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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
Taken in Beechworth, this photograph depicts a birds eye view of Ford Street. Black and white rectangular postcard. The image is printed on matte photographic paper and is mounted on cardboard. Obverse: (98) BEECHWORTH Reverse: 1997.2761 POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY KODAK AUSTRALIAbeechworth, ford street, kodak, burke museum, birds eye view -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Brigade Camp Tripoli, Early 20th Century
... Australian Official Photo No, purchased from Australian War Museum... Australian War Museum Wool Exchange , King Street, Melbourne ...The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the 1st AIF and served in the Middle East during WW1.This photograph is of the the 3rd Light Horse Brigade camp at Tripoli, Syria circa December 1918.Sepia coloured photograph on a charcoal coloured matt backing.On the front - 3rd L H Brg Camp Tripoli On the back - B813 Australian Official Photo No, purchased from Australian War Museum Wool Exchange , King Street, Melbourne. Copyright ww1, 3rd light horse brigade, 3rd light horse brigadetripoli, syria, december 1918 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Booklet, Beechworth Carriage and Harness Museum, 1900c
Details contents of museum and describes the various types of carriages, tools and harnessesHistory of the manufacturing and maintenance of carriages12 page souvenir booklet, coloured front page, illustrated with a reproduction of an S.T Gill painting, black and white interiorcarriages, beechworth, beechworth carriage and harness museum, harness, buggy tools -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Aboriginal string bags : nets and cordage, 1999
xv, 157 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Occasional papers, Anthropology and History ; To The Phillip Island and District Historical Society, With best wishes, Alan West, July 2001fibers, string craft, australia, rope, aboriginal australians, industries -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Aboriginal string bags : nets and cordage, 1999
xv, 157 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Occasional papers, Anthropology and History ; Inscribed 'To Phillip Island & District Historical Society with best wishes from Alan West, January 2000'.fibers, string craft, australia, rope, aboriginal australians, industries -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, ROUETTE, Georgia, Exhibitions : a practical guide for small museums and galleries, 2007
... exhibits art museums ROUETTE, Georgia Museums Australia (Victoria) ...exhibitions, management, museum exhibits, art museums -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Museums Australia (Vic.), inSITE December 1998-January 1999, 1998
... -. Museums victoria Museums Australia (Vic.) Museums Australia ...museums, victoria -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, ANDERSON, Margaret, Museums Australia Journal, 1990
... -island-and-the-bass-coast Book Museums Australia Journal Museums ...museums, australia, periodicals -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre et al, Outback : the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre, 1988
... -island-and-the-bass-coast Book Outback : the Australian ...australian stockmans hall of fame and outback heritage centre, pioneers, museums, australia, history, settlers -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Heritage Collections Council, Significance : a guide to assessing the significance of cultural heritage objects and collections, 2001
... protection australia museums collection management Heritage ...At foot of title: "A Heritage Collections Council project undertaken by Roslyn Russell of Australian Heritage Projects and Kylie Winkworth" Includes bibliography. Also available in PDF format via the Internet at: http:/?/?www.amol.org.au/?craft/?publications/?hcc/?significance/?significance.asp.cultural property, protection, australia, museums, collection management -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, RUSSELL, Roslyn et al, Significance 2.0 : a guide to assessing the significance of collections, 2009
... :/?/?significance.collectionscouncil.com.au cultural property protection australia museums collection ...Includes index and bibliography. Companion website: http:/?/?significance.collectionscouncil.com.aucultural property, protection, australia, museums, collection management -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
