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Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Our side of the Country : the story of Victoria, 1991
Traces the history of Victoria from the time Tasmania was joined to the mainland. Covers the early history of the Aborigines, overlanders, goldrushes, the boom of the 1880s and the bank crashes.3-266; index; 20 cm.Traces the history of Victoria from the time Tasmania was joined to the mainland. Covers the early history of the Aborigines, overlanders, goldrushes, the boom of the 1880s and the bank crashes.victoria -- history. | victoria -- social life and customs. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Pamphlet, The Aborigines and You, 1963
another phamplet issued by the Government to promote assimilation.p.33; illus; 20 cm.another phamplet issued by the Government to promote assimilation.assimilation - australian aborigines, government policy - assimilation -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Dreaming in urban areas, 1996
This book is Lisa's first published collection - A Human Rights Activist everyone who was touched by Lisa will agree that this earth was left a better place for her having walked on it.xii, 76 p. ; 20 cm.This book is Lisa's first published collection - A Human Rights Activist everyone who was touched by Lisa will agree that this earth was left a better place for her having walked on it.women, aboriginal | australian -- poetry | human rights activist. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Aboriginal Dispute Resolution, 1995
Discusses the importance of Indigenous communities being able to implement their own models of dispute resolution which take into account traditional values and decision-making structures; proposes a model which could be adapted for use in traditional, rural and urban communities.115 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.Discusses the importance of Indigenous communities being able to implement their own models of dispute resolution which take into account traditional values and decision-making structures; proposes a model which could be adapted for use in traditional, rural and urban communities.law - indigenous - dispute management | law - relation to anglo australian law | law enforcement | social organisation - elders | aboriginal australians -- legal status, laws, etc. | arbitration and award -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- land tenure. | dispute resolution (law) -- australia. -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Plane
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.plane, wood, bench, badger 20"M.Kirk -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Renee Williamson, May 2007
Renee Williamson was the Business Development Manager for Education at the Vision Australia Information and Library Service. In these images she is posing with a collection of reference books, enjoying a hot chocolate and using a white cane is disembark a tram and walk across train lines.20 digital images of Renee Williamsonvision australia, renee williamson, orientation and mobility, library -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book, Planting near transmission lines in Victoria: a guide, 1997c
Guidelines for planting on or near a transmission line easement.Relevant to HGC due to the transmission lines running through property.20 pages, col. illus., maps.tree planting, transmission lines -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Article - Newspaper Clipping, A New Career For The Padre, 20 November 1963
Padre Wong was the first Asian chaplain.In the 1960s due to containerisation, the Mission adapted to be able to better respond the need of the changing origins of the crews.Five columns article illustrated with two photographs of Reverend Wong with his family and the Reverend with asian sailors published on page 84 of the Australian Women's Weekly, 20 November 1963reverend stephen wong, john wong, timothy wong, hong kong, china, chinese, asian, margaret berkeley, 1963 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Final Statement of Account - Discharged Member of Australian Army F WF 88 ( rev Dec 1970), 20/10/1972 12:00:00 AM
Proforma document of Australian Army : Final Statement of Account Discharged Member issued to PTE 3 Swainston, NE detailing monies to be paid at final discharge on 20/10/1972.payment, discharge, swainston collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Church buys crown land, 20 May 1992
Article from Nunawading Gazette 20 May 1992 re the purchase of land adjoining Nunawading Residential Youth Centre at a cost of $1 million by Seventh Day Adventist Church.seventh day adventist church, nunawading, nunawading, churches, winlaton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: BENDIGO EAST PROGRESS ASSOCIATION, 31/8/1950 - 20/8/1973
Documents, Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Progress Association, annual reports, annual meetings, statements of receipts and expenditure from 31/8/1950 - 20/8/1973.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east progress association -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional object - Fare Token, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), 1913
Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways fare system at the time of the one man trams, tokens which could be pre purchased by travellers and save time when boarding trams. See notes on file re these eg Reg Item 1801.Fare token- 2d - 21mm diameter - green celluloid - with "B.E.T." in large capitals on front centre of token and words "Ballarat Electric Tramways 1913" on circumference. On reverse in large font "2" and a small font "D" at top of the two - indicating token had a value of two pence. Extract from A. Bradley "The Golden City and its Tramways" about tokens and why. "The ESCo worked out its procedures from its own experience. A "pay as you enter" system was used on city-bound cars, and a "pay as you leave" system on outward-bound cars. On Sundays during busy periods this was reversed on the Gardens lines, but conductors were still required on this line to cope with the heavy summer holiday traffic. Trams 1 to 18 were altered by altering the end seating, placing gates on doorways and "pay as you enter" and "pay as you leave" signs. Once on board, passengers paid their coins into a farebox mounted behind the driver, which was fitted with glass windows and mirrors to enable the driver to see the coins slide into the box - a form of "moral check on passengers". Regular passengers could buy pink or green celluloid tokens at a discount price, to save the motorman having to issue tickets and give change." Stopped being in use in 1921, see Reg Item 1801.1 and 1802. Place of manufacture not known. For other 2d token see Reg. Item 1943 and 2488 page 31. See Reg. Item 2514 for H.P. James notes on the token system. 1794.1 - added 18/4/2009 - donation of Lyall Denning Related documents provides some information on the value of the items. eBay sale 15/10/2006 $20 - eBay slip with worksheet - see related items.trams, tramways, tickets, tokens, esco, one man trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Set of 4, Jun. 1970
Slide - set of 4 - 35mm - Kodachrome cardboard mounts. .1 - Tram 808 at the Spencer St stop at the corner of Bourke St with Spencer St Station in the background. Note the route and destination - at the time when North Balwyn and Burwood Routes were combined on Sundays am and evening - and passengers changed at Hawthorn Bridge. Route 74. Has a Fosters Lager advertisement. .2 - As above, tram approaching the stop with the Spencer St station car park in the background. .3 - tram 1005 leaving the Bourke St terminus, taken after .4 .4 - tram 1005 at the Bourke St terminus with tram 838 crossing in the background, has the Station building, Carlyon's Hotel and the Tramways Building. Note the Bundy clock, tram stop signage and safety zone. Route 96. The grey box by the Bundy Clock is thought to be a correspondence box for the satchels that were transported between the depots and head office. Photographed by Vic Solomons June 1970 (based on date stamped on slide)trams, tramways, bourke st, spencer st, railways, stations, route 74, north balwyn, burwood, route 96, letters, mails, tram 808, tram 1005, tram 838 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - SCALE BALANCE
Scale - Balance Brass scale with 05, 10 m 20, 30. on the other side is 20 to 300. Approx 100mm x 80mm -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Long-vacant Site to get apartments, 2016
After 20 years as a vacant site, the Blackburn former Caltex Service Station site in Blackburn Road is offered for sale for 20 apartments.After 20 years as a vacant site, the Blackburn former Caltex Service Station site in Blackburn Road is offered for sale for 20 apartments. After 20 years as a vacant site, the Blackburn former Caltex Service Station site in Blackburn Road is offered for sale for 20 apartments. blackburn road, blackburn, caltex service station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, "Newsline - 2000, 2001 & 2002 editions", 2000 to 2002
All issues contains a list of union officials at the time. Published by the Rail Tram and Bus Union. 2000 - articles by Peter Bourke, Branch Secretary, Trevor Dobbyn, Lou Di Gregorio - Trammies Report, Farewell to Unity Hall, services directory, adverts. Contained the calendar featuring B2 2112 at Luna Park 2001 - articles by Trevor Dobbyn as Branch Secretary, Marc Marotta Branch President, Lou Di Gregorio - Trammies Report, includes services directory and many adverts. 2002 - articles by Trevor Dobbyn as Branch Secretary, Marc Marotta Branch President, Lou Di Gregorio - Trammies Report, includes services directory and many adverts. Includes tributes for Ron Pearsall assistant national secretary and form ARU official Jim Frazer.Yields information about the RTBU and its activities and officials.Set of 3 A4 magazines, full colour centre stapled.; 2000 - 20 pages, 2001 - 16 pages, 2002 - 20 pages.trams, tramways, yarra trams, rtbu, unions, metlink, railways, tram 2112, b class -
St Patrick's College
Gold coin, 1991
Gold commemorative coin made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal South Street Competitions.Commemorative gold coin with decorative laurels on the back and raised inscriptions on thr front. The coin sits in a blue velvet box.Centenary Competitions First Prize Royal South Street Society 1891-1991.coin, royal south street. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - COLOUR PHOTO: INTERIOR CHINESE JOSS HOUSE, BENDIGO, VIC
