Murray Comrie Collection. A telegram sent from a Bill (?) Fahy in Tarnagulla to a recipient in Dunolly on 21st Jan 1864. Notifies recipient that 'contractors men arrived'. Author says 'i do not know the site. Contractors men leaving material on supposed site near Reservoir'.tarnagulla, post office, telegrams, chief secretary, fahy, construction, reservoir, recreation reserve, workers, work

This item predates the change of Imperial measure (England -1824) to decimal measure (Europe) in Australia (1970 to 1988). This item was manufactured in England as, was the majority of measuring tool and equipment. It was not until the late 1950s that other countries e.g. United States and Europe provided the same type of manufactured tools for the Australian market. World War II, when Australia had to defend its own boarders that the political push for self sufficiency of manufactured goods started local production. Workers in the Kiewa Valley had always relied on the high quality of tools and manufactured goods coming from England. From the middle to late 1950s migration by skilled workers from a war torn Europe provided the source of manpower for the expansion of the manufacturing industries in Australia.The requirement of an accurate measuring tool has always been critical. This item was used at the time when Australia was using the British Imperial measurements. Accurate measurements by carpenters and other trades people for both town and rural needs was just as critical as for the larger cities. The transition period from Imperial to metric was a period of over four years but it still presented those who had used the Imperial measurements for a longer period in their trades with a dual system of measurement for a longer time(usually up to their retirement) Other nations still using Imperial measurements kept the transition from Imperial to metric alive (the UK and USA still uses Imperial measurements in 2012)Retractable metallic wired tape measure within a leather casing. Length of tape is 66 feet. Brass fittings on casing(winder and back plate)Tape on one side marked in inches and feet and on the other in links. Winder lever marked "66ft No 401" on front and arrow with"wind this way". Leather cover marked "John R A Bone & Sons Birmingham England" on reverse side "Metallic wired tape R A Bone & Sons"wired tape measure, tool, mobile tool, construction tool

1 - employee with a uniform cap - could be a shunter - lifting the cable into the adjacent grip car. Marked on rear as "Lonsdale St" .2 - worker in a cable pulley maintenance pit oiling the mechanism - note the other pits. Has put a "Danger" sing out on the roadway. Marked on rear "Bourke and Spring St 1938" Two copies held and one digital image from a scene shot. .3 - a worker watching the cable entering a winding house looking for damage - what a boring job! Marked on rear as "Checking cables 1938" .4 - communications pillar - or box - to communicate with the winding house .5 - photos shows the grip in the roadway Images have been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Yields information of the cable tram operations c1938.Series of five Black & White Photographs by the TMSV Sales and one digital image from Commuting by Cable. Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear with some notes in pencil on the rear as shown above.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, cables, winding house

The first Orbost Brass Band was formed in 1889. Around 1908 the town band split and the Orbost Workers' Band was formed. Eventually the two bands merged in 1913 to reform as the Orbost Municipal Band under conductorship of Charles Spink. Further info and Ref: In Times Gone By - Deborah HallThe various Orbost bands over the years played a major role in community activities providing entertainment and musical experiences for the many members. Square shaped fabric banner. Red background with yellow braiding and tassels. Embroidered with initials O M B for Orbost Municipal Band. Ten shoulder tabs which are black with Orbost in gold embroidery.banner orbost-band societies music

The Institute of Social Welfare, Watsonia operated on the Loyola Seminary campus 1973-74, which was purchased by the Probation and Training Division to run certificate courses for social workers and others. There was a proposal to establish a periodic detention centre on the site in November 1973, against which there were protests by local residents.News article, text only. Word document with research notes on item.institute of social welfare, watsonia, loyola college

Churchill Island has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series shows the extensive work and volunteering conducted on site by workers after it was turned into a heritage site. Lolly (a deaf horse) and Sophie were two Clydesdales who came to live on Churchill Island in 1997. Colour photograph of two Clydesdales standing facing the camera behind a wooden fence. Potentially taken in 2001 at a Working Horses ExpoCatalogue number on reverse in pencil. churchill island, photograph, clydesdale, horses

Photograph of Lake Bolac Flax Mill boiler house and pits in full production. The mill operated between 1942 and 1959 and was located on the shores of Lake Bolac. Local farmers grew flax which was transported into the factory to be processed. The mill employed Land Army girls, locals and migrant workers.Photograph of Lake Bolac Flax Mill boiler house and pits in full production.

