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National Wool Museum
Sample, Yarn
One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.GREY/ LADY/LOGIEtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Yarn
One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.NOIR/PURPEL/STELL/WILLOWtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Yarn
One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.BEIGE/BROWN/DOCTOR/GARRY/GREEN/GRENATtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Yarn
One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.ARGILE/ TURQUOISE/ MAUVE/ ROUUILLE/MULTICOtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Ledger, Woollen Mill (WWM Co Limited), Circa 1876
This ledger relates to the original Woollen Mill which commenced trading in 1875 on the site of the Meat Preserving Company. It shows entries from July 1875 which lists the following men as shareholders: James Alexander, William Armstrong, Robert Hood, Anthony Mackenzie, William Ross, William Rutledge, Francis Tozer, Joseph Ware. It operated until 1882 when it was destroyed by fire. This ledger contains details of one of the earliest industries in Warrnambool. It provides the details of expenses as well as the names of the earliest shareholders. As such it is a significant part of Warrnambool’s history. Large tan, leather bound cover with dark brown scroll pattern around edges. Spine and front cover have maroon labels with gold writing. Paper inside front and back covers id blue and red patterned. Edges of pages are patterned in pink, blue, yellow and green. 754 pages. Apart from suspense account on last page, entries are made up to page 425.Evans Brothers, wholesale and retail Manufacturing stationers, Printers and bookbinders 44 Collins St West, Melbourne & 46 Sturt St Ballarat.warrnambool woollen mill, warrnambool woolen mill, ledger warrnambool woollen mill 1875, early warrnambool business, warrnambool history -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Bottle - Liquor, SUNBURY SUB BRANCH/70th ANNIVERSARY/1923-1993
This unopened small bottle filled with port was produced to acknowledge the Sunbury Sub Branch of the Returned Services League of Australia's 70th Anniversary in 1993. The bottle has a short story of the Sunbury sub branch having been given official recognition on the 10th December 1923 by the RSL. Major William Alexander Morton D.S.O was the patron and also the first president of the Sunbury Sub Branch.Small cream with brown spots ceramic half size bottle with a black seal covering top of bottle the seal has a very small chip out of seal. The contents are still in the bottle.front: SUNBURY SUB BRANCH/70th ANNIVERSARY/1923-1993 back: The....; LEST WE FORGETreturned services league, sunbury r.s.l, anniversaries, celebrations, william alexander morton, 1920s, 1990s, george evans collection -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book
Two books donated to the Ballarat College Weatherly Library in its opening year 1936 by Graeme Newton Bell (PY1940). Graeme entered Ballarat College in 1935. Son of Alexander Bell & stepson of Crawford (Swayne PY1918); Brother of Neil Bell (PY1944); One copy of Byron's poetical works donated to Ballarat College Library by Mrs A Bell, Graeme's stepmother in 1935. Three books of varying titles and sizesBook plates inside front cover: Crest / Ballarat College Library / PRESENTED BY / G N Bell 1936... Book plate inside front cover of 'Byron's poetical works': Crest / Ballarat College Library / PRESENTED BY / Mrs A Bell 1935graeme-newton-bell, ballarat-college, weatherly-library -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Royal Banner of Scotland
The earliest recorded use of the Lion rampant as a royal emblem in Scotland was by Alexander II in 1222;[5] with the additional embellishment of a double border set with lilies occurring during the reign of Alexander III (1249–1286).[5] This emblem occupied the shield of the royal coat of arms of the ancient Kingdom of Scotland which, together with a royal banner displaying the same, was used by the King of Scots until the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when James VI acceded to the thrones of the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Ireland.[6] Since 1603, the Lion rampant of Scotland has been incorporated into both the royal arms and royal banners of successive Scottish then British monarchs in order to symbolise Scotland; as can be seen today in the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom.[7] Although now officially restricted to use by representatives of the Sovereign and at royal residences, the Royal Standard of Scotland continues to be one of Scotland's most recognisable symbols.[8] The Royal Standard of Scotland, (Scottish Gaelic: Bratach rìoghail na h-Alba), also known as the Banner of the King of Scots,[1] or more commonly the Lion Rampant of Scotland,[2] is the Scottish Royal Banner of Arms.[3] Used historically by the King of Scots, the Royal Standard of Scotland differs from Scotland's national flag, the Saltire, in that its correct use is restricted by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland to only a few Great Officers of State who officially represent the Sovereign in Scotland.[3] It is also used in an official capacity at royal residences in Scotland when the Sovereign is not present.[4] Rectangular shaped glass covered picture frame with the Royal Banner Of Scotland flag.flags, royal banner of scotland, lion rampant of scotland, lara r.s.l. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Stalker family beach picnic, 1930s
