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Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub BranchPhotograph - 2 x photographs, Unknown
Korean War/Japanese Occupation period historical significance2 x laminated black and white photographs. Both photos contain a picture of A34219 Stuart Simpson during flight training in Archerfield Australia.On rear of photograph hand written 'A' Flight No 8 Aircrew Training Course, Archerfield 1951/52. Stuart Simpson 2nd from left - front row. -
Bendigo Military MuseumCertificate - INSTRUMENT of SURRENDER
Certificate of Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese Forces of New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and adjacent Islands. Signed 6th Sept 1945 by Commander Japanese Imperial South Eastern Army and by Lt. General Commanding First Australian Army.White hard paper certificate - single page.instrument of surrender, new guinea, vp day -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub BranchFramed document, HMAS Shrop Shire, HMAS "SHROPSHIRE", 1945
WWII Historical SignificanceFramed Australian Newspaper document printed by HMAS ShropShire during WWII.The first Australian newspaper to be printed in Japan, Vol 5, No 365 Dated Sunday 2nd September 1945,Stating Surrender document signed. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society IncFunctional object - Student Microscope, 1960s
This microscope was made in the mid 1960s as an introductory microscope for students. As indicated by the brand plate on the front, it could be set to 3 different magnification settings of 75x, 300x or 600x. When originally produced these microscopes came as part of a kit including microscope slides and testing samples.This item is representative of a range of scientific tools available to engage young people in scientific discovery in the 1960s.Small green and silver metal microscope with adjustable focus dial. It includes a mirror and clamp arms to hold slides and plastic knobs to adjust focus.On metal plate: "tasco/ 75x - 300x - 600x/ 600x/ REG-NO-GE 6'00" Underneath rubber base:"PAT. PEND. NO. 026004/ JAPANtasco, student microscope, microscope -
Glen Eira Historical SocietyArticle - Mayor Jack Campbell 1987-88 (1 of 2)
Newspaper article and black and white photograph Japanese Arts collectioncouncillor, mayor, jack campbell, allan moore, japanese kamuri restaurant, helen friedmann, sandt anderson -
Bendigo Military MuseumEquipment - MEDICAL BAG, C.WW2
This medical bag is possibly a Japanese Imperial Army WW2 era.Medical bag, canvas, Kahki colour, adjustable carry strap, rusted fittings, back strap with fittings, front of flap has a Red Cross emblem.Top flap left side, “7904”, front flap, “16”, front of bag, “16” left corner.equipment, medical bags -
Greensborough Historical SocietyNewspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley News, Japanese visit to Greensborough Primary, 23/08/1995
Greensborough Primary School hosted 20 Japanese school principals.Newspaper clipping, black and white text and image.greensborough primary school -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Japanese Internees
Japanese Internees transferred from Camp 4 to Camp 3.photograph, people -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Leisure object - Toy television, 1960's
Brought from Japan by Myrtle Bennett on cruise in 1960'sToy television set. Case gold coloured tin with four red knobs on lower right hand side. White plastic insert on left hand side to resemble speaker section. Battery powered ballerina inside 'tube'toys, general -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Print, Kokoda Track Information Print
Depicting the Kokoda Track used by the Japanese to invade New Guinea.Framed print from 'The Australian' giving information around the Kokoda Trail. the australian, kokoda -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical CommissionBooks, Illustrations of Japanese Life tourist books
Rev Daniel Foley was Bishop of Ballarat 1916 - 1941 and was very interested in Japan and these books among others in the archive reflect his interest in that country and its people in the early 20th century. The illustrations are in the Japanese manner and are collotype images on French fold crepe paper.Signed on title page of each, "D. Foley".japan, bishop foley, ballarat japanese tourist books, crepe paper, collotype. -
Bendigo Military MuseumPostcard - PICTURE POSTCARD, Royal Australian Navy, 30.7.1942
See also Cat No’s 4452, 4453 & 3146Cardboard postcard, one side has a black & white photo of the interior of a japanese miniature submarine. The reverse side has image of a RAN badge & oak leaves. Dated 30 July 1942. Wording in the middle certifies the bearer as sat at these controls.postcards, japanese -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook, Robert Hale Limited, You'll Die in Singapore, 1955
