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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Natural Resources Conservation, Victoria's Resources - Vol 3 No 4, 1962
... Paper cover: 3/4 Green strip with white & black print... widespread thoughout Australia Paper cover: 3/4 Green strip ...Departments, Regions, Municipalities and Organisations which are members of the Conservation League. These books were provided free of charge to residents.Paper cover: 3/4 Green strip with white & black print. Black section containing map of Victoria below a colour picture of a nesting mother bird with chicks below black strip with white printVictori's Resources Vol 3. No. 4. December 1961 February 1962. Published Quarterly Price 1'6 Golden Whistler Beautiful Insectivorous bird widespread thoughout Australiatourism -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, JAPANESE OCCUPATION, Japanese Government, c.1942
Occupational currency issued by Japanese Occupational Forces to control economic activity. Part of the collection of "Thomas Leslie Wilkinson", enlisted CMF V29622 and transferred AIF 3/8/42 on VX843388. Served on Morotai 2/9th Aust General Hospital.Miscellaneous Occupational Currency. 1. Ten Peso note, white paper, blue shaded, black stylised edges, image of palm trees on right. Back is brown on white No.10 in each corner and ten Pesos written in middle. 2. One Gulden note. Both sides brown writing and images in brown. Number "One" on both sides to the left and right. 3. Five Gulden note. Both sides predominately in green. Pictures of coconut trees to left and right and stamped SG. 4. Ten Dollar notes, country unknown. Pictures of coconut and banana trees on front and No. 10 in each corner. Foreground in dark green on front and light green on back.1. Inscribed "THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT" TEN PESOS. 2. Inscribed "DE JAPANSCHE REGEERING EEN GULDEN". 3. Inscribed 'DE JAPANSCHE REGEERING VIJF GULDEN" 4. Inscribed "THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN DOLLARS."occupational currencies, thomas leslie wilkinson, ww2 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Photo Album
Richard Hartley Smith Abbott and Mary Hannah Gibbs had eight children. This family albums contained photos of them and two of their children - Harold Athelstane Abbott (Born 1889. Died 1979) and Kenneth Cyril Abbott (Born 1890). Photos catalogued individually.A dark brown leather-bound photograph album belonging to the family of Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. The front cover has decorative embossed floral patterns, the back cover has an embossed geometric pattern. Inside the covers is a green and gold floral-patterned paper lining. Twelve heavy card double sided pages have cut out sections with openings for insertion of photographs. Six of the pages have decorative borders of painted flowers. The pages have gold covered edges. The album has a silver metal clasp to secure the album. photo album, r h s abbott family -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, OCCUPATIONAL FORCES, Japanese Government, c.1942
Notes issued by Japanese Forces to be able to control economies of Occupational countries. Part of a collection re Thomas Leslie Wilkinson 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 7996.6 for his service history.Six - One Centavo notes from Philippines during WW2. White paper with greenish shape in centre. The No.1 in each corner over black stylistic patterns and some Japanese writing at bottom. On back patterns are green with the No's 1 in corner and centre.On front is written "The Japanese Government", "One Centavo" and stamped "PK".currency, japanese occupational forces -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, OCCUPATIONAL FORCES, Japanese Government, c.1942
Philippines Occupation Currency from Japanese used to control economic activity. Part of the collection of Thomas Leslie Wilkinson V29662 & VX84388. Enlisted in the CMF No V29662 16/12/41 and transferred to 2nd AIF No VX84388 on 5/8/42. Embarked for Morotai 28.3.1945 with 2/9th Aust General Hospital, discharged from the AIF 11.12.199145.Occupation Currency for Philippines during WW2 by Japanese. Black writing on white paper. One peso in top corner and picture of cenotaph on left side. Number stamped on front. Image on back in green with 'one' in each corner.The Japanese Government - One Peso.occupational currency, philippines -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, DUTCH EAST INDIES
Dutch East India currency - later Indonesia. Part of the collection of Thomas Leslie Wilkinson 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 7996.6 for his service history.Bank notes of Dutch East Indies on white paper. On front in black and grey is a crown supported arms on left and an image of Queen Wilhelmina on Right. Writing is in Latin. No.1 in corners and in centre. Back is in green with lots of script.Stop - NEDERLANDSCH - INDIE GOVERNMENT - GULDEN. 1. Stamped AZ206403 1. Stamped AZ199777.currency, dutch east indies -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, DUTCH EAST INDIES
