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Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Diagram
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.Diagram hot water supply system + heaters -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle
Soda Water Glass Bottle (Jason Fraser)stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle, 1920's-1930's
E.B. Barnett High Class Water Bottle stawell -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
1946 was the year of the biggest flood experienced in Port Fairy. This photograph shows evidence of the inundation at the Port Fairy Cemetery situated at the West of the townBlack and white photograph of headstones surrounded by waterflood, river, 1946, headstone -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, The Willows, 1973
View of rear of house with water tank and windmill.local architecture, local special interest groups, council, local identities -
Mont De Lancey
Hot Water Bottle, Sylph
'Sylph' brand, green hot water bottle."Sylph"hot water bottles -
Clunes Museum
Pamphlet
F.W.WEICKHARDT FLYER ADVERTISING GALVANISED WATER TANKSlocal history, document, weickhardt -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aeronautical Engineering, Pracical Analyutical Geometry With Application to Aircraft
Study of the application of analytical geometry to a practical mathematical definition of aircraft contours & structures, circa 1944First few pages slightly water damagednon-fictionStudy of the application of analytical geometry to a practical mathematical definition of aircraft contours & structures, circa 1944 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Epacris Falls in the Grampians -- Postcard
Epacris Falls The Grampians.Post card of water fall in bush setting.Epacris Falls The Grampians Victoria. The Valentine & Sons' Printing Co., Ltd., Melbourne.halls gap grampians -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Framed photograph of Warrnambool Salt Water Baths, c. 1920
This is a framed photograph of the men's pool at the Warrnambool Salt Water Baths. These Baths were originally built at the end of Gilles Street on the line of the present railway line in 1876 but were rebuilt in 1889 further north in Gilles Street when the railway line was opened. The water was pumped from the sea, initially by a windmill and later by a gas pump. The men's pool was 100 feet by 50 feet and the women's pool was 60 feet by 30 feet with bathing strictly segregated in the 19th century. A building nearby housed marble cubicles with hot spa baths with the water heated on the site and a caretaker's cottage completed the complex. Men's nude bathing was a feature of the early 20th century. Originally built by a local public company the Baths were taken over by the Warrnambool Council. These baths were superseded by the opening in 1961 of an Olympic Pool In Warrnambool. The site and the remaining buildings of the old sea water baths are now heritage-listed and today form part of the headquarters of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society.This photograph is of historical significance as a depiction of the Warrnambool Salt water Baths in the early 20th century. These Baths were the basis for promoting Warrnambool as a health and spa resort town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.This is a framed black and white photograph of the men's pool at the Warrnambool Salt Water Baths. It depicts men and boys swimming in the circular pool and one male on the diving board. All these men are naked. There are other clothed males and clothed attendants wearing hats and waistcoats. The change rooms are on the right side of the photograph and there is a fence with trees behind. The photograph is mounted on cardboard with a gilt edge and is held in a wooden ridged frame behind glass. warrnambool sea water baths, sea baths, warrnambool pool, gilles street -
Upper Yarra Museum
Food Safe, Untitled
http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/the-coolgardie-safe/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolgardie_safe The Coolgardie Safe is a low-tech refrigeration unit which uses the heat transfer which occurs during evaporation of water. It was named after the place where it was invented — the small mining town of Coolgardie, Western Australia, near Kalgoorlie-Boulder. http://www.biggles.com.au/ The Coolgardie Safe was simply a wire framed box with wheat sack strips hanging down the sides, which were kept wet by the process of osmosis from a dish or small tank of water. The food inside the Safe was kept cool due to the principle that evaporation takes away heat; the wet hessian strips experience evaporation from the wind and the sun and thus you have a refrigerator. http://www.whitehat.com.au/australia/Inventions/InventionsA.html Coolgardie Safe made from galvanised iron with hessian drapped over 4 sides, rectangular on 4 legs. 2 trays inside, 3rd tray inserted in top as cover, metal meshing on callapsable sides and door. Stands in tray. The tray assists with pest control as it was filled with water.kitchen galvanised iron coolgardie safe hessian food preservation pest control water -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Water Bottle and Leather Harness
WW1 Metal Water Bottle with blue enamel coating. Item is held by a leather harness that attaches to leather personal webbing. Water bottle is missing a cork.Nil -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO'S WATER SUPPLY
