Printed invitation one of 4 invitaions in the set ,to invite Mr & Mrs H. H. Bradley from His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia to Celebrtae the Opening Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to meet their Royal Highness The Duke and Dutchess of Cornwell and York. To an evening reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clockSignficant collection of 4 invitatons of national signficance Plus a printed Momento from the Duke and Dutchess 00533 Evening reception to Meet the Duke and Dutchess 00534 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria 00535 Invitaion from Edmund Barton the Prime Minister 00536 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria for a conversazione 07/05/1901 at 8 pmMounted offset print. The print is mounted on brown mount board. The print has an embossed seal of Duke and Dutchess of Cornwall and York. Printed invitation from the miniters of state to invite Mr and Mrs H H Bradley to attend the reception.Invitaion hand written. On the left is a maiden , dressed in red with a helment carrying a British Shield on the Right hand side is a maiden dressed in purple carrying a St shield . The print is bordered by vines and leaves with scrolls for text details. The print has silver and gold highlights.Printed: His Majesty's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia/ request the honour of the presence of... / in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, to witness/ the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth./ Edmund Barton/ Prime Ministermelbourne, australia, commonwealth, printed offset, invitaion, celebrate opening parliament commonwealth australia, parliament, duke dutchess cornwall york, mr mrs h h bradley, exhibition building, 1901, 09 05 1901

This book is a memento of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York to Melbourne in May 1901, they came here to open the first Commonwealth Parliament of AustraliaThe book is part of a collection from the H H Bradley family, the other items are personal invitations to the opening of the first Parliament.Paperback Book. an 80 page book with soft card covers bound with green cloth binding, mainly pictorial, of their visit to opening of the 1st Commonwealth Parliament of Austrlia with a description with each photo in black and white, the cover is partly dark brown with the rest there is a photo of a river on the bottom right hand corner and the book title on the left within a scrolled frame and the dark brown background. front and back cover quite grubby, bottom right had corner missing and torn 20+20mm, a finger nail size missing middle right hand side, bottom left hand corner next to binding has a 22+25mm Piece missing

03016 Group of timber workers at the mill Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpitimber mill group sandy ross

03022 Victorian Hardwood Co, Powelltown Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpivictorian hardwood company mill travaser timber

03026 Building tramway track 1895 Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi building tramway track 1895 deep cutting

03027 Photograph Building of tramway track Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white.Two men with horses digging earth with scoops and then tipping it over the side of the new embankment to make it wide enough for timber traffic to pass by.building tramway track horse scraperscoop

03029 Hilditch family Hazelwood, Warburton East Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpihilditch family hazelwood warburton east

03030 Charlie McCrae of Wesburn on Platts Tramway Mt Ben Cairn,1920. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi. charlie mccrae wesburn platts tramway mt cain 1920

03032 Stacks of Hay - C McCrae Wesburn Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpistack of hay c mccrae wesburn

03033 Fairy bend at Sunnyside Warburton Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpifairy bend sunnyside warburton

This intersection was a busy one with the tramway traffic having Steam Engines and their trucks crossing about 8 times a day, horsedrawn vehicles often had trouble crossing the tramway because it was quite uneven at times.03037 PC Main Street Yarra Junction, at the corner of Little Yarra Rd, the Powelltown tramway crosses the road at this intersection Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi. yarra junction main street rail crossing

03039 PC Main street Yarra Junction. Team of horses pulling sawn timber on log bogies along the wooden Gilderoy tramline. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpimain st yarra junction station masters house gilderoy tramway

03042 Main street opposite the railway station, 1909, Yarra Junction. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpiearly main street yarra junction

03050 Bridge over the Yarra. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpibridge over yarra river

Primitive Bowls started in Ancient Egypt, and the common form has remained very popular throughout the 20th century, with the popularity waning in the 21st century.Powelltown had a very vibrant community with many recreational, activities, Bowls, cricket, football, tennis, swimming, and dances, held at powelltown and Yarra Junction. The community built their own facilitys. they also built tennis courts and a picture theater/hall at Gilderoy03052 Bowling club 1900 Powelltown. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpibowling club 1900 powelltown bowling ball bowling pitch

03056 Model Powelltown built by Primary school pupils Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpimodel powelltown built primary school pupils model house

03053 PC Murray Views 14, Alpine Retreat Hotel Warburton Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpialpine retreat hotel warburton pc murray views 14

03058 PC Murray Views No 10 Green Gables, Quest House, Warburton. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpigreen gables warburton pc murray views no 10 c1938 austin car

03059 PC Murray Views No 30 'Hydro' 1930 Warburton. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpipc murray views no 30 hydro warburton

Print in Collection of Photographs compiled by R Crowley from the History Committee Shire of Upper Yarra for UYVHS 1988Dammans Road school (destroyed by fire 1959) Warburton. Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpi dammans road school destroyed fire warburton 1959

Print in Collection of Photographs compiled by R Crowley from the History Committee Shire of Upper Yarra for UYVHS 1988Damman’s Rd school 1940 Warburton Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpidammans road school warburton 1940

Item is a book of botanical specimens collected by Henry Tisdall. The book is dedicated to his sister in law Clara Weekes.To Clara Weekes with kindest love from H.T.T. 30-9-1881albums, catalogues, collections

