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Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of N.S.W. : A Vision to Share Annual Report 1981, 1981
Articles in the annual report include: establishment of the Charter for the Eighties committee to develop on the role and direction for the organisation, decision to close Alexis Albert Hostel and move residents to Lighthouse Hostel Roselands or cottage style accommodation due to increasing repair costs, increased demand for field service (but not funding) and standard cassettes from the library, new Braille production unit shared with RIDBC, further bicycle order for Dubbo Zoo, large order for PVC sleeves justified new PVC welding equipment, Talking Book of the Year award and "Art in Touch" exhibition (both created to celebrate 100th birthday in 1980) will continue, and departure of Graeme Bradshaw, Jack Chamberlain and Mavis Threlfo.1 volume of text and imagesroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of N.S.W. : Annual Report 1988, 1988
Articles in the annual report include: retirement of Graham Lawrence and appointment of Jon Isaacs, death of Dr Sandy Robertson, pilot Traineeship Access Course for school leavers was developed, library involved in organising IFLA Specialist section meeting, introduction of face to face proofreading for talking books, Dr Max Lang donated his personal collection of optometry books, Maths Braille Code revised with input from Betty Smith and RBS staffers, increase of braille produced through microbraille program, Paul Cullen Centre opened on October 28, 1987 with two levels of care via Burgess Hostel and Roselands Nursing Home, closure of Lighthouse Hostel in Burwood and small cottage style hostels in Enfield and Strathfield, introduction of new lines in manufacturing (skirthanger, Miyata bicycle), Variety Club of Australia continue their support for a national children book collection, 3M Australia sponsored upgrade of studios and Talking Book of the Year award, Jillian Hallam won Sports Girl - for all Women in Sport award and Inge King's 'Awakening' won the Bicentennial RBS Sculpture award.1 volume of text and imagesroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of N.S.W. : Annual Report 1989, 1989
Articles in the annual report include: the building of a new library section at Enfield, transfer of Mitchell Manufacturing to Australian Foundation for Disabled, establishment of Orana regional office in Dubbo, talking local newspaper project launched with Talking Daily Liberal (Dubbo) and Talking Wentworth Courier (Sydney) piloted, four graduates of Rehabilitation Teachers course were funded by the Florence Cecily Singer Trust, one studio equipped with second generation voice indexer in conjunction with Canadian inventor, from 1990 all Braille production will be done in-house, tactile Christmas cards produced for the first time in 1989, financial decision made to consolidate accommodation services (Roselands Nursing Home and Burgess House) on the one site, two new donors clubs established (Cassette Club and Talking Book Club), and formation of Junior Black & White Committee.1 volume of text and imagesroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of N.S.W. : Annual Report 1991, 1991
Articles in the annual report include: official opening of a new library building at Enfield, over 1 million items circulated in the library, passing of Sir Robert Drew and Nola Dekyvere, first production of Il Globo and launched by Prime Minister Bob Hawke, launch of Bookline - a telephone ordering service for talking books and winning the first Australian Audio Book Award for Children's Books for The Clinker narrated by Bill Conn. 1 volume of text and imagesroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society, a vision to share : Annual Report 2000-2001, 2001
Articles in the annual report include: launch of Vision Assist service to help people use their remaining sight, providing advice on Olympic and Paralympic accessibility and providing an audio description service to the associated arts festivals, establishment of VocalEyes Productions, became an RTO (Recognised Training Organisation), joining with RVIB library service, launch of JobPhone, and piloting of Braille Week.1 volume of text and imagesroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of NSW Council meeting minutes: 26/6/1989 - 25/1/1993, 1989-1993
These minutes contain information on attendees, meeting chairs, apologies, matters arising out of minutes, correspondence, subscriptions, donations and general business. Reports are also included from Honorary Treasurer, Finance, Corporate Services, Accommodation Services, Rehabilitation, Library Services, Marketing, Mitchell Manufacturing, Administration Support, Information Technology and Personnel. 30/9/1989 presents a detailed report from the General Manager regarding the proposed sale of Mitchell Manufacturing with the approach from Australia Foundation for the Disabled. 30/11/1989 the General Manager announced the decision to Mitchell Manufacturing staff that afternoon and he reported that so far the transfer had preceded smoothly and that staff now seemed to accept that they would benefit from it. 25/3/1991 The Chairman, Mr. Cribb reported that the Library staff had moved into the new building. 1 volume of minutes from committee meetingsroyal blind society of nsw, mitchell manufacturing -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of NSW Council meeting minutes: 22/2/1993 - 30/6/1997, 1993-1997