Hard, black coloured buckram cover, gold print on spine, 189 cut plain pages, illustrated, black & white photo of author, black & red map. Autobiography - an account of Charles McCormac's escape from a Japanese prison camp in Singapore.Front fly leaf in black ink: RSL Stampbooks, military, history, imprisonment -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub BranchMemorabilia - Wax Vesta Matches Container. X2, R Bell & Co Australia, c.1940-1949
Two small iron alloy container with underneath recessed and perforated to enable matches to be struck on it. Hinged lid/cover. Worn but can see some blue colouring on one and green on the other. Inside of one container the top of a Japanese hand seal.WAX VESTA on top. Other marking worn away. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1985
Also one photograph 20x25, contains four images of the crew on the deck of the ship.Colour photograph of the Japanese squid fishing boat Kitomaru No 51, fishing in Bass Strait, in partnership with Lakes Entrance Fisherman's Co-op. Local fisherman Shayne Barling on board as observer. Squid fully processed onboard. Bass Strait, Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry, shipwrecks -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Caulfield State School No. 773
Seven articles on school and students past and present activities: Article on 2011 prep childrens first day at school, dated 15/02/2011 Former student shares his recollections during Education Week; dated 31/05/2011. Student making ecofriendly works with household rubbish, dated 29/06/2011 Students perform Songoku in Japanese, a play written by school’s Japanese staff dated 27/09/2011 Annual school fete has a Japanese theme, including Japanese drummers concert. dated 15/11/2011 School to receive a visit from Victoria’s Governor and his wife, following a visit from local Mayor, Education minister and Japanese Consul General; dated 15/05/2012 Article dated Nov, 2012 regarding the success of the bilingual curriculum at Caulfield Primary School. Noting that there are only 12 in Victoria.caulfield primary school, davies emma., davidson angela., glen huntly road., primary schools, artists, caulfield south, gray peter, school plays, japanese bilingual program., hyams jamie, principals, songoku, suzuki- bevan miho, mayors., patterson; ron, oakley sonya, grants, glen eira, governors -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK WW2 NURSES, Pan Macmillan Aust PTY LTD, On Radji Beach, 2010
The story of Australian Nurses after the Fall of Singapore, February 1942, an account of the fate of every Nurse who boarded the Coastal Freighter “Vyner Brooke”, the nurses service, ill fated evacuation and their courage, compassion, ingenuity and fortitude in the unthinkable events that followed.Book, soft cover, cardboard, red and black print on front, spine and back, front cover has a photo of three Nurses in uniform in red, white and grey, 360 pages, plain white paper, illustrated B & W and colour photographs.books, nurses ww2, biography, pow’s, japan -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Peggy Warner and Denis Warner, Kamikaze: The Sacred Warriors 1944-1945, 1983
SoftcoverStamped: Library of John Dowell Daviesjapan, world war ii, kamikaze, military , walsh st library -
National Wool MuseumReference book, Design reference register
A design reference folder containing cloth samples for future reference. When a new cloth design was created, a small sample would be cut and pasted into this folder, so that any future designs could be compared against it. Cloth samples were taken from cloths designed between 1960-1990 at the Valley Mill/John Foster.Solid black folder containing many pages, each with a number of small cloth samples on them.kanemutsa, code, sydney, japan, wool buying -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyNewspaper Cutting, Secret Love Lives On, 6-Apr-98
Nabuko (Cherry) Parker was the first Japanese Immigrant to become an Australian citizen.Article on the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Gordon Parker and Nobuko Sakuramoto, local Ringwood residents. Article in Herald Sun Mon April 6, 1998 with photograph. +Additional Keywords: Parker, Gordon / Parker, Nabuko (Cherry) / Sakuramoto, Nobuko / Cherry Parker -
Waverley RSL Sub BranchBallast Thai Burma Railway
Hand crushed ballast made by Australian POW's for the Japanese during WWIIGreyish type of granite rock. Silver engraved plate on front.Australian - Thai chamber of commercepow, railway, ballast -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia IncJapanese leather pilot's cap