Part of the "Leo Reoch Cohn" Collection. See Catalogue No. 5527.2 for his service record.Silver coloured metal badge featuring crossed rifles below a King's Crown. Rifles surrounded by a wreath featuring wattle flowers. Below rifles is a anner with lettering. Pin fastener soldered on back.Lettering on banner: "SENIOR CADET COMPETITIONS, AUSTRALIA" Stamped on back: CADET L. COHN, H.COY, 68th BATTN, BRIGADE SERIES, 1913-14.army cadet, rifle shoooting, badge, leo reoch cohn

Poster, paper with white and red print. Montage in colour and black and white print of a collection of photographs, posters and postcards from WW1. Frame - cream enamel paint on timber frame with glass front and black cardboard backing with stand.Lettering on poster. "SCHOOLING, SERVICE/ AND THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918".framed accessories, poster, anzac day

Robert H. Baron featured on the left, soldier on the right is unknown. Part of the "Robert H. Baron" No. 3596 and Cooper Collections. See catalogue No. 1981P for details of R.H. Baron's service.Framed black and white photographs of two WW1 soldiers in uniform. Brown wooden frame. Photographs are set side by side in cloth covered card mat. Flags of Allied countries embroidered on mat above photographs. Australia's Red Ensign featured in the middle of the array of flags. "FOR UNITED PEACE" embroidered on a banner below flags. Red Ensign set in a white embroidered circle. Glass front. Wire attached to back for hanging on a wall.robert h. baron, cooper collections, photograph, ww1 flags

Robert H. Baron was only issued with the British War Medal for his WW1 Service. He did not see action and was therefore ineligible for the Victory Medal. Part of the "Robert H. Baron", No. 3596 and Cooper Collections. See catalogue No.1981P for details of R.H. Baron's service.Court mounted circular silver medal with blue, black, white and yellow coloured ribbon. Recipients name stamped on the rim of the medal.Stamped on medal rim "3596 A.L. Cpl R.H. BARON, 57 BN A.I.F."robert h. baron, cooper collection, british war medal, medal ww1

Part of the "Robert H. Baron", No. 3596 and Cooper Collections. See catalogue No. 1981P for details of R.H. Baron's service.Gold coloured metal medallion. Obverse side features an Australian Coat of Arms in the middle. Above the Coat of Arms are two clasped hands. Encircling the Coat of Arms are two rifles and a floral chain. A small ring is attached at the top to hold a chain. Recipients' details are engraved on the back. Hallmark stamped on bottom of back.Engraved on reverse side: "Presented by the Shire of East Loddon to R.H. Baron in grateful appreciation of service rendered in A.I.F. in the Great War." Stamped on reverse side at bottom "Hallmark Symbols".robert h. baron, cooper collection, badge, shire badge.

R. H. Baron used this leave pass to visit his uncle in Aldershot. Whilst in Aldershot and surrounds, he collected a number of postcards. Part of the Robert H. Baron, No 3596 and Cooper Collections. See Catalogue No. 1981P for details of Baron's service.Rectangular booklet with light brown card covers. Covers and pages stapled together. inside 2 pages have lists of food rations available to the pass holders. printed instruction in black type on front and back covers. Front cover has printed pro-forma for holders details. Details handwritten in black and red ink.Handwritten on front cover in black ink: 14th Trg Battn, 3596, L/Cp Baron, R.H., 4.10.1918 to 8.10.1918, Aldershot leave, Hurdcott 4.10.1918. Handwritten on front cover in red ink: a signature. Handwritten on back page in black ink: This is our Ration form book that we have for our tucker when we are on leave, Bob:robert h. baron, cooper collection, ration book, leave pass, aldershot, herdcott, postcard, ww1

Robert H> Baron initially enlisted in the 57th Battalion before joining the 14th Training Battalion on arrival in England. Part of the Robert H. Baron, No. 3596 and Cooper Collections. See Catalogue No. 1981P for details of Baron's service.Rectangular enamelled two colour metal badge with pin fastener. The badge is positioned vertically with the black bar on the left and the red on the right.robert h. baron, cooper collection, badge, 57th battalion

1. 9 carat gold sovereign case belonging to 'Robert H. Baron'. Part of the Robert H. Baron, No.3596, and Cooper Collections. See Catalogue No. 1981P for details of R.H. Baron's service.1. Rose gold coloured hinged sovereign case. Circular in shape, interior has spring loaded clip for holding a sovereign. Catch and ring for a chain located on top. Owners initials engraved on front. Message to owner engraved on inside of lid. Outside front and back finely engraved. Hallmark on inside. 2. Brass coloured hinged sovereign case. Circular in shape. Pressed decoration and blank cartouch on front. Back plain. Dark felt lining inside lid. Interior has spring loaded clip for holding a sovereign. Catch and ring for a chain located on top.1. Hallmark stamped on inside and on inside of lid. '9.375'. Engraved on front: R.4.B. Engraved on inside: from Mother to Bob, Xmas, 1924.robert h. baron, cooper collection, sovereign case, accessory