Dutch East India Currency later Indonesia. Part of the collection of Thomas Leslie Wilkinson 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 7996.6 for his service history.Bank notes of Dutch East Indies for 50 Cent notes. On front is orange writing/images on white paper. On left is a crown supported arms and on right is an image of Queen Wilhelmina and writing in Latin. On back are images in green and significant writing. In centre of both 50 cents. Unique stamp No. on each note.Headed "NEDERLANDSCH - INDISCHE GOVERNMENT GULDEN LIMA POELOEH SEN".currency, dutch east indies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - FORD'S BLOTTING PAPER
Thomas Burch Ford (1818-1892) began producing blotting paper and filter papers for personal and industrial use, after taking over Slade's Original Handmade Blotting Company in 1881. John Letts produced the first commercially available diary in 1812. In 1835 the business was taken over by his son Thomas and grandson Charles John joined the company in 1870. In 1881, after a brief hiatus, Charles restarted the business as Charles Letts and Company, the name it retains today. The blotters were included in the diaries as a form of advertising both for Letts and for TB Ford.A Collection of Ford's Blotting Paper: Orange(1), blue(1), green(2), light green(1) yellow(1), light pink(1) and pink(1) coloured blotting paper with blue print. Advertising * Charles Letts's Diary Blotter. An Alliance of Quality Comfort and Economy. Fords Gold medal absorbent Blotting. Ford 428 Mill Made in 22 Colours and white. The very best obtainable Ford's Gold Medal Absorbent Blotting. Box 625T.B. Ford, Ltd. Snakeley Mill, Loudwater, High Wycombe, London Showroom 72 Piccadilly, W.1. Ch.L. - 2- F8064ephemera, mementoes, blotting paper -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Dillwynia glaberima (Smooth Parrot-pea), n.d
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection" Exhibition 1989, CEMAView on left is a stem with six smaller stems coming from the top, with nine full flowers and three buds. The flowers are yellow with red and purple clouring on the petals at the centre. Leaves are dark green, long and narrow. On the right there are two flower studies from top and side views. One the lower right is a leaf study, a bud study, a study of a stem with two leaves and a seed study. Studies are numberes with typed letters on paper (white) and glued to surface of image. Also numbered in pencil.Front: Dillwynia glaberima (lower right) (pencil) CEW (Signature, lower left in image) (red pencil) Back: 43 (upper left) (pen)cema, botanical, collin woolcock, woolcock, drawing, botanical drawings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Cotula coronopifolia (Water Buttons). Podolepis jaceoides (Showy Podolepis), 1985
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection" exhibition 1989 CEMADrawings of cuttings and flower details of two plant species with yellow flowers and green foliage. Five drawings including one flower detail (yellow and pencil), one cutting of tall yellow (Daisy-like) flower with a red-brown stem and long green leaves along stem and at base, one cutting with many flowers (no petals, button-like) on thin green stems with green flower details. The work is on white paper mounted on apricot (first layer) and pale grey (second layer) cardboard. It is framed under glass in a gold and grey-green frame.Front: CEW/85 (vertical next to stem) Podolepis jaceoides (Showy Podolepis) Cotula coronopifolia (Water Buttons) (lower left) CEWoolcock (lower right) Back: 22 (upper left)woolcock, cema, botanical -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Platylobium triangulare (Ivy Flat-pea), 1970-1990
Par of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Full stem view on left, detailed views on right. View on left depicts central stem with four subsidiary shoots. Twenty-four leaves are situated in pairs opposite each other along the stem and shoots. View also shows two buds and two flowers. On right, detailed views of flowers (side and back) depict yellow petals with red and purple centres. Back of petals are brown, and speals are olive green. Lower right is a leaf detail, triangular in shape with dark green surface and pale green veins. Printed numbers on paper are glued to the surface of the image, with the same numbers also written in pencil. Mounted in a double matt (cream on pale tan) in a gold painted wooden glazed frame.Front: Platylobium triangulare (lower right) (pencil) CEW (signature, lower left in image) (burgundy pencil) Back: 44 (upper left) (pen)cema, botanical, collin woolcock, woolcock collection, botanical drawings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Bossiaea cordigera (Wiry Bossiaea), n.d
