VX 27898 Corporal Thomas John Morris Thomas (Tom Thomas) donated several items to Cranbourne RSL. He served in the Australian Corp Signals in WWII both in Australia and overseas. He was born at Womerah on 9/11/1906 and died at Koo Wee Rup 16/06/1984. He enlisted at Yarram on 1/7/1940 and was discharged at Royal Park on 9/3/1945.Rectangular painted metal tin for holding emergency rations. Green paint with canvas tape along sides. Hinged lid. Silver inside.Lid: "MADE IN AUSTRALIA / EMERGENCY RATION / To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable. Consumption of this ration must be reported at first opportunity. / Instructions for use are printed INSIDE the lid. / KEEP PACK INTACT / D (ARROW) D" Inside lid: ' INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE / FRUIT RATION & MILK TABLETS: / To be consumed as found. / MEAT & VEG. RATION: / 1. May be eaten as packed / 2. A more palatable meal results by cooking in orheating with four times its bulk of boiling water. / 3. Moistened with water it can be fried as a Rissole without added fat."ration tin, emergency rations, rissole, fruit ration, veg ration, milk tablets

Used at Eliot's Bakery in Ena Rd around the 1950's, where the Police Station is now located. Was found when Police Station was constructed. Later donated to Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society by Phil Garland.Two rectangular tins joined together, used to bake 2 sandwich loaves at once. Used at Elliot's bakery in Ena Rd, Belgrave.bakrery, belgrave

Small 1 pint cast iron cooking pot with attached tin handle, marked on bottom with a star patent No1 1 pint.domestic equipment, food preparation, cooking pot

Hand operated cheese shredder, red cast iron, tin mill & wooden handle & press, with a screw attachment for mounting on bench or table.Tala England No 664domestic equipment, food preparation, kitchen, k207.1

Metal tin containing two commemorative badges for 1999 U.S. Open and Louis Armstrong Stadium. Materials: Metal, Velvet, Ink, Enameltennis

This stencil was used on bags and possibly other packaging containing grain processed and packed at Anderson's Mill. The stencil would have indicated the destination of, or origin of the grain.Large stencil, metal (tin?). 3 corners of stencil chipped off at angle. Large piece of corner missing from top left.Cut out of stencil depicts cockerel & the words "SUNVALLEY FLAKED WHEATMEAL"

From the estate of Mary Cruickshank mother- in-law of Peter SimmenauerGreen oblong tin containing a bicycle tire tube repair kit containing patches, reinforcing patch, sandpaper rubber solution and chalk.Made for the man who will have the best.transport, bicycles

Holmes Family WW1 memorabilia. 06 Apr 1916 - The Battle of St Eloi Craters, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Major Operation. “… the British had been patiently tunnelling since August (1915) at nearby St Eloi, about three miles south of Ypres, and adjacent to the Canadian trenches. Throughout the winter, the tunnelling crept ever closer to a dominant German-held feature dubbed “The Mound.” When the tunnels were completed in early March, tons of explosives were emplaced in six locations and on March 27, 1916, at 4:14 a.m. the charges were set off. Two German companies were wiped out and large sections of the German trenches were destroyed, but the British 9th Brigade’s attack faltered and became a bloody close-quarters slugging match, with the last bomb crater captured only on April 3.” (Zuehlke, Mark. Daniel, C. Stuart. The Canadian Military Atlas. The Nation’s Battlefields from the French and Indian Wars to Kosovo. Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited. Toronto. 2001 p. 125)A number of World War One soldiers, members of the Northumberland Fusiliers celebrate after the battle of St Eloi. Some or wear tin helmuts.The "Fighting Fifth" (Northumberland Fusiliers) after the battle of St Eloi"chatham-holmes family collection, fighting fifth, northumberland fusiliers, tunneling, explosion, crater, world war one, postcard

