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National Wool Museum
Textile - Travel Rug, Onkaparinga Woollen Mill Company, 1960s
Collector says: "I can still recall one of my earliest childhood memories, of my nana's bright aqua shoes against the checks of our family travel rug on summer picnics. Maybe that's when this collection planted its seed in me - 40 years later I start my first blanket collection after stumbling across old Onkaparinga travel rugs. I would go to a vintage market in Collingwood every month and almost always found a good one, amassing enough for the entire household. Everyone had their favourite, even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one just for him." Collector's note: "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from. "Fringed travel rug, teal and brownAn Onkaparinga 100% pure wool production. In emblem: Made in Australiawool, blanket, blanket fever, travel rug, onkaparinga -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, "Dane" Memorial Seat near Big Hill Stawell -- Coloured
Dane Memorial Seat on Big HillColour photograph of Brown brick seat stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Stawell Hospital Records Visitors Book 1870 – 1877, 11/7/1870 - 8/12/1877
Small brown leather covered bookstawell, medical -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, The Oriental & North Cross Reef Gold Reef Mining Co. Wages Payments 1888-1896. No 1 Day Book, 1888 - 1896
Green Cover Brown Suede Bindingstawell, mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Freeland Bros, Carters and Contractors Business(1889-1907) and 1967-1968, 1889
Green Cover Brown Suede Bindingstawell, business -
National Wool Museum
Book, Royal MelbourneTechnical College Press, Sheep and wool Grade 2, 1956
Brown paperback book with red bindingSheep and Wool Grade 2 Department of Sheep and Wool Royal Melbourne Technical College -
National Wool Museum
Book, Royal MelbourneTechnical College Press, Sheep and Wool Grade 1, 1955
Brown paperback book with green bindingSheep and Wool Grade 1 Department of Sheep and Wool Royal Melbourne Technical College -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, History of the Stawell Timber Industies Pty Ltd, September 2013
By Stewart Brown. Compiled by Jim Melbournestawell timber -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Campbell's Bridge Pound Book 1947 – 1952, 16/1/1947 - 4/8/1952
Burgundy Cover with Brown Leather TrimPound Keepers Book / Campbell's Bridge Poundstawell, animals -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Booklet, Australian Military Forces, Demobilization Procedure Book, Sep-45
Demobilization Procedure Book No 99067 belonging to Robin Penleigh Boyd. The Dispersal Data Form on page 25 states that Robin Boyd commenced full-time war service on 19 November 1941. It is signed 17 September 1945.32 pages with brown cardboard cover. -
Hume City Civic Collection
Sloan's Liniment
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Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Card - Decision Card, Methodist Church of Australasia graded decision & re-dedication card
Methodist Church of Australasia Young People's Department Graded Decision and Rededication card for Sunday School students.Buff coloured card with brown text.methodist church of australasia, dedication card, ephemera, sunday school -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Shell
Shell - brown on base with light switchweapons, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines Minute Book, 1923-1929
Brown Half leatherbound Minute Bookbrown, h.r., maxwell, d, serjeant, young, m, f. barrow, m.b. john, w.h. middleton, a.f. heseltine, r. maddern, d. maxwell, alfred mica smith bust, g. fitches, j.w. gower, william baragwanath, l.h. vernon, h. berry, h.h. smith, d. ronaldson, j.b. robinson -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, A.M. Parker, Back to Beaufort, 1936
Brown covered book of 44 pages -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, May Townsend, Early Pioneers in and Around Clunes, 1989
Brown covered book of 156 pagesclunes, pioneers, archibald anderson, james esmond, wieckhardtchinese, william campbell, william coghill, richard ellwood -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Belaying Pin
Belaying pins can be metal but are often made of wood, treated or untreated, plain or with handles. A belaying pin is used to secure the running ropes of the rigging to the ship's rails using holes drilled onto the rails for that purpose. The belaying pins are inserted into holes in the ship’s rail, drilled for that purpose. When the sail has been raised, the ropes are wrapped around the upper and lower sections of the pins in a figure-eight pattern. The shapes of these belaying pins taper from the rounded end of the handle inwards towards the bottom, which allows them to have a firm fit into the holes in the rails. The rigging rope is wound around the pins in such a way that a tug on the pin's handle pulls it out of the hole and quickly frees the rope and the sail.These belaying pins are significant for their association with sailing vessels, particularly vessels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Belaying pin, metal, painted brown.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, sailing equipment, nautical equipment, rigging, yards, sails, belaying pin, sailing ship -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Footwear - Boots, Rossiters Ltd, 1908-1920
Rossi Boots started in 1910 when Arthur Edward Rossiter resigned from his position as a supervisor at the Adelaide Boot Company and started Rossiters Ltd in a small tin shed in his backyard. A larger factory was needed so the first of three stages of a factory was built. During the Second World War Rossi Boots was a major supplier to the military making hundreds of thousands of boots that saw service in various theatres including New Guinea. The war years saw the number of employees peak at around five hundred. As methods of manufacturing footwear changed as petroleum-based products such as glues, rubbers and plastics have replaced the traditional ones of leather, nails, and threads. More modern machinery was introduced to directly mould soles to the bottom of the boot. At the end of 1987, the company moved from Unley to Hilton this move allowed production to be carried out in a more modern, fit-for-purpose factory. Since then the company has continued to change; introducing computer-controlled machines for cutting, sewing, and attaching soles. These changes occurred whilst many of Rossi's competitors moved offshore. Whilst the introduction of these machines reduced the number of local staff, it has enabled Rossi Boots to continue to manufacture in Australia. In March 2019 Rossi Boots relocated the factory, warehouse, and headquarters from Hilton to Kilburn, South Australia. This move to a new, expansive location allows Rossi Boots to continue manufacturing in South Australia housing all operations under one roof. The items are significant as they show the beginnings of an important manufacturer and innovator that is still in the original founding family's ownership and is producing boots today with exports to many countries. Boots leather lace up brownNonewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Anderson Family, 1890