Handwritten notes titled 'Bendigo's Water Supply'. Notes mention the early water supply for Bendigo, The construction of the reservoirs, some costs, and the dates they were constructed.document, bendigo's water supply, e h emmett, bendigo water works co, no 7 reservoir, law courts, coliban scheme, j f sullivan, the bendigo council, water works, robinson crusoe gully, angus mackay, state rivers and water supply commission, lauriston reservoir, lake eppalock, dates when reservoirs were built, preston vale, bendigo and vicinity -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Dumpy Level, Dumpty Level, 1920
... irrigation ...Used by Mr. Craven to survey agricultural land in the Goulburn Valley for the purposes of setting out farm irrigation channels and check banksStanlley Dumpy Level on tripod, complete with carrying case and sixteen foot telescopic staffPatent Stanlley, Great Turnside, Holborn, London 11182surveying, irrigation, terrestrial -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Canteen, Water
Example of Australian Army standard issue water canteen carried by soldiers during the 1990s. The water canteen is jungle green in colour and is carried in a special pouch made from camouflage material. The water canteen fits into a mess cup which is also carried in the pouch. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Codd neck bottle, E. Rowlands, 1921
The design of the bottle is called a Codd, sometimes referred to as a marble bottle or "Codd's patent bottle". During the mid-to-late 1800s, there were many inventions to keep the fizz in carbonated drinks such as ginger ale, soda water, and fruit drinks. Hiram Codd, an English engineer invented a successful process that he patented as "Codd's patented globe stopper bottle" in 1872. The Codd-neck bottle (commonly called Codd or marble bottle) is manufactured in two parts. The body of the bottle is cast in two sections. At the time of joining the sections, glass marble and rubber seal are inserted into the neck section. The lip is then applied to the top of the bottle. The Codd bottle is filled upside down as the pressure of the gas from the carbonated liquid holds the marble up and out of the way. When the bottle stands upright the gas pushes the marble up against the washer, creating a firm seal to keep the fizz inside. The bottle is opened by pushing the marble down firmly to allow some of the gas to escape. The marble drops down and is caught in a depression formed in the neck. When the bottle is tilted to pour or drink the liquid the marble rests in a dimple. Two Ballarat miners, Evan Rowland and Robert Lewis started manufacturing mineral and aerated waters, bitters, cordials, and liqueurs in 1854, in a tent on the shores of Lake Wendouree Ballarat. Another 13 firms at that time employed manual operations, whereas they introduced Taylor's No. 1 machine that speeded up the process and laid the foundation for their fortune. Evan Rowland was a pioneer in the aerated water trade in Australia. He was born on August 2, 1826, in North Wales. In 1852, during the gold rush, he emigrated to Melbourne, and in 1854 he went to Ballarat and formed a partnership with Robert Lewis, the firm being called ‘‘Rowlands & Lewis’’. Their next step was to secure a supply of pure water. Using mineral Waters that they found via a natural spring at Warrenheip, Victoria. From the outset, the beverages made from this water gained repute and were in great demand. Their business prospered so well that in 1858 they were able to build a factory at the corner of Sturt and Dawson Streets, Ballarat, and to fit with the most up-to-date machinery then in use. By 1870 their business had increased so much and demand had grown to such an extent that Mr. Rowlands erected another factory, covering over an acre of ground at the corner of Dana and Doveton Streets, costing £13,000. The factory was fitted with the most modern equipment of the time to manufacture cordials and aerated water. In 1873 Rowlands established an agency at 116 Collins St, Melbourne, because the demand for the products of the Melbourne factory became so large. The company expanded to Sydney opening a factory at the corner of Burns & Hay Streets Darling Harbour obtaining spring water to supply this plant from Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. The water was brought to Sydney by rail. In the meantime, the Melbourne concern had progressed so rapidly that in 1888 a magnificent factory embodying all the latest ideas and equipment was built in King Street Melbourne. Robert Lewis was a fellow Welshman born in 1816, and he arrived in Port Phillip in 1853 and became a partner in the early day with Evan Rowland but with lesser and shorter involvement in the firm, from which he retired in 1876. Robert Lewis was perhaps better known as Ballarat's first mayor and a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was a strong supporter of local charities, president/treasurer of the Eisteddfod Committee, a major force in the development of the Ballarat Hospital, and he was the mayor of Ballarat five times, the first in 1863, (having been a counsellor as early as 1859) and for the last time in 1881. Lewis died in 1884 of a stroke in Ballarat. Rowlands continued in the firm and invented and patented an improved soda water bottle. The water used in Rowlands products was filtered four times but his attempts to use local corks failed on quality grounds. He was a stickler for quality, which was so good that many outside