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Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Dress Knitted
This dress was possibly manufactured by a local seamstress in the period circa early 1900.The quality of the dress suggests that the lady who wore it was from middle to upper range of the socio-economic structure within the Kiewa ValleyHistorically this item dating in the early 1900s was made by a very competent seamstress (lack of manufacturer's label). It demonstrates that the conditions of relative isolation within the Kiewa Valley was not extreme and that local manufacture of clothing items were available and at a very high level of quality. This item demonstrates that the hand made era was alive and an essential part of community/social adhesion within the valley.Beige knitted dress, sleeveless ladies pin weaved running from waist to bottom. Fine pin weave from bust to waist. Two mother of pearl buttons fastening opening front neck 11cm from neck to upper breastno manufacturer's label suggesting manufacturer was a very talented local seamstress costume, woollen, knitted, dress, female clothing -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Pillow Sham
This Item is one of four bedroom items hand made in circa 1900 by Amalihe Pierin. Her Son brought the item when he emigrated to Australia and members of the family still reside in the Kiewa Valley. Historically this item represents the requirement by families to manufacture a whole range of bedroom coverings due to the lack of professionally manufactured goods. Isolation from big towns or cities required local seamstress activities and therefore closer social bonding was a necessity. Although this item was transported from Italy to Australia by the son of Amalihine Pierin the significance still remains the sameLinen (white) cut work and embroidered central floral scene with decorative cut work above leaf shapes 2cm border with triangular hand stitching attine.embroidery, handcrafts, bedroom linen, trimmings, cut work -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Table Runner Dressing
This Item is one of four bedroom items hand made in circa 1900 by Amalihe Pierin. Her Son brought the item when he emigrated to Australia and members of the family still reside in the Kiewa Valley. Historically this item represents the requirement by families to manufacture a whole range of bedroom coverings due to the lack of professionally manufactured goods. Isolation from big towns or cities required local seamstress activities and therefore closer social bonding was a necessity. Although this item was transported from Italy to Australia by the son of Amalihine Pierin the significance still remains the sameLinen (white) cut work and embroidered central design tatting diamond shape with embroidered scrolls either side cut work leaves top and bottom L shaped tatting inner border with triangular tatting 2cm outer bordered hole patternembroidery, handcrafts, bedroom linen, trimmings, cut work -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Early convent buildings, 1988 copy
Copy of original photograph, held by A. Young, of first convent buildings, occupied by nuns, 1900. St. Mary's College in background. Tin fence. Two storey brick buildings and brick fence, built later.Black and white photograph of early convent buildings, exterior, Tatura.on back and front: The Convent, Tatura -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Slide - Colour transparency
The statue was commissioned by the citizens of Ballarat in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It was unveiled on the Queen's Birthday, 24 May 1900, by the Lieutenant Governor Sir John Madden before some 20,000 people. View of the Queen Victoria memorial in Sturt Street Gardens, Ballaratballarat botanical gardens, trees, ballarat, sturt street, queen victoria, diamond jubilee, gardens -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Novelty Needle Book, Unknown
A home sewing needle kit. These paper sleeved novelty needle books were available in the late 19th Century. They were often free as a promotional give-away. In the 1900's they were colourful and fun.A vintage Novelty Needle Book made in Japan with 50 needles mounted inside a pop up card. The needles are presented in gold and red strips attached to a coloured card depicting two small children playing on a see-saw with their teddy bear in a garden. Five needles are missing. The back of the card is yellow and shows a girl holding a red rose.'Novelty Needle Book 50 Needles' is printed on the front of the card which shows two children playing on a see-saw with their teddy bear. 'Made in Japan' is printed at the bottom right on the front of the card.sewing equipment, sewing, sewing needles -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Pin Drawing, Brass tacks, mid to late 1900's