Part of collection of Photographs donated to the Museum by the family of the late Mr. Jack Jenner. (1977)Sepia Postcard - Valentine Series - View of Seals on rocks."Seals on Seal Rocks, Phillip Island - Valentine Series M.4929".local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, view phillip island, sepia photograph, jack jenner, australian fur seals, the nobbies, phillip island -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - black and white, Frank Wright and Mr Buckley in Auckland, New Zealand, Feb 1933
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.1). Black and white photograph of two men dressed in suits and hats, standing at the bottom of a flight of stairs leading to a large public building. At the top of the stairs is a panelled door to the left and to the right is a man standing with his hands on his hips. The man on the left is Frank Wright and the man on his right is Mr Buckley. The place is the museum in Auckland, New Zealand. 2). Black and white photograph of three men wearing suits and hats, walking along the pavement. In the background city buildings can be seen. The man on the left is Frank Wright and the place is Christchurch, New Zealand.1). Written in pencil on back - Frank Wright, Mr Buckley, Auckland (N.Z.) Museum, Feb 1933 2). Stamped on back - The Filmograph Co. (N.Z.), Majestic Theatre Buildings, Christchurch. (The paper has been cut in half, so half the written information is lost) Written in pencil of back - right, adjudicator, secretary N.Z.B.B.ch., Band Contest, 1933frank wright, mr buckley, auckland museum, magestic theatre buildings, brass band, christchurch, adjudicator -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Ballarat School of Mines Preliminary Drawings for a Covered Way between Plumbing and Tippett Hall, 1962, 09/01/1962
Plan includes Ballarat School of Mines Administration Building and Tippett Hall (former Wesley Church)ballarat school of mines, architectural plan, plumbing, tippett hall, former wesley church, former ballarat school of mines museum -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, "Banner " Print, Dimboola, Correspondence from Kiata State School concerning an Exhibition of Wildflowers, 1958
The following were office bearers of the Kiata Progress Association in 1958: K. Jordon (President) G. Osborne (Secretary) Ivan Cole & S. Clark (Vice_Presidents Alison Jordan (Assistant Secretary) It is a assumed that the Kiata Progress Association Wildflower Exhibition was the predecessor of the Little Desert Wildflower Exhibition is held each year in September-October. Kiata is a town in the Wimmera region between Nhill and Dimboola, western Victoria, Australia.Correspondence from Kiata State School to the Ballarat School of Mines concerning an Exhibition of Wildflowers, 1958 .1-2) Two page hand written letter dates 20 August 1958 and signed by G.B. Osborne, Honorary Secretary of the Kiata Progress Association. .3) one page typed letter (carbon copy) dated 28 August 1958 in reply to above .4) Printed flyer advertising the Kiata Progress Association Exhibition of Wildflowers and Museum of Natural History to be held in Kiata Hall on 25 September to 05 October 1958. The flyer includes photographic depictions of Kakea Petiolaris, Hakea multilineata and Mallee Hens.mallee hens, kiata progress association, wildflower exhibition, kiata hall, little desert, lowan sanctuary, k. jordan, ivan cole, s. clarke, g. osborne, alison jordan -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Ballarat School of Mines Plan of Drainage, 1980?
Photocopied Sewerage Plan for Albert Street Scale 1: 480ballarat school of mines, ballarat sewerage authority, museum, welding shop, machine shop, ballarat junior technical school, plumbing -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter - Correspondence, William H. Rees, Correspondence on Ballarat Centenary Celebrations Letterhead, 1938, 30/03/1938
Ballarat celebrated its centenary in 1938. Typed letter on Ballarat Centenary Celebrations Letterhead to A.F. Heseltine of the Ballarat School of Mines. The letter is signed by William H. Rees. The letterhead lists the centenary events. ballarat, ballarat centenary, ballarat centenary pageant, william h. rees, j.h. trekardo, h. brann, aborigines, aboriginal, museum -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Victoria Education Gazette and Teachers' Aid, 1911-1919, 1910-1919
