non-fictionvictorian railways, mildura, souvenir, mildura sunlight, 1960, ballarat, melbourne

The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. It was celebrated throughout the British Empire, including in Australia. Ballarat schools marched in procession with a salute at the Town Hall before attending church services at their respective churches. By the late 1950s the celebration became Commonwealth Empire Day the reference to Empire being dropped by the 1960s.These form part of a large family collection of bookmarks and local & family history items at Hymettus Cottage, home to the same family for the past 125 years in 2024. They have a well documented provenance and a known owner forming part of a significant and representative historical collection that reflects Ballarat's local history from a family perspective. They contribute to our understanding of social and family life in twentieth century Ballarat and providing interpretative capacity for family, local, and social history themes.Three Empire Day cardboard bookmarks each featuring an illustrated crown, with crossed Australian and British flags, each bookmark trimmed in gold. The first is simply for Empire Day and two commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 1953 Royal Visit respectively.nil,empire day, royal visit, bookmarks, empire day movement, melbourne, coronation year 1953

non-fictionvictorian railways

tea strainer, tea infuser,

melbourne punch, charles hotham, eureka stockade, ballarat, nicholas chevalier

An example of the furniture manufactured on the goldfields at Ballarat c.1900. Originally the business was established by Emanuel Steinfeld furniture manufacturer and retailer, who settled at Ballarat and in 1856 opened his furniture warehouse. Steinfeld left the Ballarat in 1881 and lived at St Kilda. He left his Ballarat business in the hands of two nephews, Sussman & Kornblum who continued the business in their own name.An example of colonial cabinet making in one of Ballarat's pioneering furniture manufacturing businesses that was founded in the 1850s. Backstamp of Sussman & Kornblum Ballaratballarat, jewish, cabinetmakers

irish, celtic, pokerwork, picture frame, arts and crafts,

burke, st arnaud, donald, photograph, tintype

burke, mckew, st arnaud, wedding photography

victorian railways, michael taffe, ballarat, transportation of goods,

non-fictionA typescript with some pages handwritten of the life of Nathan Spielvogel founder of the Ballarat Historical Society, teacher and community leader. Tied at top corner with ribbon.memoir, spielvogel, ballarat, dimboola, jewish

non-fictioneureka stockade, centenary, sydney, fellowship of australian writers, mary gilmore

eureka stockade, ballarat, nathan spielvogel

Small 95 page booklet published in 1857 by Fairfax, Melbourne and inscribed by W. D. Lang.non-fictionRev John Dunmore Lang's defence of his son who was imprisoned for his part in the fraud at the Bank of New South Wales Ballarat and Clunes in 1854.drake, lang, rev john dunmore lang, ballarat, clunes, select committee of enquiry

non-fictionolympic games, melbourne, australia, invitation to holld olympic games

non-fictionruby lindsay, naturalist, barrett, art nouveau, creswick, ballarat, australian naturalist

non-fictionavenues of honour, remembrance, world war i, italy

19th century iron and nickel plated brass bed formerly in the Catholic Bishop's Palace Ballarat. Originally purchased for the palace in the 1870s and bought at auction to replace similar bedstead that was broken at Hymettus.A recorded piece with history of only two owners, marketed from Ballarat manufacturer and retailer Tunbridge & Sons in the late 19th century.Nickel plated iron & brass three quarter bed. Base stretcher stencil label of Tunbridge & Sons manufacturer Ballarat.On timber matress base/frame stamped Tunbridge & Sons Ballarat.bishops' palace, ballarat, bed, iron furniture,

non-fictionmt pleasant school, ballarat, bicentenary, michael taffe, francis ellis, tree planting

non-fictionfrank clune, china, nathan spielvogel, travel, australian writers

eureka stockade, royal australian mint

non-fictioncity of ballaarat, welcome, ballarat, lake wendouree, rowing, canoeing, 1956, southern hemisphere,

prisoner of war, world war i, lindsay family, drawing, german,

Brass band instrumental music competitions were enthusiastically followed in Australia in the early twentieth century. Ballarat was a leading centre for these musical competitions and Michael Taffe played cornet and flugelhorn with several local brass bands. He was Australian Junior Cornet solo Champion in 1920 and won the open section of the instrumentals at the VRI competitions held in the ballroom at Flinders Street Station in 1924. michael taffe, victorian railways institute, cornet solo, flinders street station ballroom

non-fictioneureka stockade, ballarat, eureka centenary, souvenir, eureka improvement and progress association, peter lalor

non-fictioneureka centenary, ballarat, certificate