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Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Award - Certificate and Medal, Royal Humane Society of Australasia Bravery Award for Stewart Aicken
On the 20th November 1952 SEC linesmen Stewart Aicken, Donald Odames and Desmond Veraker were working on the corner of Gisborne Road and Masons Lane in Bacchus Marsh. Veraker was in the air in a harness working on power lines when he was electrocuted. Aicken and Odames were on the ground and attempted to rescue him and revive him. Sadly Vereker died from his injuries. Aicken and Odames were later given bravery awards by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia for their actions.Royal Humane Society of Australasia certificate presented to Stewart Aicken to recognise the bravery of his actions on the 20th November 1952 in attempting to rescue fellow linesman Desmond Vereker from electrocution. It was awarded to him to accompany a bronze medal also awarded to Aicken for this act of bravery. The certificate and bronze medal are housed in a frame. Underneath the bronze medal is a black and white photograph of Aicken receiving the award from the Governor of Victoria Sir Dallas Brooks in 1953. Also in the photograph is an unidentified man and woman. The unidentified man is probably Donald Odames who was with Aicken on the 20th November 1952 and was also recognised for his bravery by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia.awards, accidents -
Orbost & District Historical Society
newsletter, Marlo News, May 1984
In small rural communities a community newsletter is an important tools for facilitating communication. It may also boost the local economy – both through advertising or news coverage.A newsletter, titled Marlo News. It contains articles, children's work, puzzles, events, a calendar, reports and black / white photographs. There are local advertisements. On the front cover is a sketch of an old school (Marlo?) below the heading MARLO NEWS and the cost -20 cents.On front cover - stamp of Orbost Historical Societymarlo-newsletter -
Orbost & District Historical Society
Document - File Folder, A History of Aboriginal People of East Gippsland, January 1985
This item is a useful reference tool on the history of Indigenous People in East Gippsland and the Orbost district. A manilla folder with typed pages. On the cover is a label, "History of Aboriginal People of East Gippsland". On the inside cover is a letter addressed to the librarian at the Shire of Orbost Library. The letter is clipped to the inside of the folder.on front cover - a stamp -"Orbost Historical Society"aboriginal australians, gippsland aboriginal history, kurnai, brabawooloong peoples, tatungooloong peoples, krowathunkooloong peoples -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Back to Orbost 1963, 1963
This was the official program for the 1963 Back To Orbost Celebrations. 2194.4 is part of the Mary Gilbert Collection.This is a locally produced book useful for reference.Four copies of a 16 pp page book with a white cover, black print, titled Back To Orbost Celebrations 1963. Friday 8 March 1963 Saturday 16 March 1963.Stamped on front cover - Orbost Historical Societyorbost-history celebrations reunions -
Orbost & District Historical Society
magazines, Croajingolong 1968, 1968
This is the twenty-first issue of the annual Orbost High school magazine. The name Croajingolong derives from the Australian Aboriginal Krauatungalung words galung, meaning "belonging to" and kraua, meaning "east". 2216.1 belonged to Mary Gilbert, a former teacher at the school. 2216.2 belonged to Brenda Murray, a former mayor of East Gippsland Shire and a prominent Orbost resident.This magazine is a useful reference tool.Two copies of a magazine, Croajingolong '68. It has a white cover with black and red print,. Vol.1 No.21. On the right side is a stylised drawing of two ears of corn with black letters (?) around it. (OHS?)2216.2 is stamped Orbost & District Historical Society.croajingolong orbost-high-school -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - CARDS, PLAYING, Est 1939-45
Card set belonged to Keith David Livingston VX136969. Refer 1911P for service history.Set of Red Cross playing cards, white back ground, red edging, all print in red."A gift from the Australian Red Cross Society"recreations - games - cards, red cross -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
book, Ruth Gooch, Seal Rocks and Victoria's primitive beginnings, 2008
ix, 166 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 151-159. Stamped Phillip Island & District Historical Societyseal rocks, local aboriginal history, sealing, western port -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
book, Aboriginal people of Victoria, 1990
15 p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports. ; 30 cm. Cover title. Cat. no. 8907893. Bibliography: p. 15. ISBN 0644101547Stamped: Phillip Island & District Historical Societyrichard broome, aboriginal people of victoria, aboriginal australia. culture and society, aboriginal australians -- australia -- victoria., aboriginal and torres strait islander commission -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, [children's story book]
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Ainsworth, W.F, All round the world : an illustrated record of voyages, travels, and adventures in all parts of the globe / ed. W.F. Ainsworth, 1873
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, EVANS, Maurice et al, architectural history of Phillip Island - to commemorate the centenary of open settlement on Phillip Island and Churchill Island from 1868 to 1968, 1967
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.phillip island, architectural history, churchill island -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, BROOME, Richard, Arriving / Richard Broome, 1984
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, KING, Jonathan, Australia's first fleet : the voyage and the re-enactment 1788/1988, 1987
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.great britain royal navy fleet, first fleet, voyagers, travel, australia, centennial celebrations -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Christian Youth Camps, Cowes Victoria
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, EDGECOMBE, Jean, Discovering Flinders Island, the Furneaux Group, 1992
Stamped Phillip Island & District Historical Society.natural history, tasmania, flinders island, description, travel, guidebooks, history -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, WEBSTER, D.L, Encyclopedia of useful information and world's atlas, 1889
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, William Stevens, Family Herald supplements, v. LXV, 1901
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, DEFOE, Daniel, fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders &c... / foreword Oliver St John Gogarty, 1948
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, JEFFERY, Edith, Garden of memories : a history of the Phillip Island Cemetery Trust, 1986
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.phillip island cemetery trust, cemeteries, genealogy -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, JEFFERY, Edith, Garden of memories : a history of the Phillip Island Cemetery Trust, 1991
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.phillip island cemetery trust, cemeteries, genealogy -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, WHITE, Ellen G, great controversy between Christ and Satan during the Christian dispensation, 1916
1 of a selection of books - 26 in totalStamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, WEBB, Colin et al, Greater than gold : a history of agriculture in the Bendigo district from 1835 to 1985, 1985
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.agriculture, victoria, bendigo region, history -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, CUTTER, June M, Guesthouses on Phillip Island : a history, 1987
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.hotels, victoria, phillip island, history -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, BASS VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY [written and published by the] ; [sketches by E. Skidmore and E. Pike], Guide to the history & beauty of the Bass District : a brief outline of the early history of the Shire of Bass, Victoria
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.bass, victoria, history -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, WRIGHT, Thomas, History of Scotland from the earliest period with a survey of the religious history of Scotland ; essays on the national music, early poetry and art ; and a chronological table of remarkable events. Illustrated with historical scenes, views, and portraits of celebrated personages
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Know Japan / issued under the direction of the commander-in-chief, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, 1946
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.japan, description, travel, social life and customs -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Korumburra &? District Historical Society, land of the lyre bird : a story of early settlement in the great forest of South Gippsland, being a description of the big scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardships of its early explorers and prospectors, also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement and development of the country, 1998
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.land settlement, victoria, gippsland, south gippsland, personal observations, history -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Colorgravure, life and times of King George VI 1895-1952
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, PRIESTLEY, Susan, Making their mark / Susan Priestley, 1984
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, ?BOWDEN, Keith, Matthew Flinders' narrative of Tom Thumb's cruise to Canoe Rivulet, 1985
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.matthew flinders, travel, new south wales, tom thumb, boat, coasts, discovery, exploration