Part of Woolcock Gallery Collection Exhibition, CEMA, 1989.Drawings of a plant stem with detailed views of flowers and leaves. Upper left is a top view of a yellow and red flower, labled "b1". Below this is a study of two heart-shaped, dark green leaves ("c"). In centre is a setm view with many-leafed stems coming from the central stem (approximately 8-10 leaves per stem) ("a"). Three flowers on long thin stalks come from these leafed stems. One bud and two seed pods are also shown sprouting from the stems. On right are two flower views - one side view and one back view. Numbers are in pencil and are also printed on white paper and glued to surface of the paper. The work is mounted in a double matt (off-white on yellow) and framed under glass in a wooden frame with gold paint.Front: Bossiaea cordigea (lower left) (pencil) Written in hand unlike the artist's over an erased pencil title. CEW (signature, lower left of image) (purple pencil) Back: 52 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, woolcock collection, woolcock, botanical drawings, botanical -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Leucopogon woodsii (Nodding Beard-heath), 1982
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Drawings of cutting and flower head of plant with brown stem, green foliage and long white flowers. Seven drawings include two branches with foliage and flowers, two flower details and three details of buds or seed pods. The work is on white paper, mounted in a double matt (grey on maroon), unframed.Front: CEW/82 (signature, lower left in image, next to stem) (maroon pencil) Nodding Beard-heath - Leucopogon woodsii (lower centre) (pencil) Back: 25 (upper left) (pen) Nodding Beard-Heath $80 (Leucopogon woodsii) CE Woolcockcema, botanical, collin woolcock -
Federation University Bookplate Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, HIS BOOK, Jye Pennett
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. Image of goanna with title and name white against a green background.Signed 'Lyn Nichols' in pencil beneath imagegoanna, bookplate, australian bookplate design awards 2020 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, Botanical, Swainsona phacoides (Dwarf Swainson Pea), n.d
Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibited CEMA 1989.Stem view and details of a flowering plant in colour pencil. On left a stem view depicts stem with two off shoot branches of leaves and pea flowers on a long stem. The leaves are dark green, flat, long and gradually tapered with paler central vein. Flowers are purple with white partially blended striations. On right (t-b): front view of pea flower; side view with partial stem; rear view with sepals; leaf views with rear, front and side depicted in detail; side view of whithered flower. Numbered in pencil and typed letters on white paper affixed to surface of image. Mounted in double matt (pale grey on mauve), framed under glass in wooden gold and green frame.Front: Swainson phacoides (Dwarf Swainson Pea) (lower left) (pencil). CEW (lower centre in image) (maroon pencil). Back: 71 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema, botanical drawings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Lotus australis (Australian trefoil), n.d
Par of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Full stem study on left, details of flowers on right. Stem on left is pale green and brown with small hairs. From central stem are four side stems ending with leaves and flowers. Leaves depart stems in clusters of five, have rounded ends and have fine hairs. One stem depicts seek pods and withered petals. On lower right are two flower views (top & side) - the petals are pale pink with dark pink edges and veins. Sepals are green and brown and have small hairs. Printed numbers on paper are glued to the surface of the image, with the same numbers also written in pencil. Mounted in a double matt (off-white on pink) in a gold painted wooden glazed frame.Front: Lotus australis (lower left) (pencil) CEW (signature, lower left in image) (purple pencil) Back: 63 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, woolcock collection, botanical drawings, botanical -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Pultenaea daphnoides (Large-leaf Bush-pea), 1970-1990
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Flower and stem view on left, depicting two stalks shooting from a central stem. All three stems are brown with small hairs. Green leaves with rounded ends and a brown central vein with a sharp protruding point are staggered up alternatue sides of the stem. One stem has two flower buds and two flower blooms (each are in clusters). On right are (top-bottom) top view of flower, side vire of flower, top leaf vire, stem detail, bud views. Printed numbers on paper are glued to the surface of the image, with the same numbers also written in pencil. Mounted in a double matt white on pale tan) in a gold painted wooden glazed frame.Front: Pultenaea daphnoides (lower left) (pencil). CEW (signature, lower left in image) (purple pencil). Back: 28 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, cema, botanical drawings, woolcock collection -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Leucopogon montanus (Snow Beard-heath), 1982
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Drawings of cutting and flower heads with brown stem and green foliage and white start-shaped flowers with pink and green centres. Six drawings include cutting with flowers, flower bud details and flower details from above and side. The work is on white paper, mounted in a double matt (grey on dark pink), unframed.Front: CEW/82 (signature, lower left in image, next to stem) (green pencil) Snow Beard-heath - Leucopogon montanus (lower centre) (pencil) Back: 32 (upper left) (pen) Snow Beard-Heath $80 (Leucopogon montanus) CE Woolcockcema, botanical, collin woolcock, woolcock collection, botanical drawings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, Botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Dillwynia Sericea (Showy Parrot-Pea), n.d
Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibited CEMA 1989.View of flowering plant with stem and flower details. On left is a view of stem with three smaller stems bearing long, thin green leaves and ending in clusters of pea flowers (apricot in colour). On right (t-b): stem detail with leaves; end view of leaf depicting curve; top view of flower; side view; rear view. All views are numbered in pencil and typed numbers on paper affixed to surface of paper. Mounted in double matt (white on apricot), framed under glass in wooden frame with gold detail.Front: CEW (signature, lower left in image) (maroon pencil). Dillwynia sericea (lower right) (pencil). Back: 39 (upper let) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema, botanical drawings -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document - Warrnambool Playground of the South Tourist Guide, Collett & Bain, 1959
A 1959 tourist guide showcasing Warrnambool attractions.This guide gives an insight into tourist attractions and facilities in Warrnambool in the late 1950'sThis 24page paper booklet contains colour and black and white photographs and text showcasing Warrnambool as a tourist destination. The front cover has an illustration of a young man on the sand dunes, a small map of Victoria locating Warrnambool in the bottom left hand corner and stylised tourist activities in the top right hand quadrant. The rear cover has a photograph of a woman in a swimsuit holding a green surf board surrounded by stylised tourist activities printed in red ink. There is a blue banner across the bottom of the rear cover.Front cover: Warrnambool Playground of the South Rear cover: A Warrnambool Holiday for Everyonewarrnambool, warrnambool tourist guide -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document - Town of Warrnambool By-laws and Regulations 1898, M Hassett "The Reporter" Printing Works, 1898
... A 54 page bound paper booklet with a green cover... handwritten in ink A 54 page bound paper booklet with a green cover ...Warrnambool was created as a municipality on 7th December 1855, declared a Borough on 1st October 1863, proclaimed a Town on 2nd February 1883, and a City on 8th April 1955. This booklet is of significance as it shows the governance of the Town of Warrnambool in 1898, fifteen years after Warrnambool was proclaimed as a town.A 54 page bound paper booklet with a green cover. The inside front page has a handwritten Government Gazette reference to the proclamation of Warrnambool as a town.Town of Warrnambool By-Laws and Regulations Warrnambool M Hassett "The Reporter" Printing Works Timor Street 1898 Higgins & Parrington handwritten in inkwarrnambool, town of warrnambool, municipal bylaws and regulations -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document - Tickets, Toll road, 1866-1869
In 1866, in an effort to maintain the main roads of the region it was decided to establish toll roads on the Belfast, Woodford Purnim and Allansford roads. Gates were erected and the leases were disposed of by auction. In 1867 the Woodford tollhouse was destroyed by fire suspected to be deliberate. The tolls were removed three years later after much opposition. These tickets are a physical link to one of the earliest attempts to introduce a toll road in the district. Seven toll road tickets five mounted on card. Light paper. Six are for the Main Belfast Road and one for the Woodford road. There are various prices ranging from sixpence to three shillings. Four are cream in colour, one each of blue, yellow and green. They are accompanied by a small newspaper cutting which relates the discovery of one such ticket and the situation of the Belfast tollhouses which were later relocated to 94 and 96 Henna Street near the Alderdice brass foundry.Shire of Warrnambool, Fairfax & Laurie Printers. tollgate, tollgate tickets, woodford toll tickets, shire of warrnambool -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Jennifer McCarthy, Edward Henty Arrival, 2009
Winner of the 175th Anniversary of Edward Henty landing at Portland, Acquisitive Art Prize.Gouache on paper depiction of Edward Henty's arrival at Portland Bay. Cream coloured mat board. Light coloured wooden frame. Wire hanging cord. A colourful border depicting native animals as well as other items such as a steam train, shovel, cartwheels surrounds an image of the coastline. Each corner of the border shows a sailing ship. In the foreground are two Indigenous Australians seated on the floor surrounded by bushland. To the left stands a man in European clothing - green trousers and a striped top. He is ankle deep in the water. Behind him are two baskets which he holds with a chain. Behind that are two sheep. Top left is a parchment which says, Thistle the Pioneer, Nov 19th 1834.Front: Back - 'Jennifer McCarthy Edward Henty - Arrival 2009' - Brown texta Also framers sticker1834, the thistle, henty, colonial, portland bay -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Kangaroo Ground Presbyterian Church, 28 December 2007
Built in 1878, the orange polychromatic brick structure replaced a slab building which had been used since 1951. The building has changed little with its handsome bricks buttressed on both sides, a slate roof and a Celtic cross on top of the front gable. The carved wooden pulpit and 18 pews are original. The cathedral-style ceiling is fully lined with tongue-and-groove pine boards and the floor is also pine. The walls have arched oblong leadlight windows. In 1977 the congregaton decided not to join the Uniting Church, whcih amalgamated some Presbyterian churches with all the Methodist and Congregational churches in Australia. Together with the store and school, the church is one of Kangaroo Ground's three public buildings. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p91 The small Presbyterian church in Main Road, Kangaroo Ground, has been a spiritual centre for more than a century. Built in 1878, the orange polychromatic brick structure replaced a rude slab building, which had been used as both a church and school since 1851. Earliest settlers, who were Scottish farmers, had worshipped together since 1841 in a barn owned by farmer James Donaldson and led by a layman called Smith.1 However, from 1843, the Reverend Peter Gunn conducted church services. Prominent early church members include the Donaldson, Bell and Cameron families. In 1851, Samuel Furphy (father of author Joseph) built their first church building, a 30 feet x 18 feet (9m x 5.5m) slab structure on half an acre (0.2ha) donated by Mr Donaldson. Conditions could be very uncomfortable in extreme weather.The green slabs of timber and sapling logs, covered partly with mud, had centimetre-wide cracks, allowing rain and wind through, when not blocked out by folds of paper.2 However this did not deter the first couple marrying there in 1857: John Wilson of Nillumbik and Christina Macpherson of Christmas Hills. The Reverend Peter Gunn seldom visited so it was usually left to Andrew Ross, the settlement’s first teacher and founder of the newspaper The Evelyn Observer, to lead the divine services instead.3 In 1877 the settlers raised £355/19/- and hired architect, Charles Maplestone and builder, Mr Self, to construct today’s church building. Each family rented a pew or pews for ten shillings a half-year; they also paid quarterly subscriptions for the minister’s stipend.4 It was not until 1886 that the church celebrated its first wedding, that of John Bell (junior) from Violet Bank and Elizabeth Charlton of Cunis Nillen. The Sunday School’s first recorded meeting was also held that year. In 1892 a weatherboard vestry was built, and the following year John Bell donated a church bell, which the fire brigade used as a warning for several years. Conditions have varied greatly during the century. In 1893 the Reverend Darroch had to travel more than 2000 miles (3220km) to attend to his scattered parishioners. Then in the Depression, the minister Mr Brown, subsisted only on lodgings with no stipend. The Sunday School ceased for many years because of the small population, but reopened in 1949. The building has changed little with its handmade bricks buttressed on both long sides, a slate roof and a Celtic cross on top of the front gable. The carved wooden pulpit and 18 pews are original and in fine condition. The cathedral-style ceiling is fully lined with tongue-and-groove pine boards and the floor is also of pine. The walls have arched oblong leadlight windows. One window has stained glass commemorating Mrs Jessie Agnes Cameron and her ancestors – the pioneering Bell family. It depicts The Sower because the family comprised farmers who came to a strange land to sow the seeds of their faith as much as their crops. Thistles signify their Scottish ancestry and the pigeons are a symbol of Pigeon Bank, the Kangaroo Ground farming property where Jessie Cameron was born.5 Other historical ties are seen on two marble memorial tablets and carved wooden chairs dedicated to former members. The Church still has the original Bible with gold edged paper, presented by the women of the congregation in 1871, although it is no longer used. In 1977 the Presbyterian congregation decided not to join the Uniting Church, which amalgamated some Presbyterian churches with all the Methodist and Congregational churches in Australia. Together with the store and school, the church is one of Kangaroo Ground’s three public buildings.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kangaroo ground presbyterian church -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Original Kangaroo Ground Primary School No. 2105 building, Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground, 28 December 2007
