The subject item was produced for the Carlton and United Breweries, in Melbourne, at one time, almost all breweries in Australia had their own brand of returnable bottle or were members of bottle co-operatives that managed returnable bottles. Instead of being crushed to make new bottles, as happens in most cases today, these returnable bottles were returned to the brewery or bottle co-operative, washed, inspected for cracks and chips and returned to service. An early item giving a snapshot into social history in 1930s - 1940s AustraliaBrown glass beer bottle, 26 fluid ounce capacity, "CUB" raised motif and in small spade motif on shoulder "MBCV" (Melbourne Bottle Company of Victoria)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, bottle, brown glass bottle, cub, melbourne bottle company of victoria, beer bottle 1940s, carlton united breweries

Three Danish brothers, Moritz, Julius and Jacob Cohn arrived in Bendigo in 1853. In 1856 they began making cider and soft drinks and two years later built a brewery. Cohn Brothers built an empire of breweries, cordial factories, hotels and liquor stores. In 1925 they sold the hotels and breweries to Carlton & United but continued to make their other products until the 1970s when the company became part of the Coca-Cola Amatil Group. A cardboard carrier for six small bottles. Its 19 centimeters long and 13 centimetres wide. There are two cardboard pieces in the middle which are 18 centimetres heigh and have a slot near the top for fingers which is nine centimetres long and two centimetres wide. The carrier is a cream colour and has red, green, yellow and black small circles and writing on it COHNS DRINKS QUENCH.cohns drinks, cohns drink carrier

Black and white photo. Brick fence overgrown with weeds. Box with chicken wire in front. Fence of Stewards Brewery, Letheby Road, Eaglehawk.organization, business, stewards brewery

Handwritten note dated 3rd 9th 1895 from Echuca to The Secretary of Cohns Bros Victoria Brewery signed M J Lehmann.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Cohn Brothers Brewery 100 shares of Alfred Nicholson transferred to blank dated 11th November 1895. One penny duty paid.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery, alfred nicholson

Water Well Kofoed’s Brewery Armstrong covered in netting and wire stawell

Victoria Brewery notepaper dated 5th May 1891 with handwritten note addressed to E P Hastings re not calling directors meeting. Initialledbendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Handwritten note from Braham & Pirani to Cohns Bros Victoria Brewery re: Robert Neave creditor meeting dated 29th January 1894.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Cohn Brothers Victoria Brewery 200 shares of Alfred Nicholson transferred to Johanna illegible of Baxter St Bendigo dated 24th October 1895.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery, alfred nicholson

How parcels were sent by Rail.Rectangle cardboard box ' The Leviathan' - Melbourne high class tailors and outfitters.Mrs P. Kemp 2331161 (Brewery family) Mr W.H. Whitney Box Hill 2d Victorian parcel Railway Stampthe leviathan tailors, whitney - mr w.h., kemp mrs p 2331161 (brewer family), victoria railways

Stawell Brewery Stawell West a Cooper Barrel Making at Work. C1900.stawell

Sketch of Henry Leggos Barley Sheaf Brewery, located on Creswick Road.henry leggos, barley sheaf brewery, creswick road, building, commerical, manufacturing, brewing

Photograph,copy, T.Pritchard & P.Chamberlain from Same name: Brewers Bendigo photos taken by Bartlett Bros Bendigo. Appears to relate to the Pritchard and Chamberlain Adelaide Brewery Bendigo established in 1858 .In 1883 Pritchard and Chamberlain took over Mr Chamberlain was the Brewer and Mr Pritchard looked after the trade - they continued in business till 1918 when they joined with the Bendigo Cooperative BreweryPhotos by Bartlett Brosphoto, person, t.pritchard, p.chamberlain

Six photocopied pages on Cohn Bros. Brewery Company letterhead. Dated Sandhurst, 23(?) December (?) 1891. The documents list the property valuations of the different hotels.bendigo, business, cohn bros

Handwritten note re: dividends Dated December 14th 1893 to E P Hastings Secretary Cohn's Bros Vic Brewery from Arthur Drake.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

J Tillmans & Co , London, Paris, Berlin letterhead on handwritten note to the Secretary Cohns Victoria Brewery dated 12/12/1895. Illegible signature.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Handwritten message dated 5th august 1921 from Thomas H Fuzzard of Isles View Tooradin, to Cohns Bros Brewery re share scrip.bendigo, industry, cohns brewery, thomas h fuzzard of isles view tooradin. cohn bros brewery.

Handwritten document to The Cohn Bros Vic Brewery in around 1921 from Lilian Davies of 50 High Street Kew. Transferrence of shares to new address.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Coloured postcard Breheny Bros Brewery, horse drawn dray with barrels in front of building, man on dray, seven men standing, cart, four trees.breheny bros brewers, postcard

This cask bung came from the brewery of Sheldrick and Co. The New Brewery (Warrnambool), founded by Walter Sheldrick and Thomas Price as partners in a company, was situated at the corner of Timor and Fairy Streets. It was known as Sheldrick and Co. and operated from 1868 to 1922 with John McGee and Company running the business after 1894. In 1922 the business was sold to Ballarat, Melbourne Co-operative and Carlton and United Breweries. The casks, used for wine and spirits, were in 1892 cleaned by steam and a lifting device was used to transport the casks from the cellars to the delivery wagons. This is a most significant item as one with a clear provenance and used in the brewery business of Sheldrick and Co., a major industry in Warrnambool in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is an example of the equipment use in the brewery business more than a 100 years ago. This is circular cask bung or stopper with the outer shell made of brass and the stopper insert made of cork. There is a screw thread on the metal. Both the brass and the cork are slightly worn.Inscribed on the metal:‘Sheldrick & Co. Warrnambool’sheldrick and co., sheldrick’s brewery

Botanical Reserve Stawell West with a gentleman fishing. A view through the trees of the Brewery.Black and white photograph showing a view of a person fishing on the lake with buildings behind the trees in the background.stawell

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Heydays: Pritchard and Chamberlain's Adelaide Brewery in the late 1800s, in Arnold and Lucan Streets, Bendigo. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

White Cart Note No. 7853 A in the name of Mr. Rogers. It is The Cohn Bros. Victoria Brewery Co. Ltd. Cart Note with quantities and prices of merchandise. Handwritten in purple.document, w. babidge collection - the cohn bros. victoria brewery co ltd cart note

Printed Cohn Bros Brewery Company Ltd Statement for the 30th April 1902. Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Directors Report, Notice of Meeting etc enclosed.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

The Cohns Bros Victoria Brewery notepaper dated 3rd May 1893 with handwritten directions to affix company seal on enclosed appointment and return. Signed Magnus Cohnbendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Victoria Brewery notepaper dated 12th Nov 1890 handwritten addressed to E P Hastings re attaching co seal to docs. Signed Magnus Cohn

Victoria Brewery notepaper dated 17th Oct 1890 handwritten addressed to E P hastings re bank book Arnold & Jackson . Signed Magnus Cohnbendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

The Cohn Bros Victoria Brewery letterheaded paper dated 13th April 1894 to E. P. Hastings re: receipt of share scrip signed Magnus Cohn.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery