Letter from the Warrnambool Woollen Mill Company Limited, Victoria, 1947 to W.R. Lang, Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong re: Wool Top samplesRBS 17.2.47textile mills - staff woollen mills textile fibres, warrnambool woollen mill, lang, dr w. roy, textile mills - staff, woollen mills, textile fibres

The centre piece of the Ex-PoW memorial is Peter Blizzard's work in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Obituary written by Gordon Morrison, Director, Ballarat Art Gallery.The Ex-PoW Memorial is a significant landmark in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and many visitors come to pay their respects.Newspaper Article from the The Ballarat Courier with three coloured photographs. No precise date given; sometime in 2009.None.peter blizzard sculptor, peter blizzard obituary. pre-eminent australian sculptors, peter blizzard biography. blizzard's work in the ballarat botanical gardens, stone gardens journey. ex-pow memorial., blizzard, sculptor, john garner collection, garner, dr, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat

Seventeen black and white postcards showing Amiens, France during World War Oneverso of .9) Chapelle d'Armentieres, 19 March 1915 "Dear Mary, Hope my letter reaches you safely. Wrote Vic to-day. Am sending you these cards, as we have heard that cares are going to be prohibited from being sent home, so would like you o have these before we are stopped. Good-bye once more with love and best wishes From Gordon." (Gordon Spittle)chatham family archive, amiens, france, world war, world war one

Black and white group photograph of men in Fire Brigade uniforms.On back of photo: "Back - Neville Miller, Gordon Miller, Gordon Smith, Ron Eggleston, Fred Collins, Norm Smith, Bill Gayfer, Stewart Jones, Sam Stones. Middle - Jack O'Keefe, Terry Cooper, ___, Reg Edwards, Robert Parkin, ___, Allan Miller, John (Herbie) Collins. Front - Hec Francis, Robert (Bob) Smith, Ken Buscall, Norm Hawking, Mark Blowers, Bill (Gandy) Collins, Peter Walsh." fire brigade, neville miller, gordon miller, gordon smith, ron eggleston, fred collins, norm smith, bill gayfer, stewart jones, sam stones, jack okeefe, terry cooper, reg edwards, robert parkin, allan miller, john collins, hec francis, robert smith, ken buscall, norm hawking, mark blowers, bill collins, peter walsh

Small tri-fold heavy card licence.Australian Military Forces. Army Driving Licence. No: 267320. #VX 88067 Rank Driver Mulcahy. Gordon William. Authorised to drive or operate many various vehicles. Dated 19/4/1942.

Amelia (Millie) Bennett, born 1872 at Linton, was the daughter of William Garnsworthy Bennett and Susan Bennett née Williams. She married William Charles Allen in 1901. They had two children, William Henry, born 1901, and Josephine, born 1910. Millie Bennett died in 1948. This photograph was sent by her as a Christmas card in 1901.Black and white photograph three young ladies dressed in long-sleeved long dresses, seated at table partaking of afternoon tea. Photograph is mounted on a card, on which is inscribed "A Merry Xmas / 1901".Inscribed on right hand side of card mount: "A Merry Xmas / 1901". On reverse, information probably from Stella Surman: "Aunty Mill / afternoon tea". On reverse, in top right corner: "Gordon".mrs amelia (millie) allen, amelia (millie) bennett

CEMA Art Collection Part of "A Community View" 150 years in Portland Screenprint Exhibition Part of the Angela Gee Residency 1983 and 1984Laminated screenprint depicting an early street scene of Bentinck Street in Portland. The left side of the work depicts the row of buildings along Bentinck Street with the 'Gordon Hotel' in the foreground. In the centre of the image two figures on horses ride away from the viewer. On the right is a large tree with with two figures walking below it.Front: Karina Fredericks 84' (lower right) (pencil) Back: 9

Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser, (date unknown). 'Trip Marks 75 Years'. Photograph of Birney Safety Car in background. People in front: Left to right: A Sandow, SEC Northern Branch; Mayor and mayoress of Eaglehawk, Councillor A. Roy and Mrs Roy; Basil Miller and tram diver Mr Gordon James.person, individual, basil miller

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. United: Eaglehawk United Friendly Society Dispensary Board, 1971. Back: Bert Veitch, Bill Heraud, Bill Casey, Lyle Truscott. Front: Vin Walsh, Arthur Ashman, Gordon James, Albert Roy and Arthur Bernoth. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

This artwork, titled Eltham Copper Butterfly is made from recycled materials by community artist Felicity Gordon and is one of several of her projects at Edendale Community Farm. jim connor collection, artists, edendale community farm, eltham copper butterfly, felicity gordon, public art

Air Vice Marshal (Rtd) John Douglas Gordon Lessels, Marshal in charge of disaster relief, was a municipal councillor at Mallacoota where he had a holiday house.A wooden shield with a badge in the centre. Inside an orange circle is " in paratus adversitatem" with a larger CD inside a blue triangle. It has gold coloured decorations . around the circle. There are two small metal plates above and below this badge. On the back is a cut out for hanging.On plate at top : "NATURAL DISASTERS ORGANISATION CANBERRA ACT" On plate below badge : " ORBOST & TOURIST ASSN PRESENTED BY AVM JOHN LESSELS DGNDO 30 NOV 84" shield disaster-organisation orbost-tourism

Play was produced by the Gordon/Frost Organisation by arrangement with John McCallum productions and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. Australian premier at the Athenaeum with permission of Melbourne Theatre Company.In the 1980s John McCallum, husband of the actress and 1940's film star Googie Withers, set up his production company and brought a number of West End productions and stars to Australia. Cast includes Diane Cilento and Carole Raye.Theatre program coloured agnes of god, athenaeum theatre, program, programme, john mccallum productions, john pielmeier, diane cilento, carole raye

Sepia image of the Squire family at Mordialloc Beach - Standing: Gordon, Olive, Myrtle, Lilian and Cyril, Front sitting: Hazel, Mrs Squire and Cousin Elizabeth and Bruce.Sepia image of a family with two women, with four boys and three girls sitting on grass under a tree with a picnic basketmordialloc, beach, squire, picnic