Colour photo of Interior, Chinese Joss House , Bendigo , Vic.Rose Stereograph Co. Glen Waverley , Vic.postcard, photograph, bendigo, chinese joss house , bendigo , vic -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Near Maryborough, Queensland, 1932, March 1932
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of two men, one dressed in a dark suit and the other dressed in trousers and waistcoat, holding a large fish in his right hand. They are standing on the rail tracks of a pier. The men are Frank Wright on the right and Joe Foster on the left. The place is on the pier about 20 miles from Maryborough, Queensland (possibly Hervey Bay).Written in pencil on back - Taken on the pier about 20 miles from Maryborough (Q), Joe Foster sec Q.B.A., Frank Wright, March 1932 Printed on back - Printed by Pat McNamarafrank wright, joe foster, maryborough, pier, hervey bay -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Letter, Notice of Meeting of Parents and Guardians - Norwood High School, Ringwood, Victoria, 1959
Nomination documents for election as a Parents' Representative on Norwood High School first Advisory Council - Mrs. E.V. Pullin, 20 Mullum Road, Ringwood. June, 1959.Education Department Victoria letterhead , Norwood High School, Byron Street, North Ringwood, Vic. - J.A. Gibson, Head Master. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - View from Ballarat Railway Station footbridge, 6-1-1951
The photo shows an SEC tram No. 20, crossing the railway level crossing in Lydiard St North from the Ballarat Railway station footbridge. Shows shelters and closed gates at the end of the platforms used to control passenger access. Victoria House in the background. A side entry or dogbox-type carriage is in platform No. 2. Noted the dog boxes at the end of platform 1 just before the gates. Dated 6-1-1951, photo by Ken Mcarthy. See also item 8896 for a similar photograph.Yields information Ballarat Railway Station and the level crossing.Black and white print with notes on rear."In ink on rear "#20 on Lydiard St xing Ballarat from station 6-1-51" and Ken McCarthy stamp with photo Number 761trams, tramways, lydiard st north, level crossing, railway station, ballarat railway station, tram 20 -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Souvenir, Bendigo Gold Centenary First Day Cover
When the Commonwealth Post and Telegraph Act was passed in June 1902, and a national Postmaster General's Department (the PMG) was established and the responsibility for the nation's mail and telephone services fell on Post Offices. The Bendigo Post Office, built in 1887 and situated on Pall Mall was the central distribution centre for receiving and delivering telegrams and continued to deliver communication and postal services until 1997. This stamped, addressed Commemorative Pictorial Postmark envelope celebrates the 1951 Bendigo Gold Centenary Philatelic Exhibition. Registered, postmarked 02 July 1951. Printed and stamped envelope featuring an image of a poppet head on the left and four commemorative stamps celebrating 100 years of gold top right. Letter is addressed.Obverse Top left; $30 Centre top and bottom; various pencil markings Lower right; T. Clark / 5 Princes St / Oakleigh s.12 / Vic Reverse- Two red pencil lines Centre - postal stamps bendigo post office, bendigo tourism, city of greater bendigo tourism, post office collection, making a nation exhibition -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: BENDIGO HIGH SCHOOL JUMPER BY POLWARTH, 1960's
Grey long sleeved woollen school jumper. V neck with four coloured stripes on ribbed band. 7 cm ribbed cuffs and band at bottom of jumper - all with four coloured stripes. Stripes - Royal Blue, yellow, pale blue,, royal blue ... Part of Bendigo High School Uniform.Label inside back neck. 'School and College wear 80% wool 20% nylon. By Polwarth Prahan Vic.costume, female, bendigo high scool jumper -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Australasian, Eltham - A series of four scenes of the local district, 2 May 1903
Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 2 May 1903, page 25 ________________________________________ ELTHAM A POPULAR HOLIDAY SPOT. By L.J.J. The village of Eltham, with its 377 in habitants, is prettily situated on Diamond Creek, a tributary of the Yarra, 16 miles from Melbourne. Yet, in spite of it being so easily accessible from town, few people are aware of the beauties of this early settlement. Prior to June last year one had to journey by coach from Heidelberg to Eltham, but now the railway conveys passengers through from Melbourne to Eltham, first-class return, for 1/9. The opening of this extension to Eltham was the last ceremony performed by Lord Hopetoun, on June 5, 1902, prior to his departure from Australia. Sauntering through the township one autumn morning recently I was constantly reminded of scenes characteristic of Surrey or Sussex villages. There is the village pond (so essentially English), reflecting in its clear water a quaint cottage, dwarfed by a huge gum tree, an old smithy, and a hostelry, built quite fifty years ago, the flooring-boards of which the landlord informed me with pride were of Singapore cedar, and quite fit for another fifty years' wear. Then there are the village school, the shoemaker's, the drapery store, and the butcher's