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Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Trousers
Dark Blue dress trousersuniform, 2014, raaf -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bell Bottoms
Bell Bottoms dark blueuniform, ww2, ran -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Tie
Tie dark blue with insigniauniform, raaf -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Jumper
Jumper wool dark blueuniform, 1972, raaf -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Badge
Parachute wings. Dark Green)badge/buttons, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Jacket
RAN Dark Blue Sergeuniform, ran -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bell Bottoms
Dark Blue Bell Bottomsuniform, ran -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Sling
Sling webbing Dark Greenequipment, army -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Clock
8615.1 - Dark wood clock. -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - Crest of timber backing, Commemorative plaque
Crest mounted on dark timberNaval and Military Club -
Rutherglen RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - Left Gater, c. early 20th century
Gaters leather dark tanetching into leather; 15military, australian army -
Rutherglen RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - Right Gater, c. early 20th century
Gaters leather dark tanetching into leather; 15military, australian army -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Gloves
A pair of dark blue gloves.costume accessories, glove accessories -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform, Buttons
Metal Buttons, dark finish.RAAF insignia -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform, RAAF Forage cap
Dark blue Forage cap -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Photograph - The Claxton Fountain, Frederick Moses Claxton 1832-1888, Respected Civic Leader in Ballarat, 2002
So highly regarded was F.M. Claxton that with his untimely death, public subscription funded the Claxton Memorial Fountain in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. F.M. Claxton was dedicated to transforming the Swamp and Police Paddock in Wendouree into a beautiful Lake and Gardens.One dark coloured photograph.On back of photograph written on attached label, "Claxton Fountain, 2002".john garner, doctor, ballarat botanical gardens, lake wendouree, swamp, police paddock, mayor, public subscription, ballarat rowing club, mechanics institute trustee., claxton, gardens, ballarat, john garner collection -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear, Wig
Short dark brown wigwig -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, 7th Battalion: The Royal Australian Regiment: Soldier's Field Booklet
Dark red with gold lettering.J.P. Sheddick7th battalion, soldiers booklet -
Clunes Museum
Container - BOTTLE, HORA & CO
BOTTLE OF DARK BLUE GLASSOn base "11" Side of bottle "Castor Oil Hora & Co. Londonpharmacuetical bottle, blue bottle -
Greensborough Historical Society
School Uniform, Watsonia High Staff Jumper WaHIGH, 1980s
Staff jumper from Watsonia High School, owned by Mrs Margaret Willimott during her time at the school.Dark blue woollen pulloverLabelled "Fashion Clubwear Melbourne" . Initials "M. M. W." written on label. Embroidered "Watsonia High Staff"watsonia high school, margaret willimott -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - Nankeen Kestrel, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1860-1880
The Nankeen Kestrel is native to New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia, mostly mainland Australia and its coastline islands, but is occasionally seen in Tasmania and New Zealand. Seen in pairs, individually or in flocks of up to 30 birds, the kestrel’s numbers are considered ‘secure’. A non-migratory bird, the Nankeen kestrel is similar to other species of kestrel in appearance, (often being mistaken for other varieties), and is universally one of the smallest kestrels, comparable to the size of a pigeon. The kestrel’s diet consists of small reptiles and amphibians, insects and small birds, mammals and rodents. Rather than speed, this particular species of kestrel hunts by hovering and using wing suspension, one of the only two types of kestrels to do so. Fascinatingly, the kestrel’s wings have adapted to reduce turbulence. Their nesting places vary, depending on what is available and they may choose to use/recycle other birds’ old, unused nests. Nankeen Kestrels prefer to inhabit temperate grasslands, open woodlands and farmland. The contextual comparison of this taxidermy mount to live Nankeen Kestrels is a complex one. As discussed in the description, traditionally, Nankeen Kestrels have soft speckled and ochre red outer plumage with dark brown feathers at the tips of their wings and lighter greyish plumage on their head. This particular specimen however, has none of these defining features, but rather, seems to have more similarities with other hawk and falcon species, such as the Common Buzzard. Contextually, the choice of artificial eyes are slightly more enlarged than is seen on the species in the wild, and the top of the specimen’s head has been ruffed up, whereas for most of this species, their head plumage is smooth. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.One of the smaller falcon species, the Nankeen Kestrel is a slender bird of prey with dark brown speckles on soft ochre red outer plumage and dark brown feathers at its wing tips. It has lighter greyish plumage on its head with a small curved beak and yellow around its eyes and beak. Its tail reflects the same ochre colour of its outer plumage and is tipped with bands of dark brown/black and cream.Identification swing tag with catalogue page number reads: 4. / Nankeen Kestrel - / See Catalogue,/ Page 2. /taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, falconidae, falco cenchroides, nankeen kestrel, australian kestrel, birds of prey, kestrels -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
.1PAINTING OF A COTTAGE WITH PICKET FENCE AND FRONT GARDEN OF THE HILL STREET HOME .2 OVAL PHOTOGRAPH OF LOUISA SWAINSON .3 PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN SWAINSON .4 HANDWRITTEN LETTER :DEAR SIR OR MADAM PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED PHOTO OF LOUISA SWAINSON NEE WORLEY.SHE WAS A NURSE AT HOSPITAL. THE SECOND WIFE OF JOHN SWAINSON..THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN. A PAINTING OF THE HILL STREET HOME, BY THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER RUBY. SHE MARRIED A WELSH MERCHANT MARINE SAILOR. FOR MANY YEARS THEY LIVED ON THE ROAD UP TO TH MITCHELL'S PROPERTY. AFTER LOUISA PASSED AWAY (JOHN'S FIRST WIFE DIED AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO 4 CHILDREN) ALSO ENCLOSED IS A HANDPAINTED PHOTO OF JOHN SWAISON. ALSO HIS DETAILS WHICH WERE SENT TO UK FOR THE PAINTING. ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER HAS INFORMED US ACTUALLY JOHN'S NAME WAS SVENSON. HE CHANGED IT WHEN HE JUMPED SHIP IN SYDNEY ON HEARING THAT GOLD HAD BEEN FOUND IN CLUNES. .3 ON THE BACK : HANDWRITTEN ON TOP: THIS PICTURE IS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND AS IT CANNOT COME BACK FOR ALTERATIONS PLEASE SEE THAT THE PROOF IS FOLLOWED IN THE MIDDLE A GLUED ON DAMAGED PIECE OF PAPER HANDWRITTEN - EYES: HAZEL, WHITE STREAKED WITH BLOOD VEINS hAIR, WHISKERS AND BEARD: DARK BROUN ALMOST BLACK DREE DARK 23/2/80 ON THE BOTTOM ARECTANGLE PIECE OF PAPER GLUED ON AND TYPED THIS PICTURE IS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND AS IT CANNOT COME BACK FOR ALTERRATIONS PLEASE SEE THAT THE PROOF IS FOLLOWED EYES HAZEL WHITE STREAKED SLIGHT WITH BLOOD VEINS HAIR WHISKERS AND BEARD DARK BROWN ALMOST BLACK DRESS DARKjohn swainson, louisa swainson, worley, john svenson -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Plaque - Chalk rock, This chalk is from the WW1 French trench system
A chunk of white Chalk Rock Mounted on a dark stained timber plaque Under the chalk is a dark coloured brass plateThis chalk is from the trench system at the Australian position, "Battle of Fromelles" 19 July 1916 Brass plate on back of item states " Collected and Presented by President Peter Fraser After His Tour Of World War One Battlefields - 2003"chalk, ww1, fromelles, trench system, france -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Time sheets, 1910
Workman's time sheets October 1911 to September 1912. With employee names. Dark green cover with dark red spinelocal government - town of port melbourne -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - Photograph framed, Girls Picking Mushrooms, 1940's
2 girls from Tatura (Joan Nyhan, nee McNamara (with plaits) and Mary Quinn nee McNamara, with 2 girls from internment camp 3. All were boarders at the Echuca Brigidine Convent. Photograph taken by Father Owens. Black and white photograph of 4 girls in a field picking mushrooms. Photograph is in a dark brown frame with dark tan mat.echuca brigidine convent, father owens, internment camp 3 children, joan nyhan, mary quinn, joan mcnamara, father arthur owens -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge - MMTB Cloth patch, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)
Manufactured to be worn on jackets or other clothing to identify the wearers organisation in this case the MMTB - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board.Demonstrates a MMTB cloth patch.Badge or cloth patch - sewn on dark green cloth with dark green stitching on the outside with the letters MMTB in gold cotton. badges, mmtb, uniforms, cloth patch -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tin, J Millhoff, 1925-1940