Jean Mawhinney was commissioned in 1952. She served in Ballarat 1953 - 1955; DFA Field Worker 1956 - 1963; Chaplain Shepparton High School 1964 - 1965; Chaplain Waterdale High School 1966 - 1980; Chaplain Macleod High School 1987. Retired 1987. Died 2009B & W matte photo of Deaconess Jean Mawhinney seated at a desk.

This photograph is an enlarged section of another photo where all the workers were lined up on the railway siding to welcome home their managing director, Edgar Edwards Walker on his return from overseas. Unfortunately their good intentions backfired as there was deduction in their wages for the time spent away from their work.Black and white photograph of a group of men in front of the Australian Tesselated Tile building. Name of the company behind with name of manager/owner E. E. Walker.australian brick and tesselated tile co tile factories

Welfare worker Lilian Dethridge was farewelled and her contribution recognised on February 7, 1985. Presentations were made by Mr John Conaughton (Chairman of the Committee of Management), Mr Foley (administrative officer when Mrs Dethridge began), Mrs Tweedie (a painting) and cook Mrs Venville (flowers).5 x col. photographsFebruary 7 1985 Lilian's farewellassociation for the blind, kelaston home (ballarat)

Set of two colour prints of Ballarat tram 30 in a park at Kaniva. The tram was recovered by BTPS workers 6/7 July 1974. See Oct. 1974 issue of Trolley Wire) and Feb. 2014 issue of Fares Please! for the trams story. Photographer most likely Bob Lilburn.Yields information about SECV tram 30 at Kaniva.Set of two Colour prints - with photographers notes on the rear.In ink "4-12-73 No. 30" and "To Kaniva 10-2-72, BTPS 7-7-74"tramcars, tramways, tram 30, kaniva

Chicory was mixed with coffee to reduce the amount of coffee bean required to be used. This coffee "substitute" was due to the repeated fluctuations in availability of coffee beans (and price fluctuations) in the USA in the late 1800s and early 1900s resulting in the search for substitutes and additives to bulk out the available supplies. This was especially so during times of the major World Wars. Chicory was an excellent choice of fillers as it did not greatly influence the strong coffee bean taste. The first choice in USA households was coffee not tea and the influence of the American servicemen's thirst for coffee was a major thrust into the Australian "colonial" preference for a "cuppa" tea. Rural areas took longer to acquire a coffee "break" but with more and more subliminal advertising through "American" films the rural regions developed a growing preference for coffee, however the tea break alias "smoko" has lingered on.This coffee and chicory blend tin container is very significant to the Kiewa Valley in that it demonstrates that even in rural regions of Australia tastes and drinking preferences have changed by subliminal advertising as time goes by. The American "influence" whether by the "invasion" of friendly troops during the major wars or the avalanche of "American films" has altered some of the "dinky-di" Australian "true blue" tastes and mores. The availability of "straight " coffee supplies to rural areas was also in proportion to the level of all weather transport routes. In the late 1800's and early 1900's road freight had to contend with dirt roads, flooded roads, bush fires and grazing cattle/sheep in rural areas. The easier access that city households had with regard to replenishment of food and drink products, up until the mid 1900's, was severely retarded in rural areas. This extensively rusted tin of "Bushells Blue Label" Coffee and Chicory has an octagonal shaped body with a "push/pull" lid(tin).Three sides has reproduced painted ladies in "Roman dress" ladies picking the coffee beans. There is no reproduction of any chicory roots. There are two "Indian dressed" field workers(pickers) with turban head dress. On one side of the tin is "directions of use, net weight and manufacturer details."Bushells Coffee & Chicory", "NET 1-Ib. weight", " No. 144" "Under the Pure Food Act N.S.W. 1938" "by Bushells Ltd. No 144"chicory / coffee drinks, tin hydrated drink, rural food and drink consumption patterns, tinned food and drink

The badge (on the right) is a Female Relatives Badge from the Second World War and the stars represent the number of serving individuals related to the holder of the badge. A number of the back appears in a register that records the name of the holder. .2) Three stars denotes 3 members of the family in the army in 1939 - 1945..1) Badge, brassround with 2 lugs on rear. Front has "War Worker Australia". Centre is coat of arms. On rear is "Navies & Labourers". Stamped numbered badge. .2) Female relative badge. Metal, silver colour, round shape with crown. wreath arrangement with map of Australia centre. Rear has pin attached. Attached by two small chains is a clasp with 3 small bronze stars. Rear of badge is stamped..1) :"Issued by the department of defence, 618. .2) Front "To the Women of Australia" Rear "Issued by the C/Weath Govt. A6800badages, medallions, female, relative, war workers

