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Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Merry Monty returns to bring festive joy, 30/11/2016
Montmorency Traders Association hosted the Merry Monty Christmas in Were Street.News clipping, black text and colour image. montmorency, montmorency traders association, were street montmorency -
Orbost & District Historical Society
horse leggings, Before 1914
Used by the Light Horse Brigade in WW1. Donated by the family of Fred Christmas.This WW1 item is a reminder of those who took part in that conflict.A pair of dark brown horse leggings. Straps run around outside to a buckle. They are 'Light Horse Brigade" leggings from World War 1.horse-leggings transport ww1 light-horse-brigade -
Clunes Museum
Postcard
PEOPLE ON A CRAY FISH AND SHOOTING EXPEDITION TO THE MARYBOROUGH RESERVOIR, CHRISTMAS 1908PHOTOGRAPH OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE RIDING IN A HORSE DRAWN CART.local history, documents, postcards, greeting card -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Family History, Eric Collger, The Thiele Family of Doncaster 1853 - 2003, 2003
Back cover 6 colour photos Property, gardens and Christmas TreeSoft Cover. Pastel Orange. Title background Orange - Sepia Photo of store and house.This book is presented to the Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy Inc. by Neil Bennett 2nd April 2008. -
Melbourne Legacy
Album - Scrapbook, Press Clippings 1977, 1977
Album of press clippings the relate to Melbourne Legacy in 1977. The items were cut from the newspaper and pasted into a scrapbook with brown pages. For many years Legacy kept scrapbooks of press clippings that related to their work and publicity. Includes Junior legatee outings such as operation float, and looking after widows in operation firewood. Guest speakers at Legacy house included Mr Ian Johnson, Mr Hamer MP, Professor Sir Lance Townsend. An article about Carry On. Ivanhoe Grammar boys paint a house for a Legacy widow, Mrs Drowley. Photos of Junior Legatees Heather Stone and ClareSmart getting free dental check up from Dr H G Thomson at the Legacy Dental Clinic. Senior Constable Reg Mahoney, a former Junior Legatee, and 7 year old Matthew Partridge, prepare for badge day in Sydney. Also the Governor of Victoria opening Legacy Week at Legacy House. The annual demonstration featured JLs acting in My Fair Lady. Constable Bill Duell a former Junior Legatee, now a Legatee after serving in Vietnam. Legacy Widow Margaret Fisher and her daughters promote Legacy Week. Sue Ksiako of Anakie selling badges. Guest speaker Bill Fordyce speaks about The Great Escape at a Legacy function. The death of Legatee George Allan Williams. Junior Legatees Leanne Johnston and Terri Cott dressed in costume for the annual demonstration. Junior Legatee Adrian Childs at the Government House Christmas party. Junior Legatees enjoying Somers Camp and Operation Float in January 1977 Not all pages have been scanned but some are listed from 02164 to 02176.A record of the articles that were published in the press in 1977.Brown cardboard album with brown pages with newspaper articles pasted on them.Handwritten in black texta on first page '21' as part of an old archive numbering system.christmas, operation float, annual demonstration, junior legatee outings, speakers, operation firewood, gala performance, governor of victoria, camp -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, 1968
Trams 12 and 21 as Myer's Christmas tram in City Loop. Photographed from south side of Sturt St. looking towards Post Office. Trams have both been fitted with lights, and have large white strip on front dash. Tram 21 has been made up as 'Santa's Showboat' and has red ensign flag on roof. Photo taken during the 1968 Christmas season. See Date advised by Alan Bradley, 15/3/03Niltramways, trams, santa tram, myers, decorated trams, city loop, tram 12, tram 21 -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car)
FJ Holden utility, registration no. GHS 260, with police insignia on door, police light on top of vehicle and PA system in tray of vehicle. Sign on rear of vehicle says "Deathless Christmas". Circa 1956police vehicles; motor transport branch; wireless patrol; fj holden ute -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: CHRISTMAS DAY SPORTS CROWD
Black and white photocopy of a photo printed on cream paper of the Christmas Day Sports Crowd at the Sparrowhawk Hotel. One man is on the roof. part of the name of the hotel is in the top left corner. Carter is under the name.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - christmas day sports crowd, sparrowhawk hotel, carter -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - POSTCARD.CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS
Postcard. Christmas Blessings. Verse. Joy Attend you, Peace Divine On your Household Fall, Heavenly blessings Freely given by the Lord of all. Rear. From Esther To Uncle Mat and Auntie Emily. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Single, white card with blue/purple shading. Card has a bunch of white flowers with orange cups and some reddish flowers. 'A Happy Christmas' is printed to the top left of the flowers.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. White card with embossed horseshoe and ivy at the top. Inside the horseshoe is a pig and Good Luck. With best wishes for a very Happy Christmas and a Bright New Year printed in light brown.Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. (Embossed on the back.)person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: CHRISTMAS CARD, Early 1900s
Document. Green Christmas Card with paper insert secured with red cord. Front of card has painted farm scene in the centre. Handwritten greeting inside ''To Mr G.Harris From E and A Hocking, Sunshine.performing arts, elocution, christmas card -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Lilo Thaler, September 1991
A visit from the German Templer Society. Photo taken by Tatura Museum photographer.Black and white photograph of Mrs Lilo Thaler, official representative of the Templer Society in Germany at Tatura Museum September 1991. Standing in front of a display board of Camp 3 teachers and pupils, Christmas decorations.templer society, lila thaler -
Clunes Museum
PROGRAMMES, 16/12/2010
.1 INVITATIONS TO "CLUNES CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT AT THE NEW ROTUNDA" 16TH DEC 2010. .2 CLUNES COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CAROLS PERFORMED BY CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL AND WESLEY COLLEGE STUDENTS .3 ORDER OF PERFORMERSlocal history, document, programmes, clunes carols by candlelight -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Lifelong Labor of Love
Five small books of the Gospels and Acts transcribed into current English by Mrs Mary L. MathesonFive small books of the Gospels and Acts transcribed into current English by Mrs Mary L. Matheson which she used for religious instruction at Forest Hill State School and a Christmas card to Elsie Payne.Five small books of the Gospels and Acts transcribed into current English by Mrs Mary L. Matheson matheson, mary, payne, elsie, forest hill state school no. 4251 -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1994
(number in album 03369.2)Black and white photograph of Nan Fraser, Bessie Guildford, Betty Perry, Ann Robinson, unknown. sitting around table at Whiters Rotunda for Lions Club Christmas Dinner for Seniors. Lakes Entrance Victoriacommunity services, charities -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature:Volume 1, 1876
This book was awarded as the "Howard" prize to Robert A. Mitchell for Arithmetic in 1879. Robert Mitchell, (D.O.B 9/2/1862), entered the College on 9th July, 1878. Robert is the son of Robert Mitchell who resided at Teragram Cottage, St. Arnaud. Enclosed in the pages of the book was a small purple cardboard invitation which reads: "Ballarat College. Annual Distribution of Prizes. Academy of Music, Tuesday, December 16, at four o'clock p.m. The Reverend WM. Henderson in the chair." This invitation has subsequently been filed in the 1879 file.Bound in half calf with pebble grained cloth boards, marbled edges, gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Six raised bands on spine with gold lettering on second and fourth compartments; College crest embossed on front cover; black and white illustrated, 816 p.Book plate inside front cover:College crest / Arithmetic/the "Howard" prize/Sixth form/Awarded to/Robert A. Mitchell/Christmas, 1879.howard-prize, robert-a-mitchell, 1879, ballarat-college. -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, W. and R. Chambers, Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: Volume 2
This book was awarded as the "Howard" prize to Robert A. Mitchell for Geography in 1879. Robert Mitchell, (D.O.B 9/2/1862), entered the College on 9th July, 1878. Robert is the son of Robert Mitchell who resided at Teragram Cottage, St. Arnaud. Bound in half calf with pebble grained cloth boards, marbled edges, gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Six raised bands on spine with gold lettering on second and fourth compartments; College crest embossed on front cover; black and white illustrated, 816 p.Book plate inside front cover:College crest / Geography/the "Howard" prize/Sixth form/Awarded to/Robert A. Mitchell/Christmas, 1879.howard-prize, robert-a-mitchell, 1879, ballarat-college. -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, The poetical works of John Milton