Édouard de Reszke was born into a well-to-do and cultured Polish family in Warsaw, where he first learned to sing. He spent four years in Italy, studying singing first with Stella and Alba in Milan and later the retired baritone Filippo Coletti. He later went to Paris to study with Giovanni Sbriglia, who was also his brother's teacher. Initially, he did not want to become an operatic performer but at the urging of his younger sister, Josephine (Józefina), he accepted an engagement with the Paris Opera. He was chosen by the composer Giuseppe Verdi to make his debut in the first Paris performance of Aida on April the 22nd 1876, appearing under the composer's baton as the King of Egypt. De Reszke's older brother was the renowned lyric dramatic tenor Jean de Reszke (1850–1925), with whom he would sing often in Paris, London and New York City during the next two decades. In 1887, for example, the brothers performed together in the 500th performance of Gounod's Faust at the Paris Opera. Josephine, Eduardo and Jean's sister, also embarked on a career as an opera singer in Paris but she retired early from the stage after marrying an aristocrat while at the height of her powers. Between the start of 1880 and the end of 1900, Édouard de Reszke appeared on more than 300 occasions at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, performing a wide range of roles in French, German and Italian operas, including works by Wagner, Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Ponchielli, Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Mozart. He was a huge favourite, too, with audiences at New York's Metropolitan Opera during the same era. He also sang in Chicago in 1891 and, in 1879–1881, at La Scala, Milan. In 1903, he retired from the stage after his once superlative voice developed technical difficulties and went into a swift decline. De Reszke taught singing for a while in London before returning to his estate in Poland, where he was adversely affected by the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He was cut off from his brother by the fighting, and died on 25 May 1917 at a house in Garnek, near Częstochowa, Poland. Édouard de Reszke, was a Polish bass singer from Warsaw, born with an impressive natural voice and equipped with compelling histrionic skills, he became one of the most illustrious opera singers active in Europe and America during the late-Victorian era. De Reszke cigarettes are named after Édouard de Reszke and were advertised as ‘the Aristocrat of Cigarettes’. They were produced by J Millhoff, a Russian cigarette maker living in London. He created a special blend of tobacco that it was believed would not damage the famous singer's voice. In gratitude, Millhoff was allowed to sell the blend as 'De Reszke' cigarettes. Cigarette tin, small square, pale aqua color.Marked on lid with two coats of arms in gold, and text in dark blue underneath. 'De Reszke Virginia ‘The Aristocrat of Cigarettes'.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, aristocrat of cigarettes, j millhoff, opera singer -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photographs – SECV– Clover Power Station
The Junction Dam and Clover Dam Power Station, stages of the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme, were needed to meet the increased power demands of the wartime industry in Victoria. Clover added 26 megawatts to the grid. Junction Dam was completed and ready to hold water by September 1943, but was emptied in December 1943 and not filled again until May 1944. Construction of Clover Power Station commenced in July 1941 and both turbines were in service by May 1945.Clover Power Station and Junction Dam were part of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme constructed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.Set of 2 large black and white photographs of spiral casing for a turbine being transported to a power station on the Kiewa Scheme. Gentleman in lab coat standing inside casing in photograph 1 On the back – dark grey ink stamp “Photographed by / E.B. Studios / 309 George St., / Tel. SW 7373 Sydney” clover power station, secv -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Scarf, Shire Of Sherbrooke, c1960s
In a box of leftover items from when Shire Of Sherbrooke was dissolved in 1995.Scarf given as presentation gift by Shire Of Sherbrooke. Cream background with green and dark brown leaf pattern repeating, and edged with dark brown lyrebird motifs (Shire logo) surrounded by dark brown and green stripes.shire of sherbrooke -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - CLOTH BADGES, RAAF, 1939-45
The patches and insignia belonged to Arthur COWLEY RAAF. He enlisted on 22.1.1942 age 18 years 6 months as No 50704 which was a ground staff No. From 12.2.1942 to 12.9.43 he went through various courses at Sale, Lake Boga, Somerset, Richmond and Adelaide. Finally accepted into Aircrew he embarked from Melbourne for Canada for training as a Bomb Aimer on 27.9.1943, arriving Canada via San Francisco 19.10.1943. He then attended Bomb Aimers Courses at Mossbank and Edmonton. Granted a Commission as a Flying Officer on 24.3.1943, embark for England 10.4.1944 and posted to various bases for advanced training. Finally on 7.3.1945 he is posted to No 462 Sqd RAAF flying Halifax Bombers in Bomber Command and begins operations from Foulsham. Arthur completes 8 missions before the war is over with Germany. Departs England 28.11.1945 for Australia and is discharged on 11.1.1946. .1) Bomb Aimers Wings, Cloth, dark blue background with White "B" and Wing. .2) Shoulder Badge, cloth, dark blue with light blue "Australia"& Eagle. .3) Rank Badge, light blue propellor on dark blue background. .4) Badge Shoulder, cloth, Australia light blue on a dark background. .5) Badge Shoulder, cloth, light blue eagle on a dark blue background.air force, raaf, badges uniform