Horses of Robert Anderson Snr. on farmland - grazingThree brown horses grazing on farmlocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, horses, sepia photograph, mrs emma anderson jacobs -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Burn's Justice, 1814
This book was used for ceremonies by a parish officer or justice of the peace. It is the second volume in a series of five. Richard Burn was born in Westmorland. He matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1729. He was not awarded his B.A. until 1735, three years after he left the university to accept a position as schoolmaster at Kirkby Stephen in Westmorland. Burn then entered the Church of England, and in 1736 became vicar of Orton in Westmorland. He was a justice of the peace for the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, and devoted himself to the study of law. In 1762, after Burn had attained notoriety as a legal scholar, the University of Oxford awarded him an honorary LL.D. He was appointed chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle in 1765, an office which he held until his death aged 86. Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer, first published in 1755, was for many years the standard authority on the law relating to justices of the peace. It has passed through some 30 editions, half of which appeared after Burn's death. (info. Wikipedia)This book was was for many years the standard authority on the law relating to justices of the peace and is a useful research tool.A book with a rough brown leather cover,burn-richard law -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Market Centers and Retail Location: Theory and Applications, 1988
Robert H.T. Smith was Chancellor of University of Ballarat (later Federation University Australia)Blue and brown hard covered book.markets, retail, robert h.t. smith -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, W. & R. Chambers, Treatise on Practical Mathematics, 1883
Brown hardcovered book of 536 pages.Stamped inside front cover "Presented to the School of Mines, Ballarat by Professor A. Mica Smith, 1926."mathematics, alfred mica smith -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Report From the Select Committee Upon Brown's Diggings, 1860
Blue foolscap report on Brown's Diggingsbrown's diggins, smythe's creek, gorges m. lowther, peter lalor, j.b. humffray, g. mcdonald, thomas platt, james gibbs, archibald carmichael, james baker, john c. campbell, john lynch, washington claim, banner of war claim, victoria claim, better-late-than-never claim -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, June 1900, 1900
Table of contents: Editorial - the Minister of Mines on Mining Education, News and notes, A contribution to the mining geology of Kalgoorlie, W.A. by F. M. Krause, Summaries & notes from the Australian mining standard, Monthly progress reports of the geological survey, Electrical notes, Students' Theatre party, Opening of the new buildings, Students' Association, Relief of Mafeking, A critic criticised, Things we eat and drink, Editorial notices.Pale brown booklet of 12 pagesballarat school of mines, students' magazine, a. r. outtrim, f. m. krause, dr carty-salmon -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, Fourth Term, 1902
Table of contents: Editorial, A new system of sinking shafts, Steam turbines, The Gulf stream myth, Science notes, Western sketches, Science in song, Students' Excursion to Melbourne, Out of the jaws of death, Ballarat scientific and literary society, Signs of the times, Past students, News and notes, Correspondence, Sports.Pale brown booklet of 16 pagesballarat school of mines, students' magazine, w. t. gill, sidney smith, ohe jay, o. e. jager, gilbert mcintyre, w. davey, w. t. atherton, e. p. johnson, gulf stream myth, ballarat scientific and literary society -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, First Term, 1903
Table of contents: Editorial, The analysis of Portland cement, Copper smelting in Western America, Notes of travel in Central Africa, Aboriginal research, The conservation of matter, A bit of Australian history, Trip to Ascot, S.M.B. Dirge, Students' Association annual meeting, News and notes, New students, Past students, The annual sports, Cricket, Football, Answers to correspondents, Editorial notes.Pale brown booklet of 20 pagesballarat school of mines, students' magazine, bill cairncross, lew westcott, kerr grant, oliver jager, j. e. o'dwyer, h. j. saw, j. l. vetter, t. lennon, c. king, a. c. officer, j. glasgow, p. davies, w. figgis, j. f. anderson, r. e. cowles, d. l. thomas, s. g. turrell, w. hicks, c. j. reid, w mccready, n. s. stuckey, l. mitchell, d. t. thomas, e. h. best, h. owen, h. eklund, j. judd, alex fraser, w. brokenshire, syd adamson, arthur coyte, h. couturier, archie hay, w. brinsden, w. herman, d. deane, h. leggo, w. white, w. meldrum, f. dalton, j. hill, p. e. marmion, w. parramore, d. ryan, a. l. n. walters, t. uthwatt, v. a. nicol, a. f. gillespie, f. c. futter, h. alston, j. philbin, d. t. elder, r. c. mccracken -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Ammunition
9mm used in owen gun & Browningammunition, vietnam, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Shoes
Shoes Brown, Pair, Nurses, VAD,uniform, 1944 -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Boots
Australian, brown leather (Part UC016)uniform, 2000, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Sam Brown
Sam Brown With Sword Fob 1915uniform, ww1, army