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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyAudio - PMHPS Meeting, Shirley Videion, "Law on Water", 23 Jul 2007
Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 23.07.2007. Recording done at Port Melbourne Bowling Club. Speaker was Shirley Videion, the author of "Law on Water", the story of the Water Police. Recording duration 37:21water police, police, shirley a videion nee lobb -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Hetherington John, Witness to Things Past Stone, Brick, Wood and Men in Early Victoria, 1964
A descriptive account with illustrations of twenty Victorian historical places nineteen of which were classification by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Stories of the people associated with the buildings gives insight into the early developmenarchitecture, heritage -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Orbost Historical Society, The Curlip Issue 3, 1991
A Journal presenting research on the local area by students of Secondary College containing an analysis of an Anzac diary an account of the close knit farming community of Jarrahmond and stories of the black smith Orbost Victoriaworld war 1914-1918, agriculture, trades -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Fish Marie, Carpentertown A History of the New Works Cottages at Lakes Entrance by Marie Fish, 2008
The story of the cottages at the New Works area at Lakes Entrance Victoria, their relationship to the early fishing industry and the construction of the artificial entrance from Bass Strait to the Gippsland Lakes, and the past and recent residents.civil engineering, land settlement -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - The Story of Cinderella
Children's book - The Story of Cinderella. Hard cover book, coloured hard cover, with coloured drawings on alternate pages throughout the book. Book in poor condition text separating from the spine. Happy Birthday to Betty from Gaye -
Ithacan Historical SocietyPhotograph, Anthi Chilianis - House no. 5, 1994
This is the fifth house that Anthi Chilianis lived in before she was married. It was in Royal Parade, opposite the University of Melbourne. A coloured photograph of a lady standing outside a two story Federation style read brick house, which has a cream picket fence. Two cars are parked in the street in front of the house.chillianis -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionBook, Gordon Moyes, When Box Hill was a village, 1991
Short stories of different events in Gordon Moyes' life. The Rev. Dr. Gordon Moyes was the Superintendent of Wesley Mission in Sydney. The book is a result of the stories he read on his radio program, called 'Sunday Night Live,' and consisted of stories he told of growing up in Box Hill during the 1940s and 1950s.A soft covered book of 136 pages.(mrs) - cherry, drainage, picnics, local history, social history, daily life, 1940-1949, schools, religion, (mr) gordon moyes, box hill -
Warrnambool RSL Sub BranchFiction Novel, THE CRUISER
Story of a Cruiser in WW2Hard Cover with damaged Dust CoverAuthor Warren Tute Publisher Cassell and Co Ltd London. No date. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Dunera Scandal, 1983
The story of the Dunera BoysHard cover book. Black cover with white writing,striking jacket cream with red writing. A circle of blue with barbed wire across it.dunera scandal, internment camp treatment, jews, wartime -
Stawell Historical Society IncBook, A.W. Vanstan, Reminiscences of Moyston, 1989
Stories about Moyston.Cream card Cover with Brown PrintReminiscences of Moyston by A.W Vanstanstawell -
Kilmore Historical SocietyThe Writings of Douglas Jerrold, The Writings of Douglas Jerrold, Vol.4, Cakes and Ale, 1852
Short story collection.Green cloth- bound hardcover book with embossed decoration to front and back covers. Spine torn, front cover separated from body. Foxing throughout. 342 pp. Poor condition.Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp inside front cover. Indecipherable markings (X77)? top left corner. Flyleaf, upper centre, '166', red ink underlined.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical SocietySinners Beware, c1930
Short stories for girls.Paper bound and sewn soft cover book. Binding loose. 128 pp. Fair condition.Front cover 'Emily Elizabeth Glanville/Sydney Street/Kilmore/Vic/Xmas 1935'.religion, glanville collection. -
Stawell Historical Society IncBook, Mavis Blackie & Dianne Kelly, Kingskettle to Newbury Park, The Simpsons of Stawell and Concongella - Previously Cat No 3603, 2009
Stories of the Simpson FamiliesGreen Card Cover with Black Print and drawings top left, lower right is a wattleKingskettle to Newbury Park The Simpsons of Stawell and Concongellastawell -
Ringwood RSL Sub-BranchBook Australians at War, Australians at War by Peter Cochrane, Published 2001
Story of Australia at WarHard cover with 272 pages which has reproductions of photos in black and white and colour. -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK WW1, High Tech Printing Services, Keysor VC - Gallipoli's Quiet Hero, 2014
Biography of Leonard Keysor. This is the personal story of one of Australia's 9 VC recipients at Gallipoli & the story of his family. Compiled by his great neice, Kiera Quinn Lockyer.Soft cardboard cover, black print on front, spine & back. Mottled beige background with two black & white photos on front. Larger photo is a painting of a soldier in uniform on the battlefield, smaller photo is a half portrait of a soldier in uniform. 302 pages, cut plain paper, illustrated with black & white photos of people, certificates, medals, ships & buildings.Front flyleaf signed in black ink: “Keira Quinn Lockyer”books-military, photography-photographs, keysor, vc -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, Loranda Publishing, Murrundindi: a true story / retold by Karen Brunskill and M. G. Dean, 2001_