Associated with the Stalker family of Surrey Hills. Betty Neil Smith (Stalker) was born in 1919 in Balwyn (Surrey Hills). She was one of 4 daughters of Alexander MacLaren Stalker (1885-1970/1973) and Charlotte Eleanor Hayward (1884-1953) who were married in 1911. Her sisters were Ruth McLaren Stalker (1913, Surrey Hills), Joan Winnock Stalker (1917, Surrey Hills) and Beatrice Mary Stalker(1919). Their mother Charlotte Hayward was a teacher prior to her marriage. Their father Alexander, an accountant, lived in Wattle Valley Road, Canterbury in 1910. From 1912-1931 they are listed at ‘Benwerrin’, (44) Wandsworth Road, Surrey Hills. This was later the home of Beatrice Mary and Howard Everard. Betty, Ruth and Joan later lived at 9/48 Wandsworth Road. it is assumed that the photo is of the Stalker girls and given their parents' later residence at Brighton, this may have been taken at Brighton beach. This photo documents part of the social history of a family with a long and strong association with Surrey Hills. The backdrop of the typical bathing boxes used for changing into swimsuits, for lunch and for storing sports and beach gear, documents beach recreation and culture of the 1930s. For many years in the late nineteenth century, Brighton was Melbourne's favourite seaside destination. The now iconic bathing boxes were a response to Victorian ideas of morality and sea bathing. There are 82 Brighton bathing boxes, which protected by a heritage overlay because of their uniform scale and proportion, building materials, sentry order alignment. All retain their classic Victorian architectural features with timber framing, weatherboards and corrugated iron roofs. They remain as they did over one hundred years ago, as licensed bathing boxes. Service amenities such as electricity or water were never connected.A black and white photograph of many people enjoying the beach. There are bathing boxes in the background and some ti-tree beyond that.uniforms, clothing and dress, bathing boxes, stalker family -
Wooragee Landcare Group
Photograph, c2004
This photograph was taken during one of a series of workshops that were hosted by the Wooragee Landcare Group in the year 2004. In line with the main goals and missions of the Wooragee Landcare Group, these workshops aimed to promote biodiversity and land protection in the local area. Many of these workshops focused on either the protection of the endangered tiger quoll (spotted-tailed quoll) or the handling of fox infestations. Though the specific date of this photograph is unknown, it can be confirmed that it was taken outside of Wooragee Hall. Featured in the photograph, from left to right is: an unknown person, Jerry Alexander, Tony Prowse and Mary Prowse. The presence of wildlife ecologist Jerry Alexander suggests that this workshop focused on the tiger quoll, with possible exploration of its potential habitats (suggestive due to the outdoor location). The Tiger Quoll is the largest of the quoll species. Largely resembling a cross between a possum and a cat, the quoll is distinctive due to the white spots that are often found all over its brown fur.This photograph is significant as it provides evidence of a project undertaken by the Wooragee Landcare Group to educate members of the public on the tiger quoll in the early 2000s in an attempt to better understand and protect the species. The Wooragee Landcare Group has been instrumental in the co-ordination of programs relating to biodiversity protection in the local area, providing great assistance to landholders.Landscape coloured photograph printed on gloss paper. Reverse: WAN NAO1EONAON2. NNN- 1 1981 / -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Light Opera Company, The Maid of the Mountains, 1956
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. A partial record of performances by the company includes: 1952 Florodora, 1953 The Cingalee - San Toy or The Emperor's Own, 1954 While the Sun Shines - A Country Girl - Our Miss Gibbs, 1955 The Toreador - The Arcadians, 1956 The Maid of the Mountains - Whiteoaks - Goodnight Vienna!, 1957 A Country Girl. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Sepia toned photograph of performers in The Maid of the Mountains, performed in the Kew Recreation Hall in May and June 1956. The Maid of the Mountains, called in its original score a musical play, is an operetta or musical comedy in three acts. The music was by Harold Fraser-Simson, with additional music by James W. Tate, lyrics by Harry Graham and additional lyrics by Frank Clifford Harris and Valentine. For the Kew production, the scenery was executed by James L. Alexander and the wardrobe supplied by J.C. Williamson. performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, kew light opera company, kew recreation hall, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Carolyn Dean, 16/02/2001 12:00:00 AM
Colour photograph of the workers involved at Bungaree of the move of Ballarat trams 11 and 32 to Bungaree sheds on 16 Feb. 2001. Photograph standing in front of No. 11 are: (left to right) - Jim Parker, Cole Weth, Harry Teunissen, Lewis Nyman, John Phillips, Austin Brehaut, Kevin Taig, Sam Boon, Peter Winspur, Daniel Edwards, Warren Doubleday, Stephen Butler, Alexander Cox and Andrew Cox. Photograph taken by Carolyn Dean. On Kodak paper.On rear in black ink "16.2.01 / Photo by Carolyn Dean"btm, bungaree, moving trams, storage, tram 11 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Stores at Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, 1852. Note the office of the Melbourne Morning Herald. Slide show the busy area of Forest Creek stores. From left to right the signs that can be read: ? Argus Office, Gold bought and sold here, Bryce Ross's Newspaper and General Agency Office, STG '52 marked at bottom left corner of picture. Markings: 7 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOSEPH DAVIES COLLECTION: LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT OF MINES, 08/11/1909
Typed letter dated 8th November 1909 from the Secretary of Mines. Letter refers to Mr Joseph Davies being appointed to the Drill Staff of that Department. The position was offered to and refused by Mr. Davies; however the first vacancy will again be offered to him, signed by the Secretary for Mines. Handwritten in margin is:- Forwarded to Sir Alexander Peacock with the compliments of J Murray, 10 Nov. 1909. Red P with 09 over 4000 stamped in the top right corner.document, joseph davies collection, joseph davies, sir a. j. peacock m p, hon. john murray m p, secretary for mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY AWARDS - ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1900. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Vocal Quartet Mixed Voices Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Prepared Reading Gentlemen Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Humorous Song Gentlemen Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Humorous Recitation Gentlemen Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Humorous Song Gentlemen Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Humorous Recitation Gentlemen Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Drawing Room Entertainment Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Champion Prize Gold Medal Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Humorous Song Gentlemen Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: AUSTRAL LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY ALEXANDER JOHN HAMILTON, 1901 - 1903
HAMILTON COLLECTION: Certificates awarded to Mr. A. J. Hamilton as prizes in various categories of the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Annual Musical, Elocutionary and Literary Competitions Bendigo in 1903. Printed in black on card with illustrations of cherubs, maidens and flora in shades of pink and green. Story Without Words Alexander John Hamilton (1874 - 1964) was a well known amateur performer,and teacher of elocution in Bendigo. As a young man he entered many compettions with great success.performing arts, elocution, awards -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Fillister Wood Plane, A Mathieson and Son, Mid to late 19th Century
The British wooden sash fillister plane is an old plane designed for rebate or rabbet work on sash windows to cut a groove or channel to allow a window to move up and down. The function and design of the sash fillister plane is a cross between the wooden moving fillister plane and the wooden plough plane. The wooden sash fillister plane is equipped with a fence, depth stop, nicker, skewed cutter and wedge. The plane has a hardwood main body, a hardwood moving fence and usually a variety of brass decorative and functional parts. The body and fence are nearly always made from beech as this was the hardwood of choice at the time these plane were made due to price and availability. Sometimes these planes are seen in other types of wood with the best examples being made from boxwood, rosewood and also there are some ebony fillister planes. Manufacturer: In 1792 John Manners had set up a workshop making woodworking planes at 14 Saracens Lane Glasgow. He also had employed an apprentice Alexander Mathieson (1773-1851). But in the following year at Saracen's Lane, the 1841 census describes Alexander Mathieson as a master plane-maker now at 38 Saracen Lane with his son Thomas Adam working with him as a journeyman plane-maker. Presumably, Alexander must have taken over the premises and business of John Manners. Now that the business had Thomas Adam Mathieson working with his father it gradually grew and became more diversified, and it is recorded at the time by the Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory that by 1847-1848 Alexander Mathieson was a “plane, brace, bit, auger & edge tool maker” In 1849 the firm of James & William Stewart at 65 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh was taken over and Thomas was put in charge of the business, trading under the name Thomas A. Mathieson & Co. as plane and edge-tool makers. Thomas's company went on to acquire the Edinburgh edge-tool makers “Charles & Hugh McPherson” and took over their premises in Gilmore Street. In the Edinburgh directory of 1856/7, the business is recorded as being Alexander Mathieson & Son, plane and edge-tool makers at 48 Nicolson Street and Paul's Work, Gilmore Street Edinburgh. The 1851 census Alexander is recorded as working as a tool and plane-maker employing eight men. Later that year Alexander died and his son Thomas took over the business. Under the heading of an edge-tool maker in the 1852/3 Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory the firm is now listed as Alexander Mathieson & Son, with further entries as "turning-lathe and vice manufacturers". By the early 1850s, the business had moved to 24 Saracen Lane. The directory for 1857/8 records that the firm had moved again only a few years later to East Campbell Street, off the Gallowgate area, and that through further diversification was also manufacturing coopers' and tinmen's tools. The ten-yearly censuses report the firm's growth in 1861 stating that Thomas was a tool manufacturer employing 95 men and 30 boys; in 1871 he had 200 men working for him and in 1881 300 men. By 1899 the firm had been incorporated as Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd, even though only Alexander's son Thomas appears ever to have joined the firm so the company was still in his fathers' name. In September 1868 Thomas Mathieson put a notice in the newspapers of the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph stating that