Sepia photo of engineering workers and possibly Foundry owner/managers. 5 rows of men in front of Foundry building, 41 men in photo. Parts manufacturer. Address: 420 Backhaus Street, Long Gully (Now known as Eaglehawk Road). Ref: Sands & McDougall's Bendgio Directory 1901-1908. Physical Description: Mounted on grey cardboard. Inscriptions/Markings: 'Horsfield's Foundry, Long Gully' hand written on back.organization, business, foundry

Black and white photo of Mrs Pieper. She is wearing a high neck dress and a small ostrich feather hair decoration. On back.. Dorothy Pieper of Piepers Hill. Atho? Pieper. Gilt frame. D1 533. Bartlett Bros. Sandhurst. From W.H.Brown. Practical Picture Frame Maker. Carver and gilder. Plush worker wtc. View street. Bendigo. Opposite Sports Ground. Upper reserve. Tram pass the door.Bartlett Bros, Sandhurstperson, individual, portrait female, pieper, pieper's hill, woman, hat

Formerly Two Silk Ribbons pinned together. One Blue the other Cream. Blue ribbon has General Committee printed in gold with Bendigo 'Eight 888 Hours' demonstration 1897 printed. Cream ribbon has printed Bendigo Ladies Committee. Triple 8 significance relates to eight hour work, eight hour recreation and eight hour sleep. Anniversary of workers rights. Trade union inception Victoria.societies, trade unions

Colour Print of a group of BTPS workers / trammies / volunteers dressed in SEC uniforms during the 1989 Begonia Festival standing along tram 26. Has the details of the people written on the rear on an adhesive label. Photo dated 13/3/1989. Photographer unknown. Left to Right: Bill Kingsley, Andrew Mitchell, Chris Jacobson, Clayton Giles, Richard Gilbert, Ian Hill, Dave O' Neil, Roy Sheedy.trams, tramways, btps, begonia festival, museum, personnel, volunteers, group photo

In 1903, an article in the Box Hill 'Reporter' noted that the Kew Flyer Cycle business had been started in 1893 by Harry F. Cooper, who was "the oldest cycle maker in the district". By 1903, the Kew Flyer business was located at 8 (later 14) Cotham Road where it was to remain an institution until its closure. Seven years later, W.D. Vaughan, in his 'Jubilee History of Kew, Victoria' (1910) wrote that: "Several cycling clubs have been born and died, suffering chiefly from the migration of the leading spirits in the organisations, but since 1900 the ‘Kew Flyer’ road race, instituted by Mr. H. F. Cooper, has been the cycling event of the year among local riders. It is run on the White Horse Road at Blackburn." Early newspaper reports record that distance of the Race was initially 10 miles but by 1906, the event was 15 miles, starting from the Travellers' Rest Hotel in Blackburn. Cooper's Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road introduced new technologies and models throughout its 56-years of operation. By 1908, it was claimed that the shop had been enlarged with new "workshops and [the] latest lathes and cycle building tools. [It] Is now one of the most up-to-date Cycle Works in Victoria". By the First World War, Cooper had expanded his business to include motorbikes with "Precision Engines". The Kew Flyer business and the annual road races continued through the War, even though a number of its staff left for the front. One of these was [Pte] Robert Charles Field Richardson, who joined the 6th Battalion, fought and was wounded at Gallipoli, and died of his wounds in a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt in 1915. In 1917, the death of Private H.S. Herbert was announced. He had been the winner of the Kew Flyer Cycle Road Race in 1913. He died in action in France, having fought at Gallipoli and in France at the Battle of Pozieres. The majority of bicycles advertised by Cooper were designed for men, although bikes for women and 'juveniles' were advertised as early as 1918, so they were probably manufactured throughout the period. Harry Cooper was to sell his Kew Flyer business in 1936, after 39 years of trading. The business he began continued until 1949.This is a very rare image [the location of the original is now unknown] of a Kew Flyer team. The photo was sourced and remained in the possession of the historian Dorothy Rogers, whose brother was an early member of staff in the firm. The photo is historically significant as it is the only known photograph of a Kew Flyer Team, and possibly the only known photo of Harry F. Cooper, the founder of the firm and a key figure in Victorian cycling history. Photograph, the second of two, from an earlier album photograph of the Kew Flyer Team in uniform with trainers and workers of the company. One of the men in the photograph is probably Harry F. Cooper, the proprietor of the Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road, Kew. Harry Cooper was the sponsor of one of the best known and oldest trader cycle races in Melbourne. The photograph remained in the possession of the Rogers family until its donation to the Society by John Rogers in 2015.Handwritten annotation by the historian Dorothy Rogers on reverse: "Kew Flyer Team from very old photo".kew flyer, harry f cooper, trader bike races - victoria - kew, kew flyer team

