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Numurkah & District Historical Society
Book - School Project Books x 2, "Piety"
project books made by student: Nellie O'Neill (1943)2 x Project exercise books (carboard & paper) used by a student for a "piety" project. Writing, drawings and cut-out pictures inside Project books were: The Shell junior & senior departments drawing booksee photoeducation, school, religious education, school project -
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Book - Children's Encyclopedia, The Sanitarium Children's Abbreviated Australian Encyclopedia (1947)
Paper-covered book with map of Australia on the front coversee photoeducation, school, encyclopedia, general knowlege -
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Book - Children's books - jobs, Australian People (see photo for separate titles)
Cardboard covered books, coloured drawings on the front depicting different jobs x 8see photoeducation, school, reading, jobs, careers -
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Book - Children's readers x 3, More Adventures in Reading Books 1,5,6
Cardboard covered books light blue/green front covers, with illustrations x 3see photoeducation, school, readers, 'reading, english -
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Book - English Literature books x 2, Ballads Old & New (1922) / The Empire (1891)
The Empire owned by local, Minnie Gordon (Drumanure State School) - 18912 x hardcovered books, blue & green coverssee photoseducation, school, english, reading, literature -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Book - Shorthand Book, Pitman's Shorthand Instructor (1929)
Blue hardcovered booksee photoeducation, school, shorthand, secretarial work -
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Book - Englsih Grammar Text Books, White's Grammar School Texts (Caesar) - 1878 / Whitcombe's Progressive English Course - 1937
Red hard-covered book / Light green covered booksee photoeducation, school, latin, literature, grammar -
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Book - Arithmetic Books, Tables of Interest (year unknown) / Elementary Algebra (1930) / Aritmetical & Mental Calculations (1847) / Arithmetic for Grade 3 (1946)
Hardcovered books (see photo for more details)see photoeducation, school, mathematics, arithmetic, textbooks -
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Book - Readers x 3, The bad red bus (1955) / Seaside Story (year unknown) / Let's Read a Story Bk 3 (1961)
Soft-covered books x 3 (see photo)see photoeducation, school, reading, readers, english -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Book - ABC School Broadcast Book, ABC Broadcasts to Schools, Senior Primary, Victoria, 1953
Soft-covered book (see photo)see photoeducation, schools, abc, broadcast, radio -
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Book - Children's Picture Story Book, The Light of the World (year unknown)
Hard-covered book (see photo)see photoeducation, school, picture story, religious education -
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Book - History book, Whitcombe's Vivid History Reader Gr IV Stories of Exploration Myths & Stories of World History ( 1943)
Cream coloured soft-covered book (see photo)see photoeducation, school, history, reader, reading -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Book - Encyclopedia, Pear's Encyclopedia (1913)
Red-coloured hard-covered book with leather spine. (some pages coming out)see photoeducation, school, encyclopedia, general knowledge -
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Domestic object - Preserving Pot
This pot was especially made for Bitcon's Stores (one of these stores was based in Numurkah) The pot has come from Janet James (Rex James Stockfeeds)Aluminium pot with two side handles and a hinged larger handle Underneath: "made expressly for Bitcon's Pty Ltd Numurkah" / picture of a unicorn and numbers: "18142 12 )T"cooking, kitchen, preserving, bitcons, pot -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Equipment - Box Camera
Owned by local, Margaret MitchellKodak Brownie Flash II Camera - box shape, black vinyl covering, with silver, grey front. Front has glass lens & 2 viewfinders. Back is hinged. Instruction Booklet includedFront of Camera: Kodak, Kodet Lens, Brownie Flash II Camera, Made in England by Kodak Ltd London photography, camera, box camera, brownie, kodak -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Equipment - Cordless Telephone Set
Locally owned by Linda SchirmerPanasonic Digital Hand-held/Portable Telephone with answering machine Docking Station (see photo)Panasonic Gigarange (see photo)communication, telephone, portable -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Equipment - Cordless Telephone Set
