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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1925
Note on back dated Christmas 1926Sepia postcard showing steamer Omeo passing through opened swing bridge on Latrobe River at Longford near Sale, Victoria.Swing Bridge, Latrobe River, Saleships and shipping -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "New futures for tram shelters", 23/06/1971 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, dated 23/6/1971, titled "New futures for tram shelters" with a subtitle, "Sturt street tram shelters are in demand." Two requests for the use of the tram stop shelter at Grenville St. had been received by the City Council. Ballarat Region Tourist Promotion Association suggested it be developed as a tourist information centre and Ballarat Council of Churches wanted to place a Christmas Crib during the Christmas season. Council decided to allow for one Christmas only and suggested that the Shelter at Lydiard St. be used by the Tourist Association. One of large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02. Has cutting date separate from item.grenville st, tram stops, shelters, sturt st -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - SPARKMAN'S BAG SHOP CHRISTMAS GIFT BROCHURE
BHS CollectionSparkman's Bag Shop Christmas Gift Brochure: Cream paper with red and green print with a Santa Clause left hand corner. Printed on the brochure is * Compare the Quality and Prices before Buying elsewhere. Christmas Gifts of Long Remembrance. Sparkans's Bag Shop (Late Harper's Oldest Established Bag Shop in Bendigo) Charing Cross (Between Mitchell St and Lyric Theatre, Opposite Cabmen's Shelter), Bendigo. High = Class Leather Goods. Ladies Wallets and Shopping Bags etc., Table Centres, Mats & Travelling Cushions. Ladies & Gent's Toilet Requisites, Fancy Goods & Christmas Novelties. We Guarantee Satisfaction. Paper torn in two places. Box 625.Printed by F.H. Sparkman, Arcade, Bendigobusiness, retail, advertising -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CARD, CHRISTMAS, 38th Infantry Battalion, c1919-1962
Refers to service of Harry Burrell "MM". See Cats 290, 297.2P, 298.4.Locally made Christmas Card. The front has the 38th Battalion NVR badge in the centre in silver ink. The card has two sections; The outer which is folded, made out of strong paper. The other inner section, is printed on glossy white paper. Printed in colour in the centre, are the colours of the 38th Bn, with Christmas Greetings printed in blue ink on the right. 38 Inf. Bn - Northern Victorian Regiment, Mollison Street Bendigo. The sheets are folded with one staple binding.38th battalion, greeting card -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - CHRISTMAS GREETING CARD
Christmas Greeting Card: Embossed paper with white daisy like flowers and green foliage. Card opens at the centre and has gold print 'The giver's loving thought Longfellow' *A bright and happy Christmas to you from Eliza* is hand written in Ink. One side of the card is detached with wear. On the back is also hand written *To my Dear Alice with love & Kisses*. A Trade Mark and Publishers to Her Majesty The Queen. Box 625Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, Paris, New York. Designed at the Studios in England and Printed by the ''Rafouth'' Plates at the Fine Art Works in Saxony. Copyright.ephemera, mementoes, christmas cards, christmas greeting card -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT, ROSALIND PARK BENDIGO. 1952
Program, 6 pages, of Christmas Carols presented at Carols by Candlelight in Rosalind Park, 1952. On cover: Carols by Candlelight, Rosalind Park, Bendigo. Christmas Eve, Nineteen Fifty Two. Souvenir Program 2/-. Music arranged by the Bendigo and Eaglehawk Methodist Youth Fellowship Musical director, Mr Cyril Warne, Pianiste Mrs House and Mr. Fred Trewarne, Compere Rev. R. Philp. Could not be found 30/08/2023bendigo, entertainment, carols by candlelight -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tram 835 Swanston St, 1950's?