Black hard covered book with red spine, holding Victorian Education Gazettes for one calendar year. .1) 1910 .2) 1912 .3) 1911 .4) 1914 .5) 1918 Images: Open Air Classroom Black Rock; Open Air Classroom, Jeetho, Gippsland; Open Air Nurses bedroom, Mildura; Gym at Canterbury School ; Babies and Nurses at Melbourne Foundling Hospital; Camp at Portland; Alexander Peacock Opens a Melbourne School; Unveiling Major Mitchell Memorial at Mt Arapiles; Agricultural Plot; School Interior; Swimming Drill; Graham Dux Prize Board; Bathing Place; Classroom with blackboard and pictures; Major Mitchell's Map; Melbourne, Derbyshire; Market Place Melbourne; The Blackwood; World War One Send-off at The Athenaeum; Scarsdale Old Boy's logo; Sloyd articles for the Field Hospital; World War One; Gifts for Transport to the Wharf; soldiers; ANZAC Day; ANZAC Day Medalion .5) 1915: Education Department's War Relief Fund, William Park obituary, Closer Settlement Act 1912, Agriculture, needlework, Swimming and Life Saving, explorers, Gregory Blaxland, Matthew Flinders, Composition, Geography, potatoes, onions, gardens, Needlework for Infants, Iona and Staffa, Trained Primary Teacher's Course, Electricity, Electrical Technology, hygiene, Arbour Day, Horticulture, Wattle Day, Bird Day, Technical Schools, Landing at Gaba Tepe, Evils of Alcohol, Old Boys of Scarsdale, Belgium, Teachers' College Images: The British at War, The Sonnet, History and Patriotism, Male Swimming Teachers Summer School at Geelong, Women Swimming Teachers at Port Fairy, Buln Buln State School, Burwood East State School, needlework plans, methods of Rescue and Resucitation. plan of the journey of Gregory Blaxland, Macquarie House, teachers killed (William Ross Hoggart, Stanley Robert Close, William Roy Hodgson, Campbell McDiarmid Peter, William Henry Dawkins, William Hugh Hamilton, Frederick McRae Neal, Vernon Brookes, Frank J. Olle, Alfred J. Collins, Ernest R. Fairlie, William J. McLaren, A.E. Smith, Thomas Patton, Francis W. Kemp, Frederick G. Hall, Rupert O. Hepburn, Woolston J. Govan), Frederick Harold Tubb VC, Botanic Gardens Red Gum, Shelter Pavillions, Head of Wheat, Australian Commonwealth Flag, Iona Cathedral, Drawing exercises, ANZAC Madallion, School Rolls of Honor .6) 1916 - Nature Study, war relief, school gardening, horticulture, singing class, geography of the war, School Rolls of Honour, Ponsonby Carew-Smyth, Astronomy, ANZAC Day, Empire Day, Arbor Day, "Some Suul of Goodness in Things Evil" by Frank Tate, War Relief Gardeners' League, ANZAC Day medallion, Solar System, Abolition of German Schools in Victoria, ANZAC Avenues, avenues of honour, Geography of the War: The West, War relief and handwork, Victorian State Schools Horticultural Society, Patrick Maloney obituary, formalin lamps, Victoria League of Victoria, Wonwondah East Roll of Honor Images - Teachers killed (John Clarke, A.C.H. Jackson, Alexander Robertson, Noel Gambetta, Ralp E. Leyland, Laurance J. Woodruff, Walter E. Cass, Percy D. Moncur, Thomas M. Carmichael, Edward G. Brain, Reginald N.F. Woods, George E. James, William Colvin, David Dobson, Stanley L. Robinson, Charles Allen, G.E. James, H.F. Curnow, Franl L. Cousins, James R. Thompson, Henry H. Campbell, George E. Read, Ernest D. Morshead, Wilfred S. Merlin, Henry R. Wright, George B. Webb, Noel Nicholas, David H. Thomas, Charles A. Levens, Thomas R. Fenner, John M. Daniell, P.J. Larkin, Ralph Smith, Philip Ormsby), school rolls of honour, Swimming Instructors at Queenscliff, The Southern Sky, Map of the North Sea and its Littorals, Easter School of Horticulture at Oakleigh, Map of the Eastern Front, Map of Mesopotamia, Map of the War Area in the Egyptian Campaign, leeches for the Melbourne Hospital .7) 1917 - Swimming and Life-Saving, Childre's FLower Day, Education Department's War Relief Fund, State War Council, Horticulture, Bird Day, Swimming, Growing Chicory at Cowes Images - Teachers killed during World War One (G.M. Nicholas, William C.W. Spencer, J.W.C. Profitt, Ivon C. Bromilow, John Colwell, Robert W. Campbell, Arthur P. Bourchier, Francid G. Houston, Claude N. Harrison, Edgar Williams, Leslie A. Stevens, Charles E. W. Chester, Stanley R. Green, Walter Baker, Arthur G. Scott, Harry L. Swinburne, Horace W. Brown, Arnold Bretherton, Edward W. Jenkins Aubrey Liddelow, Ewen A. Cameron, Edmund R. Lyall, John H. Martin, Harry Bell, Frank L. Nicholls, Melville R. Hughes, Edwin W. Hauser, Walter S. Filmer, Walter G. Barlow, Henry A. Donaldson, Edward H. Jones, Walter W. Raw, Alfred W. Dean, Wiliam Lea, Frederick G. Drury, J.T. Richards, Norman G. Pelton, Lance-Corporal Doran, Kenneth F. McKenzie, William F. Robertson, Wiliam Jarrott, Norman Graham, George G. Paul, Victor Green, Arthur William Rennie, Alfred J. Glendinning, Robert B. Liston, Eward P. Toll, George Jones, Errol E. Rodda, Christian P. Christensen, Charles F. Sydes, H.G. Clements, Norman C. Fricker, J.M. Romeo. Eric N. Lear, Thomas