Kangaroo Ground's first school began in 1851 with 22 pupils from the district's ten families. It was a single room school located further south on the site, which also served as a Presbyterian church. The first teacher was Andrew Ross. The school building was used as a Post Office between 1854 and 1858 and during 1857 also served as a Court of Petty Sessions. With a growing farming community, a new building was warranted and the original Sate School No. 352 was closed and a new building, State School No. 2105 was oipened October 1, 1878. A residence for Head Teacher Henry Wallace School was erected in 1879 attached to the left of the school building. That residence is now home to the Andrew Ross Museum, which opened in 1993. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p35 In a corner of the Kangaroo Ground Primary School playground stands an old weatherboard building. This structure, attached to the former teacher’s weatherboard residence facing Main Road, first served as a school in 1878. The former residence, built in 1879, houses the Andrew Ross Museum, which opened in 1993. It is named after the school’s first teacher,1 who also founded The Evelyn Observer newspaper, which began on the site in 1873. Later the printing presses were moved to brick newspaper offices by the Kangaroo Ground Hotel, which became the Shire of Eltham offices. However Kangaroo Ground’s first school began in 1851 for 22 pupils from the district’s ten families, in a slab building further south on this site. Andrew Harkness and other settlers campaigned for the building, which was built on half an acre (0.2ha) donated by local farmer, James Donaldson. Builder was Samuel Furphy, father of the novelist Joseph.2 The single room measuring 30 feet x 18 feet (9m x 5.5m), was unlined and the green slabs shrank, allowing the wind and rain entry through cracks except when they were stuffed with paper.3 The building served as a Presbyterian church as well as a school, where fees were 18 pence a week for education. Young men also attended evening classes there in winter. At one stage, a corner of the room was curtained off for the schoolmaster’s living space, and the platform, which was used for sleeping, was also the pulpit during church services. Teacher Andrew Ross also took church services when the minister was unable to attend, which happened frequently as he had long distances to travel on the bad roads. In 1857 the school building was also used as the Court of Petty Sessions, and from 1854 until 1858, it served as a post office. During the gold rush fossickers on their way to the Caledonia Diggings at Queenstown (now St Andrews) prospected the district, but did not remain long, as the fields were not rich in gold. But the farming community grew, until by 1878 the population warranted the building of State School No 2105 – the present one-roomed tongue-and-groove lined building measuring 49 feet x 18 feet (15m x 5.5m), to accommodate 60 children. The old school, No 352, was closed, and the new one opened on October 1, with Henry Wallace as head teacher, assisted by work mistress Annie Johnston. Early teachers included Messrs Smith, Hamilton and Prosser, with sewing teachers Misses Sweeney, Limerock and Oliver. In the early 1920s a small room was built on the front veranda of the teacher’s residence, and used as a State Savings Bank agency until about 1934. In 1928 the schoolroom’s three-tiered floor was replaced by a flat floor and teacher’s platform (which has since been removed). A half-glassed partition wall then divided the large room into two rooms in which the old style form-type desks were replaced with dual desks. The small playground, surrounded by pine trees and a picket fence, was extended in 1931 with an additional acre or so (0.4 ha) of land. During World War Two the school faced closure because of a fall to seven in the enrolment, but by 1946 it had increased again to 45. Mr Eric Morgan was head teacher and Mrs Margaret Banks was assistant head teacher, a position she held for ten years. In 1955, under the head teacher Mr V Gardiner, who taught there for 13 years, the school won a prize for the best-kept garden and school ground in the inspectorate. A district subdivision increased the enrolment in 1968 to 65 and a bus service was established. After the hall which had been used for lessons was demolished late that year, the pupils met in the original fire brigade meeting room (now the tennis club, diagonally opposite the general store). The new school building with a storeroom and staffroom was built in 1974.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kangaroo ground, andrew ross museum, eltham-yarra glen road, kangaroo ground primary school no. 2105, kangaroo ground state school, state school no. 2105 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Correa alba (White Correa), n.d