Laughing Waters Walk, 7 Sep 2013 This Society excursion was a follow up to the Laughing Waters Story told to us by Jane Woollard at our Annual General Meeting in March 2013. It involved a walk commencing from the corner of Laughing Waters and Overbank Roads along Laughing Waters Road to its eastern end and returning partly over the same route - a total distance of about 2.5km. On the way we visited the two artist in residence properties, River Bend and Birrarung, to view the houses on them that are associated with Alistair Knox, Gordon Ford and others in the local mud brick and artistic community. We also able to walk around the derelict ruin which was once home to Gordon and Sue Ford, Boomerang House. An unexpected afternoon tea was offered to us by the artists in residence at Birrarung House and we had a brief opportunity to view inside the house. Gordon Ford and photographer Sue Winslow were married in 1965. They set up home in an old log cabin on the property Gordon had purchased in 1954 on Laughing Waters Road. Situated between the Yarra River and Overbank Road, Gordon had built a small mud-brick shack on the river and a pontoon. Over the decades the shack has been locally referred to as “the love shack”, the “rooting shack” or simply “Gordon’s shack”. Gordon and Sue commissioned local builder Graeme Rose to do a wattle and daub renovation and extension to the old log cabin on the north side of Laughing Waters Road. The work had only just been completed in 1965 when a bushfire swept through the area and destroyed the cabin. Gordon and Sue relocated to his property, Fulling, in Pitt Street, Eltham. In 1970 work started on a new house at the Laughing Waters property. Originally known as the Banana House, it is now known as Boomerang. Designed by Alistair Knox, the mud-brick house includes iron window grilles made by Matcham Skipper that puncture the curved mud walls. The grilles were made from ‘off-pressings’ from the Sidchrome tool works in Heidelberg. Gordon, Sue and family moved into the house in 1972. Their marriage fell apart and Sue moved to Sydney with the children around the same time Gordon commenced building Birrarung just below Boomerang on the Laughing Waters Road block. After the Fords moved out, Boomerang it was rented out to various share households of students, musicians, artists and environmentalists for twenty-four years. Gordon Ford sold Birrarung and Boomerang to Melbourne Water in 1999. The Laughing Waters Artist in Residence Program was developed as a partnership between Parks Victoria and Nillumbik Shire Council. Boomerang was deemed unfit for habitation so was used as a day studio only. By 2001 Boomerang was in a poor state of repair and by 2002 the last artist in residence was to use the house as a studio. Nillumbik Shire Council had been granted funds from the Melbourne Community Fund to restore both Boomerang and Birrarung but it was apparent in early 2003 that the funds would be insufficient to restore both houses. Boomerang was infested with termites which presented a risk to any occupants and so the decision was made to close Boomerang and concentrate funding on Birrarung. Boomerang was fenced off for safety and to prevent intrusion and remains ‘caged’ today (2023). However, it is readily apparent the property has been occupied by squatters over the years. By 2023 it was clear that the squatters had abandoned the property and sections of the roof structure have given away in some areas and collapsed internally. For a more in-depth description and history of the property and that of Gordon and Sue Ford, see Jane Woollard's book, "Laughing Waters Road; Art, Landscape & Memory in Eltham" published 2016.2013-09-07, activities, eltham district historical society, heritage excursion, jim connor collection, laughing waters road, boomerang house, gordon ford

Laughing Waters Walk, 7 Sep 2013 This Society excursion was a follow up to the Laughing Waters Story told to us by Jane Woollard at our Annual General Meeting in March 2013. It involved a walk commencing from the corner of Laughing Waters and Overbank Roads along Laughing Waters Road to its eastern end and returning partly over the same route - a total distance of about 2.5km. On the way we visited the two artist in residence properties, River Bend and Birrarung, to view the houses on them that are associated with Alistair Knox, Gordon Ford and others in the local mud brick and artistic community. We also able to walk around the derelict ruin which was once home to Gordon and Sue Ford, Boomerang House. An unexpected afternoon tea was offered to us by the artists in residence at Birrarung House and we had a brief opportunity to view inside the house. Gordon Ford and photographer Sue Winslow were married in 1965. They set up home in an old log cabin on the property Gordon had purchased in 1954 on Laughing Waters Road. Situated between the Yarra River and Overbank Road, Gordon had built a small mud-brick shack on the river and a pontoon. Over the decades the shack has been locally referred to as “the love shack”, the “rooting shack” or simply “Gordon’s shack”. Gordon and Sue commissioned local builder Graeme Rose to do a wattle and daub renovation and extension to the old log cabin on the north side of Laughing Waters Road. The work had only just been completed in 1965 when a bushfire swept through the area and destroyed the cabin. Gordon and Sue relocated to his property, Fulling, in Pitt Street, Eltham. In 1970 work started on a new house at the Laughing Waters property. Originally known as the Banana House, it is now known as Boomerang. Designed by Alistair Knox, the mud-brick house includes iron window grilles made by Matcham Skipper that puncture the curved mud walls. The grilles were made from ‘off-pressings’ from the Sidchrome tool works in Heidelberg. Gordon, Sue and family moved into the house in 1972. Their marriage fell apart and Sue moved to Sydney with the children around the same time Gordon commenced building Birrarung just below Boomerang on the Laughing Waters Road block. After the Fords moved out, Boomerang it was rented out to various share households of students, musicians, artists and environmentalists for twenty-four years. Gordon Ford sold Birrarung and Boomerang to Melbourne Water in 1999. The Laughing Waters Artist in Residence Program was developed as a partnership between Parks Victoria and Nillumbik Shire Council. Boomerang was deemed unfit for habitation so was used as a day studio only. By 2001 Boomerang was in a poor state of repair and by 2002 the last artist in residence was to use the house as a studio. Nillumbik Shire Council had been granted funds from the Melbourne Community Fund to restore both Boomerang and Birrarung but it was apparent in early 2003 that the funds would be insufficient to restore both houses. Boomerang was infested with termites which presented a risk to any occupants and so the decision was made to close Boomerang and concentrate funding on Birrarung. Boomerang was fenced off for safety and to prevent intrusion and remains ‘caged’ today (2023). However, it is readily apparent the property has been occupied by squatters over the years. By 2023 it was clear that the squatters had abandoned the property and sections of the roof structure have given away in some areas and collapsed internally. For a more in-depth description and history of the property and that of Gordon and Sue Ford, see Jane Woollard's book, "Laughing Waters Road; Art, Landscape & Memory in Eltham" published 2016.2013-09-07, activities, eltham district historical society, heritage excursion, jim connor collection, laughing waters road, boomerang house, gordon ford, gordon's shack, love shack

Rose Series postcard No. P 10765 titled "Spring Street Gardens, Melbourne", looking southwest. Has two cable trams in Macarthur Street, the first one with a destination of "Nth. Fitzroy" the second one "Spring Street," A lady is sitting on the lawn in Gordon Reserve while a gardener is watering the lawns. Note the Victorian terrace house on the corner of Collins and Spring streets to the right of General Charles George Gordon statue, this was demolished around 1928 to make way for Alcaston House built in 1929. Yields information about Spring St and Macarthur St late 1920'sPostcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has in pencil on rear "KM-M-080"trams, tramways, cable trams, spring st, macarthur st

Cambourne homestead was built by 1903 for Rebecca S. Carkeek, who purchased the property in Wodonga in 1899. Cambourne is situated on the original Wodonga run which was established in 1836. The township of Belvoir, later renamed as Wodonga. In 1855 the pre-emptive right of 171 acres of the Wodonga run was granted and sold the following year. The allotments on which the five-acre Cambourne property developed, were purchased in 1873 and 1876, coinciding with the opening of the railway from Melbourne. The property was purchased by Rebecca Carkeek in June 1899, wife of William Carkeek, publican of Wodonga and shire councillor. Local architects Gordon and Gordon have been credited with the design of Cambourne. The house at Cambourne was built at some stage between 1900 and 1903 as a large single storey homestead. It was constructed in red brick with corrugated iron roof and encircling verandah. Cambourne is a probable work of architects Gordon and Gordon, it is amongst their best preserved and one of their few surviving buildings in Victoria. Today Cambourne remains on a reduced allotment due to the acquisition of land in 1972 by the Country Roads Board and in 2006 by Vic Roads for road works adjacent to the property.This drawing is significant as a representation of Cambourne in Wodonga. Cambourne is of historical significance due to its links with the early settlement of the district and as an example of closer settlement which occurred in regional centres of the State. Cambourne, Wodonga is also of architectural significance as a largely intact late Victorian style house with elaborate decorative cast iron work and distinctive transverse plan. As a probable work of architects Gordon and Gordon, it is amongst their best preserved and one of their few surviving buildings in Victoria. A framed drawing of historic home, Cambourne in Wodonga. The drawing has been mounted and framed.On bottom right corner" Kevin P. Clark 1984"cambourne wodonga, gordon and gordon architects, historic buildings wodonga, heritage buildings wodonga

Item belonged to Arthur Gordon James Lake VX34877, enlisted 11.7.19140 age 21 years, discharged from the 2nd AIF on 11.2.1946 serving in the 2/14th Batt.White calico bag with draw string, on the front and rear in pen the owners details.On the front, “VX34878 A.G. Lake 61099”. On the rear “VX34878 Sig Lake A.G 61099 HQ Coy”.bags, accessories, calico