J. Bartley, Norval Birrell, Frederick H. Tubb. J.T. Hamilton Aram, Arthur Wilcock, William M. Conroy, Alex. H. Miller, Patrick J. Cunningham, Charles S. Mitchell, John R. Maddern, James Roadknight, Harry Arundel, Jack C. McKellar, duncan M. McKellar, George S. Manfield, Edgar C. Holmes, George A. Young, Raymond A. Gardiner, William B. Bell, William Opie, George R. Scott, Richard V.B. Vine, Herbery S. Marshall, Hugh St Omer Dentry, George B. Fullerton, Harry Oulton, Iva F. Morieson), School Honor Books, Drawing, Presentation of 30,000 pounds to the British Red Cross at Melbourne Town Hall .8) 1918 .9) 1919 - Photographs of World War One soldiers from the Education Department, Margaret Montgomery Memorial, 1918 Act relating to State School Teachers, State Scolarships, Victorian State Schools' Horticultural Society, Pneumonic Influenza, Spanish Flu, epedemic, swimming and life savinfJunior cadet training, vacancies in Fiji, School Committees, Arbor Day, Arbour Day, Henry Harding of Yinnar, Planting Trees and Shrubs, Juvenile Crime, The use of 'Get', Soldier-Teachers from Overseas in Congress London, Australia's Effort in the War, Military, Working Bees, Tree Planting, fence building, Welcoming Home a Returned Soldier, Avenue of Honour planting, Discipline, Unveiling an Honor Board, School gymnasium, school tennis court, E. E. Crogger grave at Aldershot, The School Honor Book. War Relief Fund, Commonwealth War Record, Caulfield Military Hosptial, ANZAC Day Pilgrimage, Jimmie Panikin, Donald Fraser, Arthur Mee, Card Sun Dial, Balboa Day in Honolulu, William Hamilton, Alfred Jackson, The Backward Child, Flies, Language Teaching and Learning, Spelling, The Education of the Adolescent, victorian education gazette, education gazette and teachers' aid, sloyd, william a. cavanagh, james i froebel, school, education, world war one, memorials, alfred williams, exploration and settlement, cadets, australian naval college, bernard o;dowd, birds, swimming, drawingempire league, eucalypts, paper in history, forestry, arbor day, identification of trees, forestrey museums, fiji, gravel hill school band, horticulture, hygiene, gould league of bird lovers, life saving, la perouse, bandin, j. holland, w. hamilton, charles sturt, principles of archimedes, james holland, william hamilton, scarsdale old boys' reunion, foundling home melbourne, montessori education, open air schools, james hughes, marie corelli, flinders sydney harbour, major mitchell's map, tooth brushing, r.h.s. bailey -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letter on Letterhead from Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria, 1901, 25/03/1901
The black border recognised the death of Queen Victoria.Handwritten letter on letterhead Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria which was bordered in black. The paper has been embossed with the crest of the library. The letter requests copies of the Ballarat School of Mines Annual Reports for the library.ballarat school of mines, melbourne public library, national gallery of victoria, letterhead, armstrong, state library of victoria, copyright act, legal deposit, crest, emboss -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Solomon and bardwell, Former Ballarat Wesleyan Church
The Former Ballarat Wesleyan Church was later known as the Ballarat Methodist Church. It was sold to the Ballarat School of Mines and became the Museum.A stone church located in Lydiard Street South. Four people lean against a white picket fence. ballarat school of mines museum, ballarat school of mines, museum, solomon and bardwell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Ballarat Looking Towards the Wesleyan Church
Panoramic view of Lydiard Street South in Ballarat from the intersection of Lydiard Street and Dana Street. The view shows the former Ballarat Supreme Court (later the Ballarat School of Mines), the Lydiard Street Wesleyan Church (later the Ballarat School of Mines Museum), the site of the Ballarat School of Mines Botanical Gardens, George Smith's Nursery, Ballarat Gaol. Details of the image are also depicted.ballarat school of mines, ballarat gaol, ballarat school of mines museum, ballarat school of mines botanical gardens, george smith, museum, ballarat wesleyan church, ballarat methodist church, lydiard street wesleyan church, c.smith nursery -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Dr Sydney Pern et al, Dr Sydney Pern to the Ballarat School of Mines, 1957