Black and white photograph of W5 835 outbound in Swanston St about to cross Bourke St. Tram has the destination of route 6, Glen Iris, with run number M45. Has a large number of people crossing the road. Photo taken mid to late 1950's? at Christmas time as there Christmas decorations in Bourke St. Has The Leviathan Store in the background. Printed on Fujichrome paper. Not known who took the photograph or when it was printed.Stamped in black ink on back "TMSV Sales"trams, tramways, swanston st, bourke st, tram 835 -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - St. Christopher’s Anglican Church, Bentleigh East
4 items: 1/Three parish newsletters dated May 1957 and December 1959, and Christmas 1959, and undated. Newsletter about fundraising for new church building completed in 1969. 2/Three Christmas church service details for 1979, 1984, one undated and one for 09/05/2010. 3/Photocopy of booklet dated 1977 celebrating 25 years of the church and list of invitees and 2002 celebration of fifty years of the church and order of service dated 08/09/2002, and photocopy of recollections, handwritten, by Mrs. Iris Fowler in 2002 of her years as a parishioner. 4/Two pages of names of St. Christopher’s Pioneers, handwritten, dated 24/07/2012 by Clare Barton. Newsletters all contain lists of officials and various parishioners, and advertisements by local businesses, and lists of all ministers and curates.st. christopher’s church of england, centre road, mackie road, bentleigh east, chambers david h. rev., green laurie v. rev., st. john’s church of england, glasscock geoffrey t. rev., brady road church of christ, brooker burne, east boundary road, north road, bignell road, south oakleigh uniting church, st. peter’s catholic church, east boundary road uniting church, kenny charles rev., cecil street, cottier john rev., poole tony, churches, anglican church, church services, church festivals, christmas, sunday schools -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Photograph - Mayor Jack Campbell 1987-88 (2 of 2)
14 Colour photographs of the Christmas Barbeque 1987caulfield, mayor, jack campbell, sandy anderson, norma polglase, doug aylen, elizabeth loftus, veronica martens, geoffrey patience, james barrett, don dunstan -
Orbost & District Historical Society
program, F.W. Niven & Co, 1893
Harry Rickards was an English singer and comedian who managed and the bought the Opera House in Bourke Street, Melbourne. At the turn of the century, safety concerns forced the closure and eventual demolition of the Opera House. Rickards died in London on 13 October 1911, and the New Opera House, as well as the Tivoli business, was sold to boxing entrepreneur Hugh D. McIntosh. In 1914, in line with the other venues on the national circuit, the New Opera House was renamed the Tivoli. This program would have been retained as a souvenir of a visit to the Opera House.This item is a souvenir retained as a memento of a theatre event in the late 19th century.A souvenir booklet with a coloured drawing of a man, Harry Rickards, wearing a captain's hat on the left side. Rhis is inside an oval frame decorated with feathers. It is a "Christmas Souvenir of the Opera House 1893".rickards-harry salter-fred-g program-theatre souvenir -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CARWARDINE COLLECTION: SOLDIERS MEMORIAL HALL, BENDIGO, 1929
Sepia toned photograph, of Soldiers Memorial Hall, encased in a Christmas greeting card inscribed on front 'Greetings from Bendigo', inside 'to Dear Bess from Jack & Lizzie Xmas 1929.'Real photo seriesphotograph, building, memorial, bendigo-history-buildings-memorials -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HANRO COLLECTION: CHRISTMAS PARTY
Black and white photograph of two young women at the Hanro Christmas party, held at the Town Hall. There is also a young man seated in the background. Names on the back are : Joan Ryan and Lois HamiltonKiwi Candid Photosperson, group, christmas party, hanro christmas party, joan ryan, lois hamilton, kiwi candid photos, town hall pharmacy, j. mannix -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Document Photos, Ringwood RSL
14 Coloured photos displaying RSL logo and photos of Ringwood RSL Christmas function. Includes Bruce Ruxton, John Cullen, Mike McMillan, Len Polkinghorne and Ted Kenna VC. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RANDALL COLLECTION: A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 1927-1928, 1927- 1928