Locally owned by Linda SchirmerTelstra Cordless Telephone handset with docking station, including answering machine. Also a second handset with docking station (see photo)see photocommunications, telephone, cordless, phone -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Book - Family History Book, A Paradise of Twitts
Book was written & published by ex-local, Adrian Twitt in 1974. Donated surplus books to H.S. for sale (& keep one copy)( Set of 18)Book with Brown, Green cover with sepia photo of horse & cart near a wheat-bag stack Title: A Paradise of Twitts, the life and times of a Goulburn Valley selector (Adrian Twitt, 1974)book, family history, settlement, twitt -
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Equipment - Handmade nails (3) and shackle
Found by metal detector at the site of an old bridge in Numurkah district 3 x Handmade metal nails / 1 x Handmade metal u-shaped shacklehandmade nails, shackle, metal detector, numurkah bridge site -
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Textile - Table Centre Emboidered Doily
Needle work by local, Marjory Yarwood (from Yarwood personal collection)Linen table-centre doily, off white. Needlework: handstitched embroidery, has cut-out oval centre with two baskets of flowers on opposite corners & scattered mauve & pink flowers & daisy around cut-out work. The edge of the doily has been crocheteddoily, needlework, embroidery, yarwood family, table centre -
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Furniture - Laminex Kitchen Table and Vinyl Chairs
Used by the Schirmer family in Ararat, Victoria (1950-1960's)Grey-coloured laminex top kitchen table with chrome legs / 6 x grey-coloured vinyl chairs with chrome legskichen, furniture, table, chairs -
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Poster - Poster / displays x 4 of the Coxon Foundry
Purchased by Gary Allert from the estate of E.J. Lee Berrigan. Overview of the Coxon Foundry, Numurkah 4 x framed display boards with photos and photocopies (documents) of the Coxon Foundrysee photocoxon, foundry, wagons, cars -
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Photograph - Local history photos (see list)
Local photos (but unidentified people in photos, especially Bowls photos)see listphotos, local, bowls, houses -
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Memorabilia - Leather Bag, Necklace, Coffee Jar, Cough drops container, Jigsaw, Necklaces, Lipstick
see photossee photosaccessories, make-up, jigsaw, kitchen jars, strepsil -
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Book - History Book - Probus Ladies, Numurkah, Ladies Probus Club of Numurkah 30th Anniversary
Written for the 30th anniversary of the Ladies Probus Club of Numurkah (1990 - 2020) by local Marjorie Porter OAM, and dontated to the Historical Society for their records of local organsitations. Blue covered book with title: Ladies Probus Club of Numurkah 30th Anniversary printed in white / also a photo of a Probus badge (see photo)see photosnumurkah, ladies probus club, book, history -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Equipment - Pennyfarthing Bicycle
This pennyfarthing was restored by council workers in the Numurkah Shire in 1970's. Unknown history beforehandRed framed penny-farthing bicycle - gold painted metal seat, small wheel at back with large one at front. Has copper handle bar with wooden knobs at ends -
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Plaque - Honour Roll - WW1 (Baulkamaugh)
Wooden Honour Roll with 2 decorative Columns down each side and a curved top. Names are listed in gold paint in the centreBaulkamaugh Roll of Honour - Great War (See photo) Written gold "BAULKAMAUGH/ROLL OF HONOR/The Great World War/For Freedom/1914-1919/FOWLER W.E./*BETTS S./THORNTON T.*/COLLIE G./CRIGHTON R./ SUTTCLIFFE.E/CRIGHTON.WILL SUTCLIFFE.W/CRIGHTON.WALT MOSS.W.L/IVORY.H.HW FAIRLESS.N/IVORY.W.E COOK.T/*SIZER.A.J POOLE.S/*SIZER.A.A SUTCLIFFE.A/HOOPER.W SIZER.L/*FRITH.L SIZER.W/*HEATON.G *GIBSON.W/FOWLER.J.C BOLLARD.E/PAYNE.C MACKENZIE.H/PAYNE.J CLARKSON.A/BETTS.W.F/*Fallen/Pro aris et focis/ LEST.WE.FORGET". On metal plaque at bottom "MANUFACTURED BY/W.WOODHEAD -
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Sign - "The Age" Sign
Rectangular tin sign advertising The Age newspaper. Tin has one small hole in each corner Painted in white lettering on front "The/Age/RELIABLE MARKET REPORTS"newspaper, age, sign -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Sign - Bex Sign
SQUARE TIN SIGN HAS YELLOW PAINTED BACKGROUND WITH BLUE PAINTED PRINT ADVERTISING "Bex"Printed in blue paint "better relief/BEX/For Headache and all/pain, Colds and 'Flu." -
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Print - King George VI Print
Image - a coloured painted portrait of 'His Majesty King George VI' in full uniform, mounted in gold painted wooden frame with decorative trim along rim. Copy print of paintingPrinted at base image on mounting "His Majesty King George VI/From Original by W.B. McInnes."