Three quarto typed pages of relating to the closure of the Ballarat School of Mines Museum and the fate of the Pern Anthropological Collection. .1) Sydney Pern writes to the Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines, Dick Richards, asking for details relating to the closure of the Ballarat School of Mines Museum and the future of the Pern Aboriginal Weapon Collection. The correspondence is dated June 1957. .2) Ballarat School of Mines Principal, R.W. Richards responds to Dr Pern assuring him that nothing will happen to the collection without consultation. The correspondence is dated 06 June 1957. .3) Ballarat School of Mines Registrar, F.W. Ferguson, responds to Dr Pern on behalf of the Ballarat School of MInes Council, and again assured Dr Pern that nothing will happen to the collection without consultation.pern, sydney pern, aborigines, aboriginal, museum, ballarat school of mines museum, f.e. ferguson, r.w. richards, dick richards -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Ballarat School of Mines Certificate of Competency as a Mine Manager made out to William Statton, 1889
Black and white photograph of a Ballarat SChool of Mines certificate held by the Gold Museum. The copy was probably made for the Ballarat School of Mines History Book by Warren Perry.frederick martell, andrew anderson, ballarat school of mines, registrar, mine manager -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Interior of the Former Ballarat East Library, c1979
This photo was most probably taken when the Ballarat School of Mines was considering the former Ballarat East Library as a campus. In 1980 the Ballarat School of Mines Council presented a proposal to the Ballarat City Council regarding occupying and managing the Ballarat East Free Library as a School of Traditional Crafts. The proposal included maintaining the building in optimum condition.Three black and white photographs of the interior of the former Ballarat East Library. .1) Room in the former Ballarat East Library housing remnants of the Ballarat Historical Society (probably during transfer of the Ballarat Historical Society Collection to the Gold Museum) .2) Room in the former Ballarat East Library with built in show cases at one end, and modern classroom tables and chairs. Brian McLennan sits writing at a table. .3) Roofing detail in the former Ballarat East Libraryballarat east library, ballarat east free library, school of traditional crafts, brian mclennan, ballarat historical society, museum -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Ledger, Ballarat School of Mines Donation Book, 1978-1896, 01/01/1878 - 01/08/1896
Leather bound ledger with hand written details on donations to the Ballarat School of Mines Museum or the Ballarat School of Mines Library. The Ledger was made by J. McHutchison, Bookbinder, paper ruler and Account Book Manufacturer. 267. 07 July 1880 - John Lynch Junior - Smythesdale - Cast of "Golden Age" nugget found at Browns by Co-operative Party - 12 men. Weight 75 oz 12 dwts 12 grs 294. 24 June 1880 - W.H. Shaw - Ballarat - 94 numbers of 'The Engineer'. 295. 28 June 1880 - Rivett Henry Bland - Clunes - Specimen of water pipe from the Port Phillip COnsols Mine encrusted with Carbonates of lime and magnesia and sulphate of lime with earthy matter. 418. 17 June 1881 - F. Ratte - Sydney - Catalogue of Rocks, minerals, etc of New Caledonia. 462. 28 September 1881 - Dr Bunce - Ballarat - Concretionary Basalt with Car. Lime and Magnesia. 465. 06 September 1881 - J.J. Sleep (Chairman of the Board) per favor of E.W. Spain, Esq, Manr - Ballarat - Diamond drill core from "Carisbrook Freehold Estate" - cut at a depth of 150 feet. Dedrites from Munster Gully ... 517. 20 January 1882 - William Lester - Ballarat - The Agricultural Teacher 549. 24 March 1882 - C.E. Grainger Manager Ballarat Woollen Mills - Ballarat - Samples of dyed and raw wool and dye material. 600. 04 July 1882 - Henry Sutton - Ballarat - 13th Annual Report of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. 1222. 31 October 1884 - Trooper Dowling - Miner's Rest - Owl 1223. 04 November 1884 - W. McKeenan - 3, Adair St, Ballarat - Flying Squirrel. 1259. 16 January 1885 - A.A. Buley - Ballarat - Prospective of Grenville College 1885 1428. 06 October 1885 - Ballarat - Collection of mineral specimens from Silverton (Collected by Mr James Murray). 1442. 20 October 1885 - Ballarat - Specimen of fossil fruits collected by Haddon by Charles Brown. 1682. 28 February 1887 - James Lamb - Ballarat - Copy of the Ballarat Times Newspaper of 3rd December 1854, framed and protected on both sides with glass. 1730. 23 May 1887 - Bella Guerin - Ballarat - Copy of the Victorian Review No 74 December 1885 4786. 27 March 1894 - James Oddie - Ballarat - 3 mineral specimens 4835. 01 August 1896 - P.V> Barnard - Ballarat - {ortion of Mining truck wheel altered to oxide of iron found in the old workings of the Golden Gate Mine at a depth of 200 feet. (4235 is last entry)ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines museum, donations, henry sutton, bella guerin -