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Hard yakka: long before the days of trucks, this worker rides atop a cart of eucalyptus trees. Bendigo Advertiser from 2003. The man on the cart identified: the man is John Notley and was working for his father Lou Notley. Lou and son lived on Neilborough Road, Whipstick. The photo was taken some time in the early 1950s. Letter written by Ernie Hartland, Bendigo.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Newspaper clipping - titled "A place the '90's forgot", The Age 23/8/2000 about Preston Workshops, a living museum, the workers, appearance, culture, its future, possible closure, historical significance. Has a photo of Roberto D'Andrea, Brian Carter, Norm Cross and Ben Commandeur standing in from the of the gates and other photos of parts of the interiors of the buildings and signs. Item written by Kevin Murray, photos by Neil Newitt.trams, tramways, preston workshops, closure, employees, history

George Pethard Collection including references to Taraxale Brewing Company Pty Ltd / Leather bound photographic album 29x23x1.5cm / Photographs of Tarax Factory - title -'Life at the Tarax Factory'/ 20 black and white photographs -8 x10 inch -of Tarax factory showing bottling of Tarax soft drinks including 5 shots of Tarax workers ./ Commercial Photographic Co Pty Ltd 217 Queensberry St Carlton.Commercial Photographic Co Pty Ltd 217 Queensberry St Carltonbendigo, industry, taraxale brewing company, george pethard /taraxale brewing company pty ltd / commercial photographic co pty ltd 217 queensberry st carlton

Framed photograph of Terry O'Donnell upon his retirement from the SEC Ballarat Tramways. Photo of Terry standing in front of a SEC tramcar, holding his cap and a controller handle with a sign on the front of the tram marking his years of service, wishing him good luck and other supportive phrases. The black and white photograph has been glued to a sheet of cardboard with the names of the members of the 'SHB & M" (???????) club along the side and the name of the President and Secretary on the top. A stained (brown) wooden frame with cardboard backing, tape and nails securing it to the frame has been used to secure the backing cardboard and photograph. Date of retirement unknown - c1960's? Images show the front and the rear damage associated with the object. Scan of copy negative added 4-5-2020 as image i3In light blue ink. Along the top are the names "F. Bowden Pres." and "A. Purdue Sec", along either side, the name of the fellow club members along the bottom edge "Presented to T. O'Donnell / as a mark of esteem by his Fellow Workers Ballarat Tramways / SHB & M. Club". In blue felt tip pen on rear "Ballarat Vintage Tramway"trams, tramways, retirements, ballarat

The kerosene lantern is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lanterns have a wick or mantle as light source. They may be hand-held for portable lighting.This kerosene lantern was used as a light on road works in the Orbost area. It would have been carried/used by one of the road workers. Lamps of this kind were significantroadworks items in their period of use as essential tools to the safe-working operations of the Country Roads Board.. A red metal roadworks warning lantern. It is rectangular with a metal carrying handle. The top is domed. The door at the back is hingedand opens with a small nail. The lamp was lit by kerosene held in a small square tank with a wick.lantern kerosene light lamp

The SECV had chalets, cafes, mess halls and tea rooms all over Victoria including their construction sites. The SECV had a stores system which purchased thousands of sets of crockery and cutlery for use by personnel. There was a system of chefs, cooks, tea persons etc. to supply food and beverages to the workers. This saucer was used at one of the sites on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Heavy, white ceramic saucer with State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1921 log/insignia on inside lip. Curves up to sides. On base, also inscribed in red are details of the makers.State Electricity Commission Victoria / 1921 On base: Vitrified / Sold by / Cafe & Hotel Supplies / Pty Ltd / DunnBennett & Co. ITC / Burslem / Made in Englandkiewa hydro electric scheme. mount beauty chalet. bogong mess hall. state electricity commission of victoria. crockery.

Photograph of Federal Mills Inter-House Sports team at Corio Oval. In photo are Nellie Bawden, Beryl Hadden and current boyfriend?? Mrs Alsop was a mill worker from early 1930s till early 1970s. She worked at Federal and Foster Mills in Geelong District and Yarra Falls, Melbourne.textile mills sporting teams, textile mills staff, federal woollen mills ltd, sport, textile mills - sporting teams, textile mills - staff

As well as assistance in education and employment, agencies also provided support for adapting around the home. In this example, one woman is shown by a worker how to feel the temperature points in a pressure cooker. They stand in a kitchen, in front of an upright Davell cooker, next to a fridge and with steel utensils hanging on the wall behind the cooker.orientation and mobility, royal blind society of nsw