Agreements between Bux Tin Mine/Badak Jungle. Badak Jungle to Henry Falconer Scarborough. Affidavit confirming siting of Company seal. Bux/Badak - Thomas West Orton, (Ronald Stanistreet), Scarborough, Clark, Frost, (Indenture paper). J. J. Stanistreet. Rules of North Blue Consolidated - Lord Nelson Consolidated, North Blue Consolidated. Correspondence Jungle Tin, coded cable, hand drawnmap of Tin Mine. Copy of code used. Re Badak Jungle(7) McColl Rankin & Stanistreet legal Managers Accountants etc Bendigo.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet. A/ Prospectus New England Tin Mines NL. Contains prospectus on New England Tin Mines NL, Torington, NSW. Markings/inscriptions: Prospectus of New England Tin Mines NL' on front cover. Includes Application for Shares on loose sheet. B/ Prospectus of North Hustlers Gold Mining Company No Liability. Hustlers Reef, Eaglehawk, Bendigo. January 1940. Inscriptions/Markings: Stamp John May & Sons Stock & Share Brokers, 90 Queen St., Melbourne, stamped on front cover and inside back cover.organization, mining, north hustlers gold mining co nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet new england tin mines nl prospectus of north hustlers gold mining company nl hustlers reef eaglehawk bendigo

Processing shed and sluicing nozzle, probably Clear Creek Tin Minemining, tin, tin mining, clear creek, sluicing, el dorado, eldorado

Box used to contain one gallon tin of harness dressing. Ca1900Imported and sold by Holden and Frost Ca1900Wooden box without lid with manufactures label affixedOne gallon Frank Millars Harness Dressing (Rest Unreadable)container, equine

This is a pocket size tin, the lid has image of two cigarettes. Diagonally across the tin is written "Imperator". At bottom corner are the letters D.R.G.M. (Germany). On the bottom can be seen four extra lugs. Inside is a spring loaded mechanism that can be set then the lid shut. When the lid is opened the spring loaded arm wacks the explosive charge. This example is inert.passchendaele barracks trust collection, 22-734-t, ww1, german

Items souvenired, collected by Horace Eli Hambly No 794 AIF. Refer 2325.2 for his service history..1) Tin, metal, gold colour with hinged lid, ornate on lid with "Princess Mary Centre", "Christmas 1914" - gift tin to troops. .2) Badge, metal, brass, "Letters 'L.H'" with lugs & pin. .3) Same as .2). .4) Badge, metal, round centre has letters "RSA" in white & red. "Returned Soldiers Assoc. Victoria"..4) "1904"numismatics-badges, societies-service clubs

Stove portable Primus in a tin container. Burns auto-fuel benzine, benzoline, gasoline etc. Described as "Original Primus No. 70" "Household, Picnics, Boy Scouts, Motoring, Boating, Camping." Contained in rectangular tin, with metal shelving through which burner protrudes. Two-wire grill to hold containers for cooking. Made in Sweden by A.B.A.Huorth & Co.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Supreme Court writ between Alfred Clarke & the Commissioner of Taxation(concerning the Badak Jungle Tin Mine) Rules of Badak Jungle Tin Mining Co. Correspondence from share hlders. Commercial Union Envelope. 'Badak Jungle'. Original acknowledgement for scrip Mr Clark's pack handed to Mr Fletcher, Income Tax Dept. 2/4/1927.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mining tax, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Used for postage of letters / parcels weighing up to 28 lb.. Mercury was first founded in South Australia in 1946Use at a post office in te Kiewa ValleyPainted gold steel scales with tray for goods and a smaller tray, with edges, for weights.Centre front: 'Mercury' embolished. Below is a tin plate: 'Mercury Scale Co. Ltd. / Scale Maunfacturerers / The Barton S.A. / No. 9366 Cap. 28 lb.mercury scales, postage