Document, A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 1927-1928, A poem of three verses, Hoping you will not forget the Sanitary Man. F. H. Sparkman, printer, Arcade and Charing Cross.F.H.Sparkman, Printer, Arcade and Charing Cross.document, memo, the sanitary man -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Herald, "Greetings from the MMTB", 23/02/1972 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping titled - “Greetings from the MMTB” The Herald, 4/12/70 Photo and text of Christmas tram, # 1024 Board chairman Francis Kirby, red roof and white sidestrams, tramways, christmas trams, mmtb, decorated trams, advertising trams, tram 1024 -
Clunes Museum
Album - PHOTO ALBUM
HARD COVERED BROWN PHOTO ALBUM, RED AND GREEN STRIPE ON FRONT COVER, ALBUM CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLUNES MUSEUM'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1984; AND CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS 1983, 1984 AND 1987local history, events & celebrations, clunes museum -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Robert Lowman, 1882
Robert Lowman, Christmas Hills, 1882 Lowman built his Lowman's Hotel or Lowman's Folly on Osborne Road - Yarra Glen Road, Christmas Hills in the 1870s when the main road from Christmas Hills to Yarra Glen (then "Yarra Flats") used to follow the present Eltham -Yarra Glen Road to Osborne Road, then followed that to Mt Wise Road and down the escarpment. Years later a new road was opened leaving Lowmna's Hotel high and dry to gain renown as "Lowman's Folly". It closed in the early 1890s. See Christmas Hills Past and Present Brochure (Yarra Glen District Historical Society), 2004Folderrobert lowman, hotelier, christmas hills -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Ephemera - Caulfield Evangelical Methodist Church
This folder contains documents about some celebrations held by this Church: 1/Silver Jubilee flyers dated 2002 for Caulfield Evangelical Methodist Church noting that the Presbyterian Church is their host church. The celebratory events were held on 16-30/06/2002. 2/Notices leaflet for the Silver Jubilee dated 23/06/2012. 3/Undated colour photograph of Harvest Festival table, photographer unknown. 4/Letter from Mrs Gwen Simmons, typewritten, dated 02/11/2012 accompanying these donated items, in her capacity as Secretary. 5/One page laminated scan of four coloured photographs of Caulfield Evangelical Methodist Church's Christmas Services at Alexandra Nursing Home on 16/12/2007. 6/Laminatd scan of coloured brochure with five coloured photographs of Caulfield Evangleical Methodist Church Service at Alexandra Nursing Home on 21/12/2008.caulfield evangelical methodist church, caulfield continuing methodist church, simmons gwen mrs, glenhuntly road, caulfield, fellowship of evangelical churches of australia, presbyterian church, alexandra nursing home, festivals and celebrations, religious festivals, christmas, nursing homes -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 87 November 1992
Contents: • Next meeting, Family History Project • November Meeting • Christmas Breakup • Andrew Ross Schoolhouse Museum • Joyce McMahon • Other Society News • Christmas Hills • Eltham Community Festival • Once around the Sugarloaf by Mick Woiwood The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Photograph - Mayor Jack Campbell 1987-88 (2 of 2)
20 Colour photographs of the council Christmas party 1987caulfield, mayor, jack campbell, max blair, irene blair, graham gillard, rosemary spencer, robyn ford, robert lawson mp, mrs lawson, geoffrey patience, geoffrey doolan, norma doolan, geoffrey conard, jean patience, dianne gillard, norman ford, dorothy ford, james barrett, glen richards, jessie green, hannah mcgowan, emil braun, ian mcgowan, gladys machin, yvonne walters, felicitie campbell, dorothy robinson, doug aylen, brian rudski, sandy anderson, david spencer, andrew mccutchin, david bloom -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Card - POSTCARD, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE POSTCARD
RAAF Darwin Christmas card issued to personnel 1945.Card unique to 12 SquadronCardboard Book style postcardRAAF 12 SQUADRON imprinted over flying wings on air force roundel ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Album