This particular box of brass drawing pins would have been used before the introduction of cheaper polished chrome drawing pins manufactured in Asia. The box construction and label would suggest that supply of this boxes contents could have been in the early 1950's. Drawing pins or push pins were first invented in 1900 by Mr Edwin Moore. The need for a secure fastener to accommodate temporary signs and notes for domestic and commercial environments sprang up from the need to cope with an increasing faster method of presenting information on removable surfaces such as temporary notice boards. In the 1950's and later the increase in the pace of "living" brought about many time saving written communication notices. This temporary method of providing fast temporary notices is being surpassed by the computer age and mobile telephone "applications". The information spectrum of the computer age has made many "hands on" (drawing pin) applications go to the "dodo" level. This box of drawing pins is very significant to the Kiewa Valley and its region because it demonstrates that the pace in rural regions especially those that were once semi remote regions has moved at the same pace as the bigger towns and cities. Differences are still noticeable, such as the requirement of drawing pins for temporary signs and mail box commercially important "sales" notifications. The pressures that produce the "rat" syndrome, that is pressure by increased population levels infringing upon the individual's day-to-day existence is still not present in rural areas such as the Kiewa Valley. Drawing pins are still a requirement for leased accommodation (which are usually short term accommodation) for the personalisation of "home" wall decorations and shopper's "notice and information boards"This small box, similar to a "match box" (thumb activated slide, top open, cardboard container), holds brass drawing pins. These brass pins are also known as brass tacks, thumbtacks or push pins. The top of the brass tack has a "domed head" with the manufacturer's logo stamped on it. The number "2" on the bottom right of the label is the "weight" of the drawing pin. On the front and within a red border and red letters "BRASS" and below this in script form "Drawing Pins" and below this in smaller letters "Made In Germany" Below this and on the bottom left side "100" and also on the bottom but to the right "No. 2"notice and information boards, quick temporary fasteners., pins, tacts, brass tacts, domestic, decorations -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Meter Volt, mid to late 1900's
This analog voltmeter is quite a large (industrial type) apparatus which permits the easy monitoring of electrical variations within the large SEC Victoria Hydro Scheme's electrical generators. These generators are powered by the hydro force of "stored" water at a higher altitude. The establishment of both the NSW and Victorian Hydro schemes was achieved from the mid 1900's to the 1960's. At this point in time the need for additional power sources to quench both an industrial and domestic demand for electricity was purely an economic and not and environmental (carbon reduction) factor. This hydro scheme was instigated by "the Government of the day" as a bold move and was the major force of the World War II refugee and "technical" workforce inclusion of skilled and unskilled migration into the Australian environment. Although this mass "invasion" of workers with families was thought of in some circles as intrusive, the expansion of population post war years and its integration into the Australian rural sector, produced the multi- lingual multi-cultural diversity of later years. This voltmeter is very significant to the Kiewa Valley as its use was introduced during the Kiewa Hydro Scheme. Although only a small apparatus it was part of the explosion of human resources into the valley. This influx of population transformed the region from that of a basically quiet rural region to one which evolved into both an industrial and a larger residential community. This evolution in the valley created a change, not only in the "physical" landscape but also the socio-economic expansion which permitted other "tourist" based industries into the valley. This analog volt meter has two metal rods protruding from the "back" of instrument with screw on points for the negative and the positive leads allowing the "current" to