Federation University Historical Collection
Poster, University of Ballarat 'University Room' at the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, c1995
Poster on cardboard.The University Room The candle of learning was lit in this city and district by many who have been ling dead. It was lit by teachers who taught beneath bark roofs in the gold rush days, but editors of newspapers who wrote angry editorials about grievances long forgotten. the candle was lit by those who founded mechanics' institutes and their valuable libraries, but the founders of art galleries and museums, and by those who erected statues in Sturt Street. [Extract from an occasional address by Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey AO, inaugural Chancellor of the University of Ballarat, at a University Graduation Ceremony on 13 May 1994.] The University of Ballarat traces its origin to the foundation of the Ballarat School of Mines in 1870, just a decade after the building of the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute. The University is committed to keeping the candle of learning burning brightly i this city and beyond. It is fitting that the University join with the Mechanics' Institute to establish its city presence in this building. The University Room at the Mechanics' Institute is dedicated to the past, present and future scholars, teachers, artists and writers of Ballarat and district. [The University Room was officially opened on 2 June 1995 by Professor BLainey in the presence of members of the University Council, members of the Mechanics' Institute COmmittee and invited guests.]university of ballarat, university room, ballarat mechanics' institute, geoffrey blainey -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Loan of 'native weapons' from the Ballarat School of Mines Museum, 1914, 16/06/2014
Handwritten letter relating to the loan of 'native weapons' from the Ballarat School of Mines Museum for exhibition at the Missions Exhibition on the Melbourne Exhibition Building. 46 Sturt Street Ballarat 19-6-14 Dear Mr Fenner Will you be good enough to give Mr Vickary some native weapons from the museum for a show at the missions exhibition being now held at the Exhibition building. Yours truly W. Middletonballarat school of mines museum, aboriginal, aboriginal weapons, melbourne exhibition building, missions exhibition, middleton, fenner, vickary -
Federation University Historical Collection
Image, John Helder Wedge, Melbourne in 1838, 1938
The following information is from http://melbourneday.com.au/about.html, accessed 30 August 2016 Melbourne was founded on 30 August 1835 by settlers who sailed from Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) aboard the schooner Enterprize. They landed on the north bank of the Yarra River and established the first permanent settlement, close to where the Immigration Museum at the Old Customs House — on the corner of William and Flinders Streets — stands and the place today known as Enterprize Park. Melbourne Day Committee was established to help correct the record about the founding of Melbourne and celebrate its anniversaries. The settlers came from Launceston in search of sheep-grazing land. Land had become expensive and there had long been stories told by whalers and sealers working in Bass Strait of fertile land to the north. This was the southern part of the colony of New South Wales, which the Colonial Government did not want settled at that time. After the Henty family crossed Bass Strait and settled at Portland in 1834 others quickly followed. The north bank was chosen because a small waterfall, or rapids, stopped further progress up the river. The waterfall also separated the tidal movement, providing a vital supply of fresh water. The site had previously been noted by the colony of New South Wales' surveyor, Charles Grimes, in 1803. The north bank also offered more stable, suitable ground. The people of the Kulin nation are the traditional owners of the land that became Melbourne — including the Boonwurrung, Woiwurrung, Taungurung and Djadjawurrung people, who gathered in this place for ceremonies and cultural activities. The topsail schooner Enterprize you see today is a full-size replica of the one that brought the settlers and has become a symbol of Melbourne Day. Her keel was laid at Polly Woodside Maritime Museum in 1991, and the $2.5 million, 