This "coffee" tin has by the "art deco" appearance its origins in the late 1950's to 1960's. This time period was one of accelerated growth both in the physical (housing) sense and the mental (new ideas and inventions) changes in "attitudes". These occurred more rapidly in cities but had its effects on the rural environment. The drinking of coffee was spurred on by easier distribution of imported food and drinks. Advertising by stronger radio links and then by television brought the variety of foods and drinks to semi isolated rural regions. The accessibility through greater information channels becoming available brought with it unbelievable ranges of goods and foodstuffs. Rural regions still relied on bulk supplies and relatively larger storage containers than those in cities. This "bulk" buying and storage "syndrome" was a lingering result of many years of "drought" periods when road transports met delays from flooded roadways in supplying population centres in the Kiewa Valley. The construction phases in building the SEC Vic Hydro electricity Scheme in the eastern sections of the Victorian Alps brought many changes to the quiet rural regions in the Kiewa Valley. Changes in population and social mores. The influx of a varied , mostly temporary, and "European flavoured cuisine" changes the "cuppa tea only" flavour to the have a "coffee break". The subliminal influence of the "American" films changed those children growing up in the post 1950s from the "English tea" to the "American coffee". This "Americanisation process has influenced not only rural Australia but also other areas throughout the world.This "insignificant" coffee tin is very significant as it demonstrates that the Kiewa Valley was becoming more accessible to reliable coffee supplies and general food items.The container was part of a "set" of containers that included tea, sugar,biscuits,flour, rice and other family condiments. This type of kitchen storage containers was brought about through changing patterns in tea and coffee useage and overall consumption. Household demands for faster "self help" cooking especially beveridges and the greater choice of kitchen "utensils" was brought on by easier access to products due to a lessening of the area's "isolation" by having a reliable (all weather) road system and an ever increasing population growth. The need for travelling goods/merchant supply caravans to service the area became a diminishing factor, as a result of the establishment of grocery stores in Tawonga and Mount Beauty in the supply of previously "hard to get" groceries. This transition was precipitated by the SEC Vic Hydro Scheme of the 1940's to 1960's which increased the valley's population level three fold.This cylindrical tin has a pull/push lid(for easy access to the contents). The container is labelled for "coffee" however it has no commercial manufacturer's label to establish that it was bought with coffee ingredients in it. The majority of the container's external surface has a "metallic" light blue colour with two sets of silver rings confining black (horizontal spotted) rectangles. "COFFEE" within an elongated spherical "art deco" four pointed banner of silver and black colouringkitchen containers, domestic food storage, bulk stocks of dried condiments

A meta coin box with 34 Australian pennies and 16 Australian halfpennies. It has three compartments to separate the coins. and is an insert for a tin cash box.cash-box commerce coins-australian

Rectangular metal cigar tin with hinged lid. Gold coloured with image of the Prince of Wales on lid. Contains six of the original ten 1920 cigars "Prince Charming" in red & yellow lettering cigars, prince of wales, tins

Issued to S.E.C. workers on the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of the treatment of snakebite and first aid equipment especially as the workers were in a remote area.Black tin box with grubby white label with black writing on the lid. The box is hinged on the long side. Under the lid is stamped in black the date.Label: 'S.E.C.' / (In a black lined border) 'Portable / First Aid Kit' / (Underneath) 'Contents' /(In 2 columns): '1" x 1" Bandage /1' x 2" bandage / Cord / 2 *'Fey pins' / (next column) '4 Quixtrap Dressings / Lint / Adhesive Plaster / Castor Oil' / (Underneath both columns): 'Acriflavine Emulsion and Wit(h) Out ('Out' is crossed out) Snakebite Outfit' / 'Makers The Sanax Co. Melbourne' Under the lid: '10 Jan. 1941'state electricity commission of victoria, kiewa hydro electric scheme, first aid kit, sanax co.

Tin box used to store opium. Metal is broken in several places with a piece missing from one face. Has been repaired and glued.Chinese characters on top and base of box.tin box, goldfields, opium, chinese, recreation, buckland valley

Small round tin in original box, containing Superb Skin Food, sole manufacturers Sander & Sons Bendigo, Vic, Australia. With directions sheet.Sander & Sons Bendigopersonal effects, cosmetics, cream

Small rectangular biscuit tin commemorating Coronation of HM King Edward VII with portraits of him & HM Queen Alexandra plus scenes of coronation.Swallow & Ariel Ltd Biscuit Manufacturers Port Melbournedomestic equipment, containers, tin

Cream tin plate German alarm clock, silvered dial with black and gold hands & numerals Brass bezel, legs and handle, convex glass.Schuler made in Germanyhorology, clocks, alarm