These minutes contain information on attendees, meeting chairs, apologies, matters arising out of minutes, correspondence, subscriptions, donations and general business. Reports are also included from Honorary Treasurer, Finance, Corporate Services, Accommodation Services, Rehabilitation, Library Services, Marketing, Mitchell Manufacturing, Administration Support, Information Technology and Personnel. 6/9/1993 The General Manager reported on the Strategic Overview and Implementation Plan. The core services would be Library Services, Rehabilitation Services and Technology Services. RBS would withdraw from providing Mobility Services and Talking Magazines unless by contract. In both cases there was existing services of a comparable standard and hence clients would not be adversely affected. RBS reduce its staff by 38 positions. 25/11/1996 Council members agreed that the Library Services Department be merged into the Information Technology Services Department. 28/1/1997 The CEO stated an opportunity for RBS to become a member of an international consortium known as DAISY (Digital Accessible Information SYtem). Whose main goal is establish a World Standard Digital Talking Book System for people who are blind and vision impaired. 1/4/1997 it was reported there are now 6 agencies including RBS comprising the Australia & New Zealand Group, as member of the DAISY consortium. Council approved that the CEO attend the first meeting of the Consortium on April 18-20. 1 volume of printed sheets glued to pagesroyal blind society of nsw, audio books -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Blind Society of NSW Council meeting minutes: 28/7/1997 - 18/12/2001, 1997-2001
These minutes contain information on attendees, meeting chairs, apologies, matters arising out of minutes, correspondence, subscriptions, donations and general business. Reports are also included from Reports for Honorary Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Council Committee, Information Services, Corporate Services, Accommodation Services, Rehabilitation, Marketing, Administration Support and Personnel. 25/8/1997 The President read a letter from the CEO, Mr. J. M. Isaacs formally advising of his resignation to take into effect from 31 December 1997. 24/11/1997 The President reported that Mr. John Landau was to be appointed to the position of CEO. 8/7/1997 The CEO advised the telephone based daily new service using interactive voice response technology developed by RBS was launched. 10/8/1997 it was reported the Queensland Talking Book Service (QTBS) was launched. 21/3/2000 The CEO reported that Ms. Jane Evans had been appointed as General Manager of the National Information Library Service (NILS). 18/4/2000 The CEO reported that one of the reasons for the creation of NILS was to combine the resources of RVIB and RBS to ensure an economical and smooth transition of both collections. 12/11/2001 The CEO reported that a meeting was held to discuss the merger of NILS and Vision Australia Foundation. 1 volume of sheets glued to pagesroyal blind society of nsw, national information library service -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cheryl Cross volunteer at Stawell Historical Society
Colour Photograph female sitting beside a bookcasestawell historical society -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Historical Society Meeting At Tearooms, Malmsbury ca1995
People - "Dettman,Val; Morgan, Bertie" Buildings - Tea Rooms -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Historical Society Meeting At Tearooms, Malmsbury ca1995
Buildings - Tea Rooms -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Historical Society Meeting At Tearooms, Malmsbury ca1995
Buildings - Tea Rooms -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Historical Society Meeting At Tearooms, Malmsbury ca1995
People - "Dettman,Val; Morgan, Bertie" Buildings - Tea Rooms -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Historical Society Meeting At Tearooms, Malmsbury ca1995
Buildings - Tea Rooms -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1989
People - "Slimmon, B; Moody, B; Morgan, B; Jones, J" Buildings - Mechanic's Hall -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1989
People - "Slimmon, B; Moody,B; Jones, J" Buildings - Mechanic's Hall -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Cherry, Em & Tom; Monti, Rita" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Cherry, Em & Tom; Monti, Rita & Tom" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Bates, A; Penno, O; Morgan, B; Monti, N; Jacquline" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Lindberg, N; Bates, A; Achison, B" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Geraghty, Jacqueline" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Hovendon, Hedley, B; Williams, J" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Jones, J; Keath. G (Pres)" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Monti, Norm; Penno, O; Bates, A" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Hawkes, H; Hedley,S; Hedley, Mrs" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1988
People - "Geraghty, J; Lindberg, N; Burgess, G" Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Malmsbury Historical Society Meeting, Malmsbury ca1989
People - "J.G, J.W, R.M, B.M, G.K," Buildings - Mechanic's Institute Associated with - M.H.S. Members -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Carol Anne Jones, Heatherlie Quarry - Stawell Historical Society - Pictorial Booklet, 2016
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National Wool Museum
Booklet, Federal Woollen Mills Benefit Society: Constitution and By-Laws
Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.B Turnbull/ 26/11/1954[?]post-war reconstruction textile mills - staff woollen mills - history, federal woollen mills ltd classweave industries pty ltd commonwealth woollen mills federal woollen mills benefit society, post-war reconstruction, textile mills - staff, woollen mills - history -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Stawell Cultural Society & Debating & Discussion Club, 1950 - 1962
Meeting Minute Books and Correspondencestawell, clubs