Acquied from German Red Cross, Christmas 1942Hard cover, beige with navy blue cloth trim and spine. Leaves held together with white cord threaded through 3 holes.album, german red cross, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, books, albums -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Card, Bill and Handa
Christmas card to Patricia and John Davies. Made in Italy -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Ephemera - Note Book, c. 1930
Christmas 1930; Norman Arthur Woods; G.W.L GibsonPresented to future shire Secretary Norman Arthur Woods at Christmas 1930 by Shire President G.W.L GibsonGreen leatherette loose leaf book with index in boxBack Page: Shire of Broadmeadows/ with compliment of season/ G.W.L Gibson / President / Xmas 1930 Box Lid: Walker's/ Loose Leaf Books End of Lid: Label No: 513/ Walkers/ Green with index/ Loose leaf/ Ruled / Book faint (unreadable) size of leaf 5x3in London Book Cover: Gold embossed N.Wshire of broadmeadows, secretary, notebook, norman arthur woods -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Ephemera - Note Book, Walker's Co. Ltd, c. 1930
Christmas 1930; Norman Arthur Woods; G.W.L GibsonPresented to future shire Secretary Norman Arthur Woods at Christmas 1930 by Shire President C.W.L GibsonGreen leatherette loose leaf book Back Page: Shire of Broadmeadows/ with compliment of season/ G.W.L Gibson / President / Xmas 1930 Book Cover: Gold embossed N.Wshire of broadmeadows, secretary, notebook, norman arthur woods, c.w.l gibson -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Notelet, 1940's
Issued for internee use at Camp 3, Tatura, by the Australian Young Mens' Christian AssociationChristmas greeting notelet, front "cover" features cut-out map of Australia, picture of a kangaroo in bottom left hand corner and of an emu in bottom right hand corner. Painted red bow at "spine"|Second page features sketch of internment camp trees and barracks. Part is seen through a cut out on front page. Printed on Page 3 in German : Christmas /New Year greeting and organisation responsible for production of notelet. Stapled togetherww2, camps, documents, cards -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, William Makepeace Thackeray, The works of William Makepeace Thackeray
12 volume set awarded to Robert Crawford in 1881 as Dux of Ballarat College. Six volumes of a 12 volume set of calf-bound books with the Ballarat College crest embossed on front cover; gold detailing to spine and covers; six raised bands on spine with author/volume on second compartment and title on third compartment; marbled endpapers and page edges; book plate inside front cover; Book plate inside front covers: Ballarat College crest / Dux of school / Awarded to Robert Crawford / Christmas 1881robert-crawford, dux, ballarat-college, 1881, book-prize, -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, The book of noble English women
Prize awarded to Linda Whittle (DoB 26/5/1972; entered Ballarat College Girls' School 1887), for excellence in arithmetic; daughter of James Whittle, Chemist, 131 Sturt St, sister of Letitia(Kate), 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) ; Linda died of tuberculosis, aged 23 and is buried in Geelong Cemetery. The school holds extensive family history records. Full calf binding 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 / Arithmetic / Sixth Form / First Prize / Awarded to / Linda Whittle / Christmas [date obliterated] -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Girl neighbors: or, the old fashion and the new
Prize awarded to Linda Whittle (DoB 26/5/1972; entered Ballarat College Girls' School 1887), for excellence in arithmetic; daughter of James Whittle, Chemist, 131 Sturt St, sister of Letitia(Kate), 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) ; Linda died of tuberculosis, aged 23 and is buried in Geelong Cemetery. The school holds extensive family history records.Full calf binding 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 / Arithmetic / Sixth Form / First Prize / Awarded to / Linda Whittle / Christmas [date obliterated] -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Thrift
Prize awarded to Kate (Letitia) Whittle (DoB 6/12/1863; entered Ballarat College Girls' School 1881), for excellence in English; 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 mid-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 cover; decorative bookmark includedBookplate: Ballarat College crest / English/ First Prize / Fourth Form / Awarded to / Kate Whittle / Christmas [date obliterated]