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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionArchive - K. S. Anderson Collection, 27/04/1986
K.S. Anderson Collectiona) 3 Page handwritten letter on lined paper from Pat Hughes to K.S. Anderson. b) March/April 1986 copy of 'Victorian Ports Log', 8 page Newsletter published for Victoria's port workers.k s anderson, documents, archive -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Portland Lifeboat, n.d
City of Portland. The Portland Lifeboat was used in the rescue of survivors from the Admella shipwreck. It is also unique in its design having been based on a winning design from the RNLI in the UK and then adapted for Australian conditions. The Lifeboat is registered on the Victorian State Heritage Register.Wooden boat and cradle. Blue gunwales, rowers seats, and canvas buoyancy covers, white hull, grey under water line. White topsides. Boat supported by chine stringer port and starboard held by 4 steel props. Keel rests on cradle.Front: - Back: -portland lifeboat, admella, victorian state heritage register -
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Souvenir - Souvenir Teaspoon - Victoria's 150th Anniversary, c. 1984
Teaspoon - Victorian 150th Aniversary - logo badge at top and hanging State of Victoria, silver plated. Spoon in plastic case, white base, clear top with VIC 150th logo. Spoon sitting on red foam.Back: 'Perfection Plate Australia' on shaft. 'Charme' on back of badge, ' Silverplated' - top of shaftvictorias 150th anniversary, teaspoon, souvenir -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Tourist Guide, VICTORIAN RAILWAYS PRINTING WORKS LAURENS STREET NORTH MELBOURNE VIC, Where to go in Victoria, c. 1935
Promotional booklet produced by the Victorian Government Tourist Bureau and published and printed by the Australian Railways Advertising Division and Printing Works. 'Where to go in Victoria' hotel and guesthouse guide, soft cover, full colour depiction of a steam train with carriages travelling through rural scene. Booklet and pictures black and white.tourism, visitor economy, travel -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Serviette Ring, n.d
Silver EPNS serviette ring for Victorian centenary. Melbourne 1834 - 1934/5, enamelled badge - red, white, bluevictoria centenary, 1834, 1934, servietter ring -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir Mug - Portland, Victorian, n.d
('VICTORIA'S BIRTHPLACE', in black, beneath ship. (b) Mug in black cardboard box with cut out frontBack: Base: Maker's stamp, in black -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionMedal - Silver Medal - James Kean for saving life, Admella Shipwreck, 1859
Displayed in History House and Maritime Discovery Centre.Admella shipwreckSilver Medal awarded to James Kean by Victorian Colonists for Heroic Exertions, in saving life.. from the wreck of the Admella Silver Medal with detailed relief designs on both sides. Broken silver loop on top. Inverse: Detailed scene of a manned rowboat being launched to rescue a foundering ship. On horizon line are two ships with smoke stacks. A large banner and anchor design in the sky bears the words "Hope to the Last". Obverse: Laurel wreath and a braid motif encircle the central text. At top of design is a depiction of an eye and eyebrow with stylised rays radiating in semi-circle.Front: Inverse: The Admella Steamer wrecked on her passage from Adelaide to Melbourne of Cape Northumberland/ 6 August 1859 (around edge) Back: Obverse: Awarded to/James Kean/by the Victorian Colonists/for/heroic exertions,/in saving life/(under divine providence)/from the/wreck of the Admella.admella, portland lifeboat -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Municipal Directory 1980: State guide and water supply record for 1980, 1980-1989
Red cloth - covered book. 1055 pp. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Medal - Medal, Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II, c. 1954
Commemorative medal commissioned by the Victorian state government as a souvenir of the Royal Visit by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Victoria in 1954. The medal was presented to all Victorian school children. It was struck by Stokes & Sons of Melbourne. The Queen and Prince Philip visited Victoria from 24 February to 9 March 1954. The first reigning monarch to tour Australia, she arrived in Sydney on 3 February 1954 and departed the country from Fremantle on 1 April 1954. The Royal party visited all the capital cities apart from Darwin, and over 70 country towns.Bronze medal, hanging from a rectangular bar. The obverse of the medal features profile portraits of the Queen and Prince Philip. Presented to children of Victoria on Royal Visit, 1954Obverse: bust of Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh Reverse: E II R Royal Visit/ 1954/ Victoriamedal, queen elizabeth ii, 1954, royal visit, victoria, numismatics, celebrations, schools -
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Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1885. 1 July - 31 December, 1886
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1870. 1 January - 30 June, 1870
Dark blue marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown and lettering on spine. -
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Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1892. 1 January - 30 April, n.d
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1882. 1 January - 30 June, 1882
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 3, 1898. 1 September - 31 December, 1899
Dark green grained fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine . Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1899. 1 May - 31 August, 1899
Dark green grained cloth over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine . Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1886. 1 July - 31 December, 1887
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1885. 1 January - 30 June, n.d
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local courts, government, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1881. 1 January - 30 June, c. 1882
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Red crown on red spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local government, victorian government, administration, gazette, local courts -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1869. 1 July - 31 December, 1870
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown and lettering on spine. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book -Victorian Government Gazette 3, 1892. 1 September- 31 December, 1893
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1879. 1 July - 31 December, 1879
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1873. 1 January - 30 June, 1873
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown and lettering on spine.local government, local courts, victorian government, administration, gazette -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 3, 1893. 1 September - 31 December, 1894
Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1874. 1 January - 30 June, 1874
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book -Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1875. 1 July - 31 December, 1876
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1878. 1 January - 30 June, 1879
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1877. 1 July - 31 December, 1878
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1876. 1 January - 30 June, 1877
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1876. 1 July - 31 December, 1877
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.local government, local courts, gazette, victorian government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1874. 1 July - 31 December, 1875
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.
