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Australia 1913 - 1986Lithograph 5/40 s.124Signed, dated, numbered and edition

ill, p.96.non-fictionA short illustrated history of the talking trams on the preserved Bendigo tramway in Victoria.tramways - bendigo - history, preserved trams - australia - history

index, ill, p.217.non-fictionINTRODUCTION Until well into the twentieth century, driver, fireman and guard — with a locomotive — set out on something resembling a safari. Tucker boxes crammed with food, a change of clothing, a roll of blankets, and armed with a sheaf of time-tables, they worked trains hither and thither not to return home for almost a week. But the passing of time, plus union pressure, brought an end to the need for "waltzing Matilda". Not only blankets but sheets, pillow slips, then later mosquito nets, along with other aids to civilized living, were provided by the Department in living quarters away from home. Few wives took kindly to the chore of selecting and preparing food and packing tucker boxes. Railwaymen seeking board and lodgings in a new depot could receive a set-back by being told "no tucker boxes packed". Until pooling of locomotives in depots became the order, a driver and fireman had "their own engine", and great was the competition between engine crews to display the best groomed horse. Much time might be spent outside rostered working hours cleaning their engine with kerosene and polishing with tallow and bath brick. So spotless and sparkling were some that a proud engineman would say a clean white handkerchief could be rubbed even over a hidden part. While miners talked of what made their day, farmers discussed crops and harvests, seamen their ships, and trainers and jockeys their horses, wherever steam men gathered, discussion soon turned to locomotives and the trains they hauled. Like jockeys with their mounts, iron horses with excellent traits were praised while those with annoying peculiarities were criticized and remedies suggested. Methods of firing to get best results from slow steaming locos were debated. Driver warned driver of weaknesses found in locomotives on recent "trips", spoke of developing defects calling for close attention — this one is "knocking Badly on one side", that one "priming badly (give her a good blow down before leaving the shed)", another with a "big end inclined to run hot", one with "a lot of slop in the boxes", one "getting down on the springs", or the sloth that was slow pulling on steep climbs to the chagrin of a driver striving to run on time. Things of no small concern when handling a locomotive on a train for a shift of maybe eight hours straight, or ten, even twelve, and on occasions longer. Foreknowledge of the particular loco allotted his train on the next job could fill the preceding hours for a driver or fireman with pleasant contentment, or with nagging trepidation and disgust…… railroads -- queensland -- history, railroads -- australia -- queensland -- history.

Ill, p.96.non-fictionA book on the history of Bendigo's trams. Includes a photograph of each tram and a brief history of the line.tramways - bendigo, trams - bendigo - history

The fascinating true accoint of the VC, NVA, the Golf of Tonkin Incident, the tunnels of Cu Chi, and much, much more. 1961-1975 - military intelligence, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vc, nva, golf of tonkin, cu chi, tunnels of cu chi

On the 14th May 1927 his Excellency Lord Somers, in the presence of a large assemblage opened Braille Hall at the Braille Library (now Vision Australia Library) in Commercial Road, South Yarra. To mark appreciation of the gift of the hall by the two benefactors Edward Wilson and Richard Gibson, the committee placed two of the stained glass windows on each side of the hall’s fireplace. Commissioned by Librarian Miss Millicent Ritchie, the windows depict four British authors - Scott, Milton, Shakespeare and Dickens. They were removed from South Yarra in 1999 for conservation work and cleaning prior to their relocation to Kooyong in 2001. In 2017 refurbishment works made the windows redundant however they were reinstalled either side of the main entranceway in 2018. 4 x stained glass windows depicting famous writersbraille and talking book library, millicent ritchie

Oral histories can never be better or more significant than the talk that went into them. By this measure alond BLOODS is superb. The twenty blacks who discussed their experiences while serving in the Viet Nam War are uniformly eloquent. vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, american, black american soldiers

Oral histories can never be better or more significant than the talk that went into them. By this measure alond BLOODS is superb. The twenty blacks who discussed their experiences while serving in the Viet Nam War are uniformly eloquent. vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, american, american black soldiers

A plastic device to enable a sighted person to communicate with a person who is Deaf-Blind in either standard Braille or Moon. The centre radius of the disc has the ordinary alphabet printed in black. Moving outwards from the centre, are the corresponding letters embossed in Braille, then on the outer edge are the corresponding letters in Moon. The user moved the indicator arm around the disc until the desired letter and corresponding symbol was positioned under the cut-out in the centre of the arm. The deaf-blind person could then touch the disc to determine the letters being communicated. Numbers and punctuation are not included.White plastic disc with black indicator armbraille equipment, assistive devices

Along with money changing, the purchase os a SIM card is the most used service at the Mission once seafarers arrived.Communication has always been part of the Mission's services: with technology developing the service has changed from letters posting and receiving to installing phones then computers with internet connection to selling SIM cards from the 2000s, aiding seafarers to communicate with their family. go talk, mobile phone, sim card, australia, ship, seafarers, sailors, seamen, international calls, communication, welfare