27m vessel was launched by Felicity Kennett on 30 August, 1997, at Hobsons Bay. The original ship was bought by John Pascoe Fawkner in April 1835 specifically to search for a suitable place for a settlement in the Port Phillip District. After helping establish Melbourne, the original Enterprize continued operating as a coastal trading vessel for a number of years. She eventually disappeared off the shipping register in 1847, having been wrecked on a sand bar in the Richmond River in northern NSW, with the loss of two lives. The replica is managed by the Enterprize Ship Trust, a not-for-profit organisation. The first settlers were those on board the Enterprize — her crew and passengers. They were John Lancey , master mariner and Fawkner’s representative; Enterprize's captain, Peter Hunter; George Evans, plasterer/builder; carpenters William Jackson and Robert Hay Marr; Evan Evans, George Evans’ servant; and Fawkner’s servants ploughman Charles Wise, general servant Thomas Morgan, blacksmith James Gilbert and his pregnant wife, Mary. And Mary's cat! Enterprize set sail on her historic voyage from Launceston on July 21, 1835, stopping at George Town in northern Tasmania where creditors detained Fawkner. He was therefore not part of the first trip to Melbourne. Enterprize then left on August 1 under the command of captain Hunter. The expedition was led by Lancey, Fawkner's delegate. The party first considered Western Port and the eastern side of Port Phillip for a place to settle, before deciding on the Yarra’s north bank — known today as Enterprize Park. On Sunday, August 30, they disembarked and began to erect shelter, build a store and clear land to grow food, thus starting the permanent European settlement of Melbourne.Image of the fledgling town of Melbourne on the banks of the Yarra River. melbourne, yarra river, john helder wedge -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Old England: a pictorial museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities, 1860 (exact)
Charles Knight is an English publisher and author. He was born at Windsor in 1791, and died in 1873 at Addlestone, Surrey. This book covers the period of English history from pre Roman times to the Industrial age. It shows how life was like in old England in regards to people, places, architecture and fashions, etc. The book contains 1000's of wonderful engravings, hand coloured plates beside 100's of pages of text contained in one volume. A large leather brown/gilt cover book with black leather bound and corners. 392 p. with coloured and b/w illustrations. It includes a table of contents of volume 1, 18 illuminated engraved (colour) plates, indexes to the engravings at the end of the book. 'Old England' gilt decoration on spine. The book shows how life was like in old England in regards to people, places, architecture and fashions, etc. from Roman times through to Industrial age. The book is published in two volumes, the book in hand contains volume 1 only.A plate inside front cover titled "Ballarat Technical Art School Library No. R/170"travel, customs, and, great britain antiquities, old england history, great britain description, the british period, the roman period, the anglosaxon period, regal baronial antiquities, ecclesiastical antiquities, great, britain social, life, charles knight, tomb of mary queen of scots, rochester castle -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Prodromus of the Palaeontology of Victoria No iv, 1876 (exact)
This publication consists of many Decades which contain "figuers and descriptions of the fossil organic remains to be used for the determination of the geological ages of the different geological formations of the country." (p. 3). Frederick McCoy was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1817. He was a Professor of Natural Sciences, University of Melbourne 1854-1899. McCoy lectured in geology, zoology, chemistry, mineralogy, geography and botany. In 1858 He became the Director of the National Museum of Victoria and the President of the Royal Society of Victoria in 1864. In 1888, McCoy was awarded FRS for work in Palaeontology in Ireland, England and Australia. He died in his office while correcting examination papers in 1899A Paperback cover book. Decade IV. Title is written in black on front cover and on title page. At head of title: Geological Survey of Victoria. Illustrations, plates in b/w; 32 p. It includes figures and descriptions of Victorian Organic Remains and contents of Decades on the back cover of the book.australia palaeobotany, victoria palaeontology, geological survey of victoria, frederick mccoy, organic remains