Letter from E J Underwood, University of Western Australia - Institute of Agriculture 1949 to W.R. Lang, Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong re: "canary stain" researchwool - research wool growing, lang, dr w. roy, wool - research, wool growing

Letter, 12th September [?], from Sandford R Beggs, on "Nareeb Nareeb" Vic letterhead, printed black, to the Principal of Gordon Institute of Technology, regarding the testing of wool samples.wool - research wool - testing sheep breeding - history world war ii, gordon institute of technology, lang, dr w. roy beggs, mr sandford r, nareeb nareeb glen thompson, vic, wool - research, wool - testing, sheep breeding - history, world war ii

Letter, on Newcastle Wool Processing Company Limited letterhead,.dated 11th January 1951, to the Principal, Gordon Institute of Technology requesting information on the use of lime in the fellmongering processwool - research wool processing, gordon institute of technology newcastle wool processing company limited, fellmongery, lang, dr w. roy, wool - research, wool processing

Railways collection - 14.11.1975 - Bendigo Advertiser - retirement of Leo Hogan - supervising foreman Bendigo Locomotive Depot. Black and white photo featuring three men .Mr Hogan received a presentation from Mr Gordon Perlstein. Frank Roberts watches. An accompanying A4 note shows that L Hogan was Depot Forman.newspaper

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Shopping time: inside H.A. Hart's grocery store on High Street, Eaglehawk, in 1940. Behind the counter are: from left, H.A. Hart, Gordon Dewar, Ruebin Burgess and Lillian Penberthy. Note the large cut out of a woman holding the cornflakes packet.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Robert Mate Mate (Gapingaru), an initiated elder of the Woorabinda_Berigada tribe of Central Queensland has researched the stories on the CD Rom in conjunction with Gordon Patston, an experienced astronomer. The stories from Arnhem Land to Tasmania give a fascinating insight into this rich area of Aboriginal culture and shed new light on Australia?s skies.CDastronomy, dreamtime stories, folklore, stars

The Prayer books belonged to Frederick Ernest ADDLEM V122087, VX142253. Refer Cat No 432.2 for his service history and 937P..1) Prayer book "On National Service". Beige cardboard covers, flags, 3 uniformed servicemen with map of Australia behind. Inside a space is available for name, rank and serial number. .2) Prayer book "Victory for you !" 12 pages, beige paper covers, red and blue printing. .3) Prayer book "The Pocket Padre". 28 pages, light green cardboard covers, black printing. .4) Prayer book "A Soldiers Testimony". 20 pages, light yellow covers, soldier on map of Australia with a flag.1.) Fred Addlem Pte V122087 57/60 Btn H.2 Coy Neereman Love from Gordon 10th Dec 42 .2) Love from Lorna 10th Dec 42 books - religon, military history

Items in the collection re Lt.Col. C.J. Swatton, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his service details.1. Booklet - Dark Beige, light cardboard cover, black print. 2. Booklet - Dark beige, light cardboard cover, black print, 40 pages. 3. Pocket compendium - 5 cardboard cards, black print.1. Guide to the Art of Coaching on the Range - 1953. 2. Musketry small book for Australian Imperial Force 1916. 3. Pocket Compendium of Infantry Tactics 1936 by Major General H Gordon Bennett.passchendaele barracks trust, military training booklets, lt.col. c. j. swatton

A map of the Kerrit Bareet area within the County of Grant showing properties and names of owners in 1944.Significant to people researching land usage and ownership. Also those researching families in the area at that time.A map of Kerrit Bareet in the County of Grant. Black printing on buff coloured paper. Details roads, rivers, railways, property boundaries and names of property owners and towns and villages. The map is easily readable although there is some physical damage and that and the borders have been reinforced with sellotape. Shows a Scale in Chains and Price 2/.gordon, bungal, kerrit bareet, lal lal, moorarbool river, warrenheip, bungaree, wallace, moorarbool west