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Drawings of a cutting of plant with dark green foliage and eight white flowers. Single drawing on white background with name and signature in lower corners. The work is on white paper mounted in a double matt (grey on gold), unframed and wrapped in plastic.Front: White Correa Correa alba (lower left) (blue pencil) CEWoolcock (lower right) (brown pencil) Olearia speciosa (Netted Daisy-bush) (lower left) (pencil) Back: 23 (upper left) (pen) White Correa (Correa alba) $80. C E Woolcock (sticker, upper left)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema, botanical drawings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, Botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Dillwynia Cinnerascens (Grey Parrot-Pea), n.d
Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibition CEMA 1989.Detail of plant stem on left and on right details of pea flowers and stem views. Stem view on right is a long stem with many fine green leaves (long and thin). At top of stem is a cluster of range pea-flowers and buds. On right of page (t-b): view of pea-flower from top, showing orange petals and dark pink and magenta colouration at centre; side view of emergent bud; stem detail with leaves; side views of full bloom flower; rear view of flower. All views are numbered in both pencil and on typed paper affixed to surface of image. Mounted in double matt (white on faun) framed under glass in wooden frame with gold detail.Front: Dillwynia cinerascens (lower left) (pencil). CEW (lower left, in image) (purple pencil). Back: 41 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema, botanical drawings -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Drawing, botanical, Collin Elwyn Woolcock, Glycine clandestina (Twining glycine), 1970-1990
Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection" Exhibition 1989, CEMAFlower study with detailed views. View on left is of a stem of two entwined pale green tin stalks, with three-leafed stems coming from it, flower buds, flowers and a seed pod. Views on right are details of (top-bottom): a blue flower (top view), two leaves, a seed, and three views of flower emerging from purple sepals. View labled in pencil and with typed letters on paper glued to surface of image. Mounted in a double matt (grey on pale blue) in wooden frame with gold and blue paint.Front: Glycine clandestina (lower left) (pencil) Back: 75 (upper left) (pen)cema, botanical, collin woolcock, botanical drawings, woolcock collection -
Melbourne Royal
Memorabilia - Showbag, Kia-Ora Showbag, c. 1965
Kia-Ora was a concentrated soft drink cordial first developed and produced in Australia in 1903Kia-Ora showbag, no content: paper bag with string handle, the brand name in bold white lettering in a red rectangle, against white and green stripes[both sides] Kia-Ora / QUALITY FOOD PRODUCTS /kia-ora, showbag, commercial, cordial -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document - Charles Geary Collection, 1915-1922
This collection of six documents (1915-1922) belonged to Charles Geary who was born in Warrnambool, the son of Thomas and Martha Ellen Geary in 1893. The collection documents his joining the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force A.A.M.C. Dental Reserve, his subsequent discharge and post military employment in the Town of Warrnambool as a Hackney Carriage Driver and later as a second class engine driver.. This collection gives examples of references and certificates of leave required to join the A.I.F. in 1916. The discharge certificate is a good example of what was given to military personnel after their services were no longer required. The llicense and certificate of competency show some of Charles' post war endeavours. Charles is listed on the Warrnambool Fire Brigade World War 1 Honour Roll as an active member. (.1) Typewritten refence on Robinson's Motor Pty. Ltd. green and navy printed letterhead with a purple ink stamp and black written signature and embossed company seal. (.2) Reference, handwritten in black ink on blue 8mm lined white paper with a 38mm printed margin. (.3) Black print on a cream certificate completed in black ink. (.4) Cotton woven paper certificate completed in blue, black and red ink with black ink thumb prints. (.5) Black printed Certificate number 1069 on cream paper completed in black ink. (.6) Peach coloured certificate with red printing on heavy weight paper completed in black ink and numbered 8313charles geary, australian army medical corps dental reserve, a.a.m.c., robinson's motor proprietary limited, geo powell, country fire brigades board of victoria, hackney carriage driver's license, second class engine driver, dental mechanic