Victoria were prepared to pay the 'premium' imposed by inter-colonial customs duty payable at that time. By the 1890s, Rowlands had factories in Ballarat, Melbourne, Sydney, and Newcastle. He died in 1894 but his company continued until well after the Second World War when it was sold to Schweppes.An early manufacturing process producing the first mineral waters in Australia was invented and developed by an early Welsh migrant to Australia. The Evan Rowlands story gives an insight into the early development of manufacturing industries in Australia that allowed their workers and the towns they were situated in to prosper and develop into what they are today. Bottle; clear glass Codd neck bottle with small marble in top. Once contained soda water or soft drink. Manufactured in 1921 by E. Rowlands of Ballarat, Melbourne, Katoomba and Sydney. The bottle is 'recyclable' - the message on the base says that it remains the property of E. Rowlands Pty Ltd."E. ROWLANDS BALLARAT MELBOURNE KATOOMBA AND SYDNEY". Imprinted into bas "1921" "THIS BOTTLE REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF E. ROWLANDS PTY LTD"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bottle, codd bottle, hiram codd, glass marble bottle, e. rowlands bottle manufacturer, soda bottle australia, early recyclable bottle, codd's patent bottle, marble bottle -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - High Street Wodonga in the 1950s
This image shows High Street, Wodonga in the late 1950s to early 1960s. The view is taken looking southwards towards the Water Tower at the end of the street. Businesses visible in the image include Currans Shoe Store, Greens Shoe Repair, a barber store, Pat's Ladies Hairdresser and Beauty Parlour, Albury Drycleaners, Jim Costello's, Bye's Butchery, Cafe, Astor Electrical goods and Victorian Producers. It is an enlargement of a Rose Series postcard. This photograph is representative of many images representing High Street, Wodonga as it developed over time. The Rose Series of postcards is a series of postcards of scenes from around Australia and some international ones as well. They were produced by the Rose Stereograph Company, which was the business of Victorian photographer George Rose (1861-1942). In 1880, George, aged 19, founded his business in Victoria, and soon became famous for producing stereographs, or stereo views. His early images included the landing at Anzac Cove, Ned and Dan Kelly’s Armour (taken at trial in 1880), The Duke & Duchess of York and their daughter Princess Elizabeth and Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup. When stereographs lost popularity during the 1920s, Rose switched to the production of postcards and decorative cards. He and his team of photographers took thousands of photos of scenery around Victoria and beyond, and the postcards became iconic images of Australian life. The Rose Stereograph Company Collection comprising more than 100,000 items was auctioned by Lloyds in June 2021. This image shows the main street of Wodonga and allows us to trace its development over time.A large photo printed on canvas. It shows High Street Wodonga in the late 1950s, looking southwards towards the water tower.high street wodonga, wodonga businesses, wodonga 1950s -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured, C 1957
The Halls Gap Swimming Pool. ' Caravaners who visit Halls Gap will find facilities for up to 200 caravans, shelter, water laid on, swimming pool, paddling pool for children, with swings &:firewood, kitchen comfort station with showers, lounge and sewered conveniences under the care of a reliable and courteous caretaker. Stores and bowsers are close handy. Milk and bread are delivered at the camp each day and meat four times a week. The fees are 7/0 for first week and 5/0 a week thereafter." article from Argus Mon.15/1/1940 article with photograph aboveThe photo shows a swimming pool (Halls Gap pool) with a building in the background. Women and children are in the pool, seated around the edge and on the surrounding grassy areas. There is sunlight reflecting on the water. Bush can be seen in the background.recreation, swimming pool -
Port of Echuca
Black and white postcard, Early 20th Century
The gasworks in Anstruther St, allowed the streets of Echuca to be lit at night, therefore improving the safety of the citizens of the town. The gasworks were operational for many year providing cooking and lighting facilities to houses as well as to the streets. This picture shows the height of the flood in either 1906 or 1916? The Senior Citizens Club now stands on the site. The Central Kindergarten and Echuca Primary School are also nearby.This postcard is significant because it shows the height of the floods before the town levee banks had been built. It also shows the need for flood proofing the town. It also shows the size of the gasworks in the early 20th Century. The Senior Citizens Club is currently built on this site.A rectangular black and white postcard showing the gasworks in Anstruther Street, during a high flood, in either 1906 or 1916. The gasworks site is now the site of the Senior Citizens Club. A picket fence surrounds the gasworks and there are two men rowing a row boat passed the works in the flood water.On the front of the postcard in white hand writing are written the words 'Flood Water - Echuca.' On the back of the postcard the following words are printed. "W.Grimwood. Echuca. POST CARD. Correspondence. Address Only. Kodak Australia." Handwritten in pen are the words "Old Gasworks Anstruther Street. Now site Senior Citizens Club" Handwritten in pencil are the words "1906 or 1916"echuca gasworks., anstruther street, flooding, 1916, 1906, street lights, pullicino, j -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Kettle Cast Iron, Circa 1950