flow across the calibrated resistors to indicate on the "face" side the strength of the voltage "power". The "face" of the instrument has a zero point and then five evenly graduated marks from Zero to the "100, 200 and 300" marked points of measures. A large "V" below these pointers indicates that they represent levels of voltage. Three small screws hold the "face" in place. At the back of the meter is an aluminium "clasp" with three protruding screws (positioning fasteners) and a a screw tightening fixture for the correct fastening of the "clasp" into the correction location on the meter "board".Manufacturer's logo "CSG" underneath "ITALIA"kiewa valley tourism, victorian alps, alternate energy supplies, alpine population growth -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Carkeek's Terminus Hotel, Wodonga, C. 1906 - 1909
The Terminus Hotel, Wodonga was built by James Thompson Hatch in 1873, the same year the railway reached Wodonga from Melbourne. It was named due to its close proximity to the railway terminus. It was sold to Messrs George Day and Kenneth McLennan of Albury. It was first licenced to J.G. Morton in January 1874. Annie Allen, from Ireland, took over as licensee of the hotel containing 14 rooms in 1879, after she and her husband, George James Allen, purchased it. In 1887 they added a new wing on the south boundary of the property next to Peter McLean’s store at 81 Sydney Road. The architects for the new wing were Gordon and Gordon. A billiard room, a dining room, and 18 other rooms were added on the vacant block of land between the Hotel and the Bank of Victoria. A balcony 6 feet wide was added on the north side. Included in the plans was the latest patent elevator, later known as a dumb waiter. Allen died in 1889 aged 52, and Annie Allen continued to run the Terminus. She later married John G. Haldon and was licensee of the hotel until December 1898 when the licence was transferred to William Carkeek. Carkeek, from Cornwall, arrived in the colony around 1860 and is considered one of the founders of Tallangatta. In November 1903, the license was transferred to Daniel Crawford, then in 1906 it was transferred to Mr Stephen Carkeek. In 1916 it passed into the hands of Mr H. W. Allen of Rutherglen, son of Mr George James Allen. On 1st June 1998 the Terminus Hotel was destroyed by fire. Estimates of damage range from between a conservative $750,000 to as high as $2 million. The remains of the building were demolished in 1999.The Terminus Hotel was one of the earliest hotels in Wodonga with clear links to the establishment of the railway line. It was an important business and meeting place for social gatherings.On 21 December 1898 an application to transfer the license of the Terminus Hotel from Mrs Annie Haldon to Mr William Carkeek was lodged This was granted by the Wodonga Licensing Court on 12 January 1899. In February of that year, it was transferred to Mrs. Rebecca Carkeek. William Carkeek died on 17 March 1900, aged 57 years. In November 1900 Mr. Daniel Crawford took over the license. In March 1906, the Carkeek family returned to the Terminus Hotel when their son Stephen purchased the business. In January 1909, tenders were invited for Freehold Purchase of the property. It was available on a 7 year lease at a rental of £9 per week In 1913 Stephen Carkeek disposed of the goodwill of the business to Mr Wilson of Grenfell, New South Wales, thus ending the Carkeek family’s long association with the Terminus Hotel. He died in Beechworth on 16 May 1928.Across side of building "CARKEEK'S TERMINUS FAMILY HOTEL"hotels wodonga, businesses wodonga, terminus hotel wodonga, william carkeek -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Photograph, 1908 (estimated)
This extraordinary record of the student cohort in 1908 reveals many aspects of school life in the early 1900's. The fashions, hair coiffure and accessories and added costuming are fascinating. The sport detail from the basketball hoop is significant. This photograph has social significance because of its detail regarding female school activities in the early 1900s. Black and white photograph mounted on grey card of Clarendon Ladies College student cohort in 1908. The students are arranged in five tiered rows. The photograph is taken against wall of a timber building. There is a basketball net fixed to the wall above the last row. Many of the girls are wearing fancy hats, some decorated with birds. Two young girls in the front row wear poster boards over their clothing advertising an event not to be missed; something to do with a menagerie. All the students are dressed in white, some in dresses, some n skirts and blouses and many have aprons over their skirts. The photograph is accompanied with a typed list of namesPrinted on front righthand bottom corner of mount: 'Richards & Co/Ballarat'1908, uniform, richardson, clarendon ladies college, costume, menagerie, hilda farmer, avenel halls, sylvia eyres, ella morrow, florence sides, gertie owen, laela williams, lorna dowler, emma buchanan, phyllis doepel, daisy llewellyn, adeline purser, sophie anderson, helen mathieson, d brophy, lily wright, margaret dowler, dulce deardon, gladys small, marjory howe, jessie kelsall, erica mckay, pearl eyres, iris llewellyn, edith bishop, marjorie walker, violet howard, hazel wlls, effie white, mimi murphy, carrie miners, edith murphy, irene palamountain, miss allan, marjorie salmon, dollie snow, naomi franklin, elsie powell, rachael kennedy, rose paull, sylvia barnett, esther, lilah emblling, trixie kliender, chrissie anderson, agnes wheen, kitty dawbarn, hazel clements, m serjeant, dolly gill, beryl bach, dorothy nicholas, frances gill, meg moore, jessie eyres, blanche murphy, merle booth, melba mcconnel, edna clark, betty lester, bessie hoad, madge dearden, kate cameron, olive mathews, grace nicholas, mollie souter, isabel mctaggart, madge llewellyn, mollie mary buley, alice ralph, ruth tyler, rebecca abraham, joyce eyres, nellie salmon -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Sepia, C 1900s
Photo depicts "road-making" approaching the Mount William gold fields. Because of the heavy traffic in the area during the very wet winter of 1900, low sections of the track became quagmires and road building was essential.Photo shows men with horses, carts, shovels etc. There are six horses in photo, three of them hitched up to carts. There are twenty-two men in total, some holding shovels etc.Photo has been laminated. "Title" appears at bottom of photo together with previous holder of photoaccess routes, roads, access routes, road building -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W
c Early 1900's. Borough Huts were originally used to house the workers for the Stawell Water Supply system, later used for holiday accommodation. For Further information see " Victoria's Wonderland p37,63,79-80,93,107.Four people sitting in a dray, two men in the front and two ladies in the back. Two horses are in the traces. They are in front of a weather board building with a galvanised iron roof, a veranda runs along the front of the building. Tall gum trees are behind the building, a mountain range can be seen vaguely in the background.water supplies, borough huts, buildings, shops -
Victoria Police Museum
Prison record (Robert Halifax), 31 March 1908
Robert Halifax, a young teacher, 25 years old, was charged with bigamy. In December 1905 he married Myrtle Skinner, 17, in Coleraine. He had married Faithful Halifax, nee Trotter, in March 1900.Prison record for Robert Halifax, prisoner registered number 31238, giving details of the prisoner, his crimes and the dates and places of his trials.english speaking prisoner, robert a. h. halifax, bigamy -
The Cyril Kett Optometry Museum
Trial Set of Lenses, unknown, 1905 (estimated)
This case only includes spherical lenses and has no cylindrical lenses for correction of astigmatism. The lenses have no rims, which was unusual after 1900. The set appears to have had very little use as it is in excellent condition.This is a late example of a trial case comprising only spherical lenses. The trial frame is a very rare type.Small timber cased trial set of spherical lenses only. No rims on lenses. Case labelled with lens powers in dioptres and inches. Trial frame included of unusual design:each eye rim has a sprung top cover to secure lens in place. Nickel alloy. Fixed bridge stamped 62, tapered sides with loop ends. Also a lens handling tool (nickel alloy) to position a lens in front of patient's eye.Lens powers labelled in inches and dioptres. Trial frame bridge stamped '62'.optometry, lenses, refraction, trial case, trial set -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ephemera - Bookplate, Ex Libris Hymettus
Ballarat's Hymettus Cottage boasts a lovely formal private garden featuring geometric flower arrangements. The house was built in 1900 from monies gained when the owner laid a successful bet on 'Hymettus' in the Caulfield Cup.Cream bookplate relating to Hymettus Cottage in Ballarat. A black and white representation of the cottage is depicted on the bookplate, along with the latin 'in hoc signo spes mea' (this is a sign of hope).hymettus, hymettus cottage, taffe, michael taffe, bookplate, ballarat -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Wooden Batons
These wooden batons were used by a local girls gymnastic group in the Korumburra area in the early 1900's. Used in a similar fashion to a band leaders baton, they were twirled in each hand and in unison usually to music.3062.2 - Two turned wooden batons, teardrop shape with long handles finished with a balled end. Two grooved patterns in the centre of the teardrop.gymnastic equipment, wooden batons, 1900's -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Journal - Education Gazette, Victoria Education Gazette and Teachers' Aid. 1977-1981, 1977-1981
This educational journal was published monthly from Vol. 1, no. 1 (1900)-v. 91, no. 9 (10 Dec. 1991) . Contains information for teachers and school administrators. This unbound set covers dates 1977-1981.A snapshot of Education Department Victoria during this period.Various pagings per edition. Cover contains title and contents for that volume.education gazette, education department victoria, educational journals, journals, nmit, -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Journal - Education Gazette, Victoria Education Gazette and Teachers' Aid. 1950-1959, 1950-1959
This educational journal was published monthly from Vol. 1, no. 1 (1900)-v. 91, no. 9 (10 Dec. 1991) . Contains information for teachers and school administrators. This bound set covers dates 1950-1959.A snapshot of Education Department Victoria during this period.Annual volumes bound in black with title on cover in gilt. Various pagings per edition. Cover of each month contains title and contents for that edition.Stamped in gilt on cover "Education Gazette / date e.g.1950". Date (Year) stamped on spine.education gazette, education department victoria, educational journals, journals, nmit, -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Journal - Education Gazette, Victoria Education Gazette and Teachers' Aid. 1940-1949, 1940-1949
This educational journal was published monthly from Vol. 1, no. 1 (1900)-v. 91, no. 9 (10 Dec. 1991) . Contains information for teachers and school administrators. This bound set covers dates 1940-1949.A snapshot of Education Department Victoria during this period.Annual volumes bound in black with title on cover in gilt. Various pagings per edition. Cover of each month contains title and contents for that edition.Stamped in gilt on cover "Education Gazette / date e.g.1940". Date (Year) stamped on spine.education gazette, education department victoria, educational journals, journals, nmit, -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Booklet, The Stawell Oration: Serendipity, 1958
This is a copy of the Stawell oration - Serendipity - given by the Victorian physician Clive Hamilton Fitts (1900-1984). It was read to the Victorian Branch of the British medical Association, 1 Oct 1958 at the Royal Australian College of Surgeons Melbourne.Written on front page: "With good wishes" and signature (indecipherable).medicine, science, walsh st library -
Torquay and District Historical Society
Copy Photo, Torquay History Exhibition 2016, Produced for the exhibition
Photo taken on new years day 1900 shows Edward Molyneux's Hot Water Depot, established on the bank of Spring Creek,Torquay to cater for the growing number of visitors to the area. Note the conveyances of the day in the foreground.The Hot Water Depot was an innovative response to the demands of an embryonic tourist industry in Torquay.Black and white photo -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Oil painting Numurkah Water Tower
Painted by Mary Edith (Edie) Thomas pre 1900. Mary was born in 1875 and died in the 1940's. The painting remined in her family home "Lanithe", Naring until about 2010, home of Charlie thomasOil Painting of the Numurkah Water Tower and original Wesleyan Church from east of the Broken Creekoil painting, water tower, mary edith thomas, naring -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Unknown - Property tag
Established in Sydney in 1900 'The Commonwealth Key & Property Register' and later, her sister company 'Australasian Key Register', provided a Nationwide Service. The service provides nationwide protection for lost, stolen or damaged locks and keys.Elliptic white metal tag with hole to attach to keyCommonwealth Key and Property Register M 8340 Branch Office Queen Street Melbourne Obverse Finder returning with attached to nearest Police Station will be rewarded 5/- ............. returned to ownerkey, property register, australasian key, sydney, police, commonwealth -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - White Muslin & Lace Lingerie Dress, 1910s
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories.This lingerie dress, donated by Jane McIntyre is part of the wider McIntyre Collection. While lingerie dresses were produced for and worn by women between 1900 and 1920, the main period in which they were worn was between 1900 and 1910. This elaborately detailed example is believed to date from 1912-1918.The McIntyre Collection of clothing and clothing accessories forms one of the largest single donations to our Fashion & Design collection. It includes clothing and clothing accessories worn by four women in the Cohen and McIntyre families across three generations. The items worn by Melbourne architect, and Kew resident, Dione McIntyre date from the 1960s and 1970s, and include evening wear, day wear, hats and shoes. As Dione McIntyre often accompanied her husband, fellow architect Peter McIntyre, to formal events, there are a number of pieces of evening wear among the items. The McIntyre Collection also includes items worn by women of an earlier generation: by Lilian Cohen, Dione McIntyre's mother, and by her mother-in-law, the wife of the architect Robert McIntyre. At the other end of the chronological spectrum are a number of outfits belonging to, worn and donated by Annie McIntyre. These include outfits created by notable late 20th century Australian and/or international fashion designers. The McIntyre Collection is significant historically and artistically as it includes examples of design that demonstrate changing tastes in fashion over an 80-year period. The collection is also significant in that it includes the work of a large number of Melbourne designers from the 1960s to the 1990s.Three-quarter-length, white cotton voile lingerie dress. The dress feature extensive embroidery on the bodice and skirt, probably constructed from pre-embroidered fabric, rather than hand embroidered. In addition to the embroiderd panels, there is extensive use of white lace insertions. The dress has short sleeves to teh elbow and lace cuffs. The dress is date after the Edwardian Period due to the absence of tucks and frills. Its high-waisted design is simple and yet elaborately ornamented with embroidery.women's clothing, white muslin dresses, tea dresses, australian fashion 1910-1920, lingerie dresses, annie mcintyre, mcintyre collection, fashion design, fashion -- 1910s -
Puffing Billy Railway
6 NBH - Passenger Carriage - Excursion Car, 9/ 7/1900
6NBH - Excursion Car NBH SECOND-CLASS EXCURSION CAR. The H was recognising their use for "Holiday" traffic. 15 of these cars were built in 1919 and numbered 1-15. Two more were built in 1981, and numbered 16 & 17. Two extended versions for wheelchair passengers were built in 1981 & 1983. These were numbered 51 & 52 - a separate number series due to the different type of vehicle. Six, numbered 18-23, were built in 1997-98. These had steel frames, padded seats, and a wide "window sill". At first glance they look the same as the previous NBHs. There are other minor construction differences due to the use of steel framing. 18NBH entered traffic 19/4/1997; 19NBH on 5/12/1997; 20NBH on 19/12/1997, the others added in 1998. VR Service History : 9/ 7/1900 NWS Built new as 46 NQR converted & renumbered to 12/ 4/1919 - To NBH 6. VR Service History NQR 46.VA - 9/ 7/1900 NWS Built new - 12/ 4/1919 - To NBH 6.VA - *NBH 6.VA - circa 1919 - Reference Photo SL20 p20 / 6/1928 - Modified AC Malco BO circa 1955 - Condemned - / 5/1967 BEL Photograph #9.2: part view Puffing Billy Service History or Notes 12 Apr 1919 - Nos 1 to 6 NBH (new) delivered to UPPER FERN TREE GULLY after this date. PRO photos NBH CLASS CARRIAGE No.6 CARRIAGE NARROW GAUGE PERSPECTIVE VIEW PRO Photo RS 0059 http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/thumbs/12800-P0004-000007-010t.jpg NBH CLASS CARRIAGE No.6 CARRIAGE NARROW GAUGE SIDE VIEW PRO Photo RS 0060 http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/thumbs/12800-P0004-000007-020t.jpg NBH CLASS CARRIAGE No.6 NARROW GAUGE PICNIC TRUCK INTERIOR PRO Photo RS 0062 http://wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/thumbs/12800-P0004-000007-040t.jpgHistoric - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Passenger Rolling Stock: Excursion Car6 NBH - Passenger Carriage - Excursion Car made of wrought iron and timber6NBHpuffing billy railway, nbh, narrow gauge, victorian railways, excursion car -
Puffing Billy Railway
3 NUU - Louvred Truck, 3/12/1900