Leather cap worn by Japanese aircrew during World War 2. Brown leather capworld war 2, japanese, leather helmet -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia IncAero Engine Valve Assembly, Aircraft Radial Engine Valve, C1940
Item was found at a Japanese aircraft crash site on Nauru Island 1975Indicate Japanese manufacturing level during WW11. The porcelain head on the valve is unusual and difficult to match to steel.Valve fitted with spring and porcelain valve head.Slight bend in valve stem due to impact damage.None -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Archive Folder (grey), Internment Camp 4
Japanese families and several Chinese families from the Dutch East Indiesscanned -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - Video, Memories of former Warden Monte Punshon, Camp 4
Memories of former Warden to the Camp 4 Japanese families, Monte Punshon. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub BranchEquipment - Belt, Imperial Japanese Navy sword belt, Circa 1940's
Belt issued to Japanese Naval Officers up until the end of WW2Black leather belt with a two piece brass buckle. The centre of the buckle has an embossed anchor and lotus flower and the two parts of the buckle appear to have been gilded. It comes with a black leather sword hanger which has brass clips at each end. One end is missing the brass securing rivet whilst the rivet at the other end has a hook attached to it. Attached to this hook is a brass S shaped snake with a brass ring around the body. The inside of the belt has four eyelets and a hook on each end to allow for adjustment. It's missing one sword hanger, a belt loop on the LH side and two loops on the inside that the hangers attach to.world war 2, japanese navy -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaDecorative object - Thermometer display, unknown
Wooden rectangular base painted black with two display pieces. One a black oval frame with a three dimensional bird scene with tree's and other foliage. The other a red piece of rectangular paper with gold Korean or Japanese writing surrounded by a gold bird and dragon design. The paper is held between two sheets of plastic which is held up by a small wooden mount that has a thermometer, reading in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. There is also a small label with "ASTRONOMY" written on it and with Korean or Japanese pictograms writing underneath. There is also two mystery screw bolts just above the label. small label with "ASTRONOMY" written on it and with Korean? writing underneathkorean, bird scene, thermometer, gift, seamen, sailors, seafarers, lacker, peacock -
Frankston RSL Sub BranchBinoculars
Binoculars (or field glasses) used by the Japanese Army during World War 2. Prismatic binocular design with a magnification of 6 x 24degrees. Each eye piece is rotated for fine adjustment of focal length. The tubular optics have a swivel action to adjust for eye width. Manufactured from brass with leathered grips and loops for attaching a carrying strap (included). Finished with a gloss black paint. These binoculars are complete with a brown leather carrying case which has a strap attached for carrying and a belt loop at the rear. Japanese Kanji characters and the chrysanthemum symbol are stamped on the top of the leather case.The binocular body is stamped with the following "MUSASHINO" "TOKYO" "BRIGHTSUN" "6 x 24" "No 8540" -
Clayton RSL Sub Branchhard cover non-fiction book, The Military History of World war II, Temple Press Aerospace
Prelude to conflict -- Blitz in the West -- Britain alone -- Italy falters -- Hitler strikes South -- Enter Rommel -- Barbarossa -- The War against Japan -- The onslaught continues -- From Moscow to the Crimea -- Turning point in the desert -- Stalingrad to Kursk -- Victory in the desert -- The Convoy battles -- Hitting back against the Japanese -- The Italian armistice -- To the Gustav Line -- Approaches to the Philippines -- War over the Reich -- The invasion of France -- Destruction of the Army Group Centre -- The Seine to Arnhem -- The Empire's last throw -- Victory in Italy -- The end in Europe -- Victory over Japanhard cover non-fiction book maps and diagramsInscription on the first page "To Dad Happy Birthday, with love Jenny xxx 1987" Glued into the same front page is an article cut from the AFR Dec 22-27 2011. -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, HIROSHIMA, BCOF, C.1944 - 47
Items in the collection re Clarence Shearing, refer Cat No 7089.16P for his service details.Photographs B & W eleven in total re BCOF Japan. Six photos are of damage to Hiroshima, two have text on. Two photos of a harbour. One X Hiroshima Railway station pre bombing. One X Hospital. One X Farmland.photographs, hiroshima, bcof
