-19 pandemic and the influences it had uopon the local community from both locally and interantionallycovid-19, coronavirus pandemic, journal, person, personal narrative

Decorative plate commissioned by Eltham District Historical Society for use as gifts for guest speakers, etc. The decoration is a representation of the EDHS logo which features the Eltham Railway Trestle Bridge and Shillinglaw CottageSquare clay plate, glazed and fired, 14.5 x 14.5 x 2cmOn face decorated with the EDHS logo in colour. On revesre "Eltham District Historical Society" and "C. Pittard"chris pittard, decorative plate, shillinglaw cottage, eltham railway trestle bridge, artwork

These documents, Medals and photograph relate to VX 46548 Pte H C Hose enlisted on 12 July 1940 and was discharged 09 August 1943They are thge original documents and Medals.AAFA 209 Certificate of Discharge 6 x Decorations 1 x PhotographVX 46548 Pte H C Hose on Certificate of Discharge and Medalsaustralian, army, h c hose ww2