shop, all seemingly as they were when first they were erected many years ago. Poplars grow to a great height at Eltham, and just now they are to be seen in rich autumnal tints. The already leafless fruit trees on the slopes of the creek denote the near approach of winter. Orchardists were taking advantage of the recent rains, and were busy ploughing and harrowing between the trees, while the magpies and other birds were picking up worms and grubs on the newly-turned soil. The busy time for Eltham is the holiday season, and then the inhabitants are put to their wits' ends to provide for the rush of picnic parties, cyclists, and other excursionists. Outside almost every cottage is a notice stating that "summer drinks and hot water" are obtainable. Sketches illustrating the article: VILLAGE POND. DRAPERY STORE, ELTHAM. ON DIAMOND CREEK. HOSTELRY, ELTHAM. AN ORCHADIST'S HOMESTEAD. ON THE HEIDELBERG-ROAD IN AND AROUND ELTHAM.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image Print B&W 20 x 25 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, drapery store, hostelery, orchardist's homestead, village pond, eltham, dalton street, evelyn hotel, hostelry, jarrold cottage, john street, main road, maria street, white cloud cottage -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Corowa (N.S.W.) and Rutherglen (VIC.) District Teachers, Corowa, May 1920, 1920
Black and white group photograph, mounted on grey cardboardOn mount below photograph: "Front Row (left to right). - Miss E. Stringer (Rutherglen), Miss S.A. Browne (South Corowa), Mr. P.F. Ewers (Rutherglen), Mr. S.D. Pitt, Pres. C.D.T.A. (Howlong), Mr. A. McKean, M.A. (Corowa), Mrs. McKean, Miss A. Thomas (Rutherglen). Middle Row. - Mrs. L. Pearse (Corowa), Miss M. Mason (Gt. Southern, Vic.), Miss E. Lette (Corowa), Miss V.S. Russell (Rutherglen), Miss F. Malcolm (Corowa). Back Row. - Mr. R. Wade (Hopefield), Mr. F.R. Oulton (Rutherglen), Mr. A. Boorman (Balldale), Mr. R.O. Smith (Hon. Sec. C.D.T.A., Corowa), Mr. T.S. Barling (South Corowa), Mr. C. Kennedy (Oaklands), Mr. W. McLoghlin (Wahgunyah), Mr. J. Noonan (Rutherglen), Mr. W. Thompson (Gt. Southern), Mr. O.A. Broderick, Hon. Sec. Albury D.T.A. (Bungowannah). teachers, corowa district teachers association, stringer, browne, ewers, pitt, thomas, mckean, pearse, mason, lette, russell, malcolm, wade, oulton, boorman, smith, barling, kennedy, mcloghlin, noonan, thompson, broderick -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping - article on K. S. Anderson's 'A Port is Built', 20/01/1982
Newspaper clipping from the Portland Observer, of 20 January 1982. Article regarding K.S. Anderson's book 'A Port is Built'. Accompanying photo of K.S. Anderson and Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.k s anderson, a port is built, book, portland observer, media -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - CASTLEMAINE GAS COMPANY COLLECTION: BENDIGO ADVERTISER, 20/07/1987
Photocopy of article on Bendigo Advertiser from Monday July 20. 1987. The article is titled ''Girton students cook up a winner'' There is a photo of Gabrielle Prentice of the winning Girton College team.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, girton college cooking competition -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, 20 Sep 1890
Pages 118-119 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (20 Sept. 1890) features an article, written by F.B. Campbell, entitled: THE NATIONAL LAWN TENNIS/TOURNAMENT. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Robinson Farm Labelling Stencil, c.1950
This stencil has been made to label packaged produce (wool bales, packaged meat etc) from a farm in Grasmere, near Warrnambool. The name, W. Robinson, suggests that this is William Robinson the son of James and Jane Robinson. James Robinson came to Australia in 1857 and he and his family farmed at Springvale at Hopkins Point, then at what was termed 'Manning's old Purnim Farm' on the Merri Rive at Grasmere (the Manning brothers, Frederick and John were early farmers in the district). The Robinson brothers, James and Stuart were well-known in the Warrnambool district as champion ploughmen. James's son, William married firstly Christina MacLennan and then Elizabeth Neale of Tooram, Allansford. William died in 1959 but the stencil was probably used on the property after his death. This farm stencil is of interest as a memento of farming at Grasmere in the first half of the 20th century.This is a metal stencil, oval in shape. It has letters cut out in the metal for stencilling purposes. It has been painted or sprayed and is rusted in places.W. Robinson 20 Grasmerewilliam robinson grasmere, manning's purnim farm -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Forceps, Late 19th - early 20th century
Septum Forceps are used in nasal procedures to manipulate and grasp delicate tissues. These are helpful in rhinoplasty and nasal constructive procedures for removing tissue or bone material around the bony nasal septum. These forceps were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. Septum forceps are in common use today and are used in nasal surgery. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Septum (nasal) forceps from W.R. Angus Collection. Spring mechanism. 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