Prize awarded to Kate (Letitia) Whittle (DoB 6/12/1863; entered Ballarat College Girls' School 1881), for excellence in french; daughter of James Whittle, Chemist, 131 Sturt St, sister of Annie Louise, Louis Clarendon, Henry John, Samuel Unsworth, Arthur Walter; sisters Elsie Eleanor and Lilian May possibly attended Clarendon Ladies College. Letitia and Annie attended Ballarat College Girls School (names are embroidered on tablecloth) ; The school holds extensive family history records.Full calf binding in light brown with raised bands and Ballarat College crest and borders embossed in gold on cover and spine; marbel endpages; page edges have gold leaf; bookplate fixed inside front coverBookplate: Ballarat College crest / French / First Prize / Upper Third Form / Awarded to / Kate Whittle / Christmas [date obliterated] -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BOER WAR, Ward , Lock & Co LTD, How We Kept the Flag Flying, First edition 1900
The book describes the siege and battles of “Ladysmith” during the South African campaign, with a full appreciation of the patriotism and pride of race which has made Australia a fighting unit in the British Empire.Hard cover, buckram, mid blue colour, gold print on front and spine, illustrated with red, white, blue flag on front and two flags on spine, end papers and fly leaf black coloured paper, 303 pages plain white , illustrated B &W illustrations and diagrams.Handwritten on front fly leaf in black ink, “ To Bev, wishing Reece a merry Christmas, happy new year,..............” words illegible.books, military, boer war, ladysmith -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, RICHARDS AND CO
Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard of two young girls in Scottish regalia, seated in front of windowOn Front: Richards & Co Ballarat On Reverse: Handwritten in black ink "To Miss Robertson with Christmas wishes from Elma and Rosa 1918"robertson, rosa, elma -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Robert Dessaix, Corfu, 2001
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketCard: Dear Trish, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Love Penleigh/Hope not too many opportunities arise to use this!walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Lee Iacocca with William Novak, Iacocca, an Autobiography, 1984
Hardcover w/dust jacketWriting in blue pen on inside of cover, "Dad, with best wishes for Christmas and a super 1988, from John. 25 December 1987walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Barry Humphries, My Gorgeous Life, 1989
Hardcover W/ Dust Jacket"Dear Mandie, may you learn from Dame Edna's life experience - Best Love, Suzy + Graeme, Christmas 1989"australian biography , walsh st library -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Publication - "An Appreciation The Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour Ballarat"
"With Lucas & Co.'s Compliments Christmas, 1921" Name written on front = Vera Andrew 28 Armstrong Street South, Ballaarat"first world war (ww1), 1914 - 1918, literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 12/12/1951
Alette is writing to Mrs Hayes to thank her for her letter and Christmas gift.Quinn CollectionA pale blue self-folding letter (0891.a1) headed London and dated 12/12/51. It is addressed to Mrs K Hayes, Fitzroy Street 14, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. There is no return address. Letter commences "...Dear Mrs Hayes!,..." and is signed "Alette."letters-from-abroad, allan quinn, alette andersen, london-uk -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Photocopy, C December 1925
This is a copy of a photo of W. Evans and H. Lewis in the Wannon Valley at Christmas 1925.The photo shows two men wearing hats holding up a dead kangaroo by its ears and forefeet. They are standing in a grassed area surrounded by bush."1925" was written on the bottom edge of the original photo.recreation, hunting, wildlife, fauna -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph - Black and white photograph
An unknown singer entertaining the troops in Vietnam backed by the ABC Showband, Christmas 1970.Black and white photograph of a woman singer with a hand held microphone on stage. she is wearing a floral patterned full-length kaftan. Male in the background behind a drumkit.abc showband, vietnam, entertainer, performer -
Clunes Museum
Booklet - PROGRAMME, 'GUARDIAN & GAZETTE" PRINT, CLUNES
PROGRAMME USED FOR A CAROL SERVICE AT THE CLUNES WESLEYAN CHURCH, CHRISTMAS NIGHT 1894.SMALL PRINTED PROGRAMME OF CORNISH CAROLSNilcarol service, wesley church -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Album - Photograph Album, 1994
Assorted photographs in small album, schoolroom activities, school excursions, and christmas concertColour photographs school activities primary school Johnsonville Victoriaschools