Tells the story of Murrundindi of the Wurundjeri people of Victoria. The story relates his early years at school, his struggle with dual heritage and his later acceptance of his aboriginal heritage.32 p., illus. Paperback.murrundindi, wurundjeri, aborigines victoria, aboriginal heritage sites -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: E. J. BUCKLEY FLOUR MILL, 1860's
Photograph of a brick Mill complex, the main building is three stories high with a concave verandah over the ground floor, underneath the verandah to the right of the main doorway are some bags of grain. To the left of the main building there is a single story structure with E & J Buckley written on an arch over the main doorway. There is a man on horseback on the street and horse and cart backed up to the main building. In the foreground is Batchelders photographic cart and there are three girls sitting near it in the gutterBatchelderbuildings, commercial, flour mill, batchelder, buckley , flour mills -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Shannon Faulkhead et al, Power and the passion : our ancestors return home, 2010
It had never happened before! No one had every taken legal action against the University of Melbourne and the Museum of Victoria, challenging their right to keep collections of the skeletal remains of the ancestor of Aboriginal people ... . For the 25th anniversary of the reburial in Kings Doman Garden, Shannon Faulkhead and Jim Berg tell the story of this significant battle in the history of colonisation of this country. The story incorporates the voices of 22 people, both Koorie and non-Koorie, who were involved at the time- Gatefold.B&w illustrations, b&w photographsmuseum of victoria, koori, koorie, , ancestors, history, histories, melbourne university, laws, melboune, victoria, art, artists -
Greensborough Historical SocietyArticle, Tom Vickers story, 2010_
Tom Vickers' life story.Tom Vickers was a prominent member of the community and a local pharmacist.Digital copy of articlevickers family, tom vickers -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka reminiscences / Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998_
Stories from the Eureka Stockade84p., illus.victoria history, gold miners, eureka stockade -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Poems, Two poems - The Lonely Valley, and The Ringtail, from The Story of Hubbard Reserve (North Ringwood). Circa 1985, 22-May-85
Item in the story of Hubbard ReservePoem - The Lonely Valley; Poem - The Ringtail +Additional Keywords: Hubbard -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, In the Interest of National Security, 2006
The story of civilian internment in WW2.Soft cover blue and green with 10 individual persons photos. Some hand writing and sketch of camp fence gate.ww2 internments -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Phillips Publications, The 1944 Cowra Incident by Captain W. H. J. Phillips OAM Ed, 2002
Story of the Cowra incident in 1944Book by Captain W. H. J. PhillipsFrom the series Living Historycowra breakout, internment camps, japanese escape, pow;s -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, RHSV Journal, 1986
Articles on Mawson Story and others.Yellow cardboard cover. List of contents on front coverrhsv inc, journal, september 1986, tatura, books, periodicals -
Rutherglen Historical SocietyBooklet, The History of Rutherglen's Gold 1860 to 1914, July 2015
Thje story of the Gold and RutherglenInformation Booklet detailing the history of the gold found in Rutherglen and districtinformation, gold, booklet, tourism -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, The Last Rush by Eric Beale
A story of the Mafeking Gold RushYellow with black print & picture of Gold Mine and PeopleAuthor Eric Bealemining -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, 23/04/1925
Two photographs taken by Jessie "Girlie" Smith of San Remo who owned the Penguin Cafe in Thompson Avenue, CowesPhotograph (2) of scene during fire at Isle of Wight Hotel. Most of the buildings obscured by smoke. Small hut front right.Post Card for both "Isle of Wight fire - it made a clean sweep in less than an hour. A new up to date three story Hotel is to be commenced next week." on one of the photos.phillip island, isle of wight hotel fire, jessie smith -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Memorabilia, Port Jug
Blue and beige coloured decanter with a cork stopper. Top is dark blue with handle. Bottom half is beige with Wallaby Airlines printed in blue ink. Has RAAF emblem with RTFV underneath a Caribou (DHC-4) and 35 SQN emblem. Vietnam 1964-1972 First In Last Out written in blue along bottom.Vietnam 1964-1972 First in Last Out qrittenn in blue along bottom. On reverse of Jug is the story of RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam and No 35 Squadron RAAF. Known as WAllaby Airlinesvietnam history - 1945 - 1975, raaf, bottles, 35 squadron, wallaby airlines -
Wangaratta High SchoolWHS Yearbook, 2005
Green yearbook with a full-page illustration of a cartoon man on an orange background. in the top left corner is a green WHS and a simplified WHS logo is in the bottom left. there are multiple text bubbles around the page.WHS 2005 10c TRUE HERO STORIES NEW ...MEANWHILE -YE GADS! THESE POOR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE THIS- THIS SCHOOL ALL YEAR! I MUST SAVE THEM! -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, Billy Bratwurst, 2013
This is a fictional story about a small boy growing up in rural Australia. The author, Jo Hyland, lives in Woolsthorpe. The story, written in a light-hearted way, is suitable for adults and older children. This book is of minor interest as it was written by a resident of Woolsthorpe, a small town in the Warrnambool district. This is a soft cover book of 134 pages. The cover is multi-coloured with many comic images centred around the activities of a small boy. The book contains 22 chapters. jo hyland, history of warrnambool