Van 3 NUU - Louvred Truck (11) VR Service History 3/12/1900 NWS Built new Vehicle Length 25 feet 2 inches ( 7671 mm) Coupled Length 27 feet 4 inches (8330 mm) Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm) Weight 7 tons Capacity 10 tons Built 1898 - 1911 Number Built 14 In use 5 To be restored None *NUU 3.VA - 3/12/1900 NWS Built new - / /1926 - To NU 3.VA - NU 3.VA - circa 1926 - Modified AC Malco 1/10/1977 - Off Register To ETRB Sec76/3630 RS77/4223 NUU The standard louvre van design for the Victorian narrow-gauge lines, the NUU vehicles were constructed in three batches; the first seven from 1899 to 1901, an eighth in 1906 and the last six in 1911, for a total class of fourteen. They looked very similar to the U vans of the Broad Gauge, although two photographs[1][2] of NUU 1 show that its body may have been white for some time. NU In 1926 the class was relettered to simply NU, with no changes to numbers. NU 4 was scrapped in 1938, but otherwise the class remained intact until 1954, when seven members (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12) were sold to Coulston & Hyder, who dispersed the wagons among locations on the Wangarrata to Whitfield line. As of 1996, vans 7 and 12 were at Moyhu, while van 11 was destroyed by fire in 1978. Wagons 6 and 1 were scrapped in 1957 and 1958 respectively, while in 1954 van 13 was recorded as being sold to the Puffing Billy Preservation Society. In 1977, the remaining vans 3, 10 and 14 were handed over to the Emerald Tourist Railway Board, and removed from Victorian Railways records. The Puffing Billy Railway now posesses vans 3, 8, 10, 13 and 14. Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Rolling Stock - Louvered VanWooden Louvered Van - Made of Timber on a Wrought iron frame3 NUUpuffing billy, 3 nuu, louvered van, 2'6" guage, victorian railways, narrow gauge rolling stock -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Match Record Book, 5th January, 1974 ; 13th May, 1978
Cec, Curtis was a member of the Orbost Rifle Club. He was a cycle trader with a business in Lind Lane, Orbost. The Orbost Rifle Club existed in the early 20th century. (There are records from 1900). It folded in the late 1970's.Target shooting is one of the oldest organised sports in Australia. Records date back to the British Marines at Sydney Cove in 1788. The Victorian Rifle Association (VRA) was formed in 1860. One of the most important adjuncts to the militia system from 1903 to the re-organisation of 1912 was the role played by the Rifle Club movement in Australia. At the time, these clubs were seen as the reservoir of manpower for a potential guerrilla force should any invasion occur. For Australia, the invasion fear was uppermost in the minds of the population. So important were the rifle clubs for the defence of Australia that the Commonwealth provided the training staff, rifles and ammunition so the clubs could function. Members were drilled, wore uniforms and practised all the basic skills of soldiering as well as target shooting. The Orbost Rifle Club was active during this period A light blue covered book with a bright red spine. It contains hand-written records of the shooters who were members of the Orbost Rifle Club. Inside are seven letter heads of CED. CURTIS - 9 LIND ST ORBOST and a newspaper cutting ( date unknown). orbost-rifle-club shooting -
Orbost & District Historical Society
deposit book, 17. 9. 1970; 10. 4.1978
This is a deposit book to the Commercial Bank of Australia Limited and is stamped by the Orbost Branch. It was used by the Orbost Rifle Club. The Orbost Rifle Club existed in the early 20th century. (There are records from 1900). It folded in the late 1970's.The Orbost Rifle Club was an active group for over seventy years. It no longer exists.A small thin book with a mottled tortoise shell like cover and light blue binder. accounts deposit-book-commercial-bank orbost-rifle-club -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mrs Emma Martin nee Bennett -- Studio Portrait
Emma Martin nee Bennett. Photograph taken in early 1900's in a photographic studio. Emma is seated and leaning on a table with her gloved right hand on an open book. A potted plant is prominent beside her on the table. Mrs. Emma Martin nee Bennett -- Studio Portrait. Emma has a long dress with puffed sleeves and decorative collar and hat. Emma (nee Bennett) Martinstawell portrait -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2009
Built early 1900's for member of the Sutherland family, early residents of Lakes Entrance. Late occupied by Tom Beyer and family 1930's, Jean and Ray Green (baker at Freeman's store) 1950 - 1960's.Colour photograph timber dwelling with hipped roof at 4 Orme Street, the dwelling was demolished. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, township, heritage study