his firm had used the trade-mark of a crescent and star "for some time" and that "using or imitating the Mark would be proceeded against for infringement". The firm had acquired its interest in the crescent-and-star mark from the heirs of Charles Pickslay, the Sheffield cutler who had registered it with the Cutlers' Company in 1833 and had died in 1852. The year 1868 seems also to be the one in which the name Saracen Tool Works was first adopted; not only does it figure at the foot of the notice in the Sheffield press, it also makes its first appearance in the firm's entry in the Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory in the 1868/9 edition. As Thomas Mathieson's business grew, so too did his involvement in local public life and philanthropy. One of the representatives of the third ward on the town council of Glasgow, he became a river bailie in 1868, a magistrate in 1870 and a preceptor of Hutcheson's Hospital in 1878. He had a passion for books and was an "ardent Ruskinian". He served on the committee handling the bequest for the setting up of the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. When he died at Coulter Maynes near Biggar in 1899, he left an estate worth £142,764. Company's later years: Both Thomas's sons, James Harper and Thomas Ogilvie were involved in the continuing life of the firm. James followed in his father's footsteps in becoming a local public figure. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow and was made a deacon of the Incorporation of the Hammermen of Glasgow in 1919. His brother Thomas Ogilvie was recorded as tool manufacturer and employer in the 1911 census. Thomas Ogilvie's son Thomas Alastair Sutherland Ogilvie Mathieson was born in 1908 took a rather different approach to engineering, however, by becoming a racing driver. In 1947 he wed the French film actress Mila Parély. The firm had won many awards at world fairs for their goods. At the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. Prize medal for joiners' tools in the class of Cutlery & Edge Tools, Great London Exposition, 1862. Prize medal honoris causa. International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880. Gold medal International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art, Edinburgh, 1886. Prize medalThe firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons was one of the leading makers of hand tools in Scotland. Its success went hand in hand with the growth of the shipbuilding industries on the Firth of Clyde in the nineteenth century and the emergence of Glasgow as the "second city of the Empire". It also reflected the firm's skill in responding to an unprecedented demand for quality tools by shipyards, cooperages and other industries, both locally and far and wide.Sash Fillister Plane, with iron set skewed, the iron is 1 3/4 inches wide. Plane has a sliding adjusting fence, thumb screw depth stop and two knocking iron . Stamped W. Worrall, (owner) No 17. Maker A Mathieson & Sonflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, fillister sash plane, window making tool, carpenders tools, alex mathieson & sons, sash windows -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo - Fraser, Thornton Richards & Co Ballarat, Fraser. G.A. Shire President, 1954, 1954 (exact)
Councilor George Alexander Fraser was elected to council in 1947 and served until 1960. On Monday 7th September 1953 he was sworn in as Shire President for the 1953/54 year, having been nominated by Cr. Edwards. This collection Of photos was taken to comemorate the visit on the 6th of March 1954,to Ballarat, of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11,and was presented to Council by the Shire President to mark the occaision.Section of the Original Historic Photo of Councilors for the year 1954.Sepia/Brown Photo Councilor G.A.Fraser who was Shire President for the year 1953-54.It is in the top left hand corner of a composite photo of Councilors for that year.Collection of Photos showing Shire Presidrnt & Councilors for the Financial Year 1953-54..george alexander fraser shire president 1953 54, visit queen elizabeth 11 ballaret 6th march 1954 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, The Tamar Opportunists - Mahogany Ship Mysteries and the Port Fairy Adventurers, 2022
Port Fairy Early HistoryThis is a book of 122 pages. The cover is green with a green and blue map on the front and white printing on the front and back. It contains a Foreword and Acknowledgements, an Epilogue, Appendices, Bibliography, Index and printed material, maps, sketches, tables and black and white photographs.non-fictionPort Fairy Early Historyport fairy history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, D. Clark, Tatura Football Team 1946, Original 1946 copy 1989
Tatura 2nd 18 Sunday football team: B. Cummins, R. Connors, S. Chance, G. Revell, M. Dowell (goal umpire), M. Hogan, N. Colliver (trainer), B. Quinn, B. Alexander, E. (Ted) Normington, V. Cummins, M. Harding, M. Keating, A. McDonald, M. Huggard, P. Grant, G. Huggard, N. Williams, J. Corrigan.Black and white photograph of Tatura Football 2nd eighteen Sunday team 1946. Copy. Original 261.1.on back: Tatura 2nd 18, 1946 Sunday team. Names (see below). -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Yarn
One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long associatiob withthe Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.AMANDE/ BLEU/ CAMEL/CONCORDE/ LIEUREtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Yarn
One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long associatiob withthe Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.AMORAGE/ORIFLAMME/PARME/ROSE/SOUS-BOIStextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history