This kettle was used by pioneer families, mainly rural, folk that needed a constant readily available source of boiling water, in or mainly outside the homestead.. This kettle was used in the early to late 1900's for the refreshment of stock men and farmers that had irregular "tea" breaks under sometimes hard and gruelling conditions.This kettle belonged and was used by a Kiewa Valley, pioneer family, the Roper Family. This kettle was moved from their Kiewa Valley property to their hut built on the Bogong High Plains. A scientific study started in 1947 to study the impact of grazing cattle on the natural Alpine and sub Alpine vegetation found grazing cattle had an adverse affect on the natural Alpine and sub alpine vegetation, and grazing on the plains was stopped by the Victorian Government in 2005.This "camp draft" could take up to six weeks.This large cast iron kettle holds a capacity of three pints of water/tea. It has a flat base and mushroom shaped handle welded onto the "pot" below the rim of the pot opening. It has a rim to position the tea pot lid but no lid. It has a curved spout "welded" to the main body.Clark Qualitycamp fire cooking utensils, hot plate, cast iron cooking appliance, drovers kitchen -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - Australian Spotted Crake, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1860-1880
The Australian Spotted Crake can be found the south-east and the south-west of Australia. It is unlikely to be seen in Queensland or Tasmania and frequents much of New South Wales, Victoria and north-eastern South Australia. They reside in wetlands and are often found in dense growths of plants. The Australian Spotted Crake is a timid bird which flicks its tail as they walk. If disturbed, they may run away in a crouched position with their tail raised. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum and the National Museum of Victoria, as well as individuals such amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century. This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is a small, stocky bird with yellow legs and bill. The Australian Spotted Crake has grey colouring on its neck and an orange on the nape of its neck. The torso and rear are striped with black and grey/cream colours and have white spots along the rear. The specimen has brown feathers on the wings. It stands on a wooden platform in a standing position with a paper identification tag tied around its left leg. 19c Spotted Water Crake. See Catalogue, Page, 35.taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, spotted crake, crake, australian birds, australian spotted crake -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Domestic object - Bottle - "Rowlands & Lewis Aerated Water Bottle", 1843-1876
Displayed in History HouseUnknownFront: Rowlands & Lewis/Aerated Water/Manufacturers/Melbourne &/ Ballarat -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Model - Model, M113 APC cutaway
Cutaway model of M113 APC includes crew and rifleman sitting on top. All hatches are open. Jerry cans and packs can be seen inside. Olive drab on orange plinth.Safety water operation instructions on inside of trim vane on frontm113 apc, cutaway model, model -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Cherry Soda
Faded Sticker with Highlighted Writing in red, with a Brown Border Lemonade Foster CES Collis & Sons Aerated water manufacturers -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Enema
8669.1 - Tin container (red) with label. 8669.2 - Torn wrapping paper. 8669.3 - Glass enema. 8669.4 - Paper explaining the benefits of using a glass enema.- INGRAM'S - "STERILENDUM" ENEMA - (REGISTERED) - Guaranteed to stand boiling water. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Glass Bottle
Glass Bottle with C&S inscribed on the front of the the bottleCollis & Sons Foster Aerated water manufactures C&S -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Photo of sign and portrait
Photo of sign outside a POW camp, photo of Cpl J Archbold mounted on black cardNui Dat - Bed and Breakfast - Body guard - Running waterphotograph, cpl james archbold, collection point -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Aerial Images, c2000
Colour aerial photograph of Rutherglen, viewed from the North East.Written on back of photo: "Water tower (mid) Silos left"rutherglen, rutherglen winebottle, water tower -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Flyer, The Shilling Fund: you are invited to be a part of the history!, c. 1996
Used as a small poster/flyer as there are remnants of sticky dots on the back. Unknown location. Laminated cream paper. Black ink. water mark on page stating 'conservation' and the recycled sign below.fundraising, historical site -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Australian Light Horse regiments in Victoria were raised following Federation from companies of the Victorian Mounted Rifles.Excellent study showing the camp layout of rows of tents separated by horse lines.Three black and white images of Light Horse in camp at Seymour 1908."Australian Light Horse Camp Seymour 1908; Watering horses"light horse, seymour, camp