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Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - SOUTH QUEENSLAND LOGISTICS GROUP PLAQUE
Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue to 9586.2 for details of No.3798359, 'Keith Cooper's service'Shield shaped brown coloured wooden plaque with circular metal insignia attached. Insignia featured a red coloured horse over a blue coloured Maltese cross. Background is white. Gold coloured circular border has South Queensland Logistics Group' inscribed in black lettering. Gold coloured plate at bottom with engraved details.Engraved on gold coloured rectangular plate: 'WO1 'Shorty' Cooper for assistance o the IHO Team'.cooper collection, keith cooper, south queensland logistics group -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - 106 FIELD WORKSHOP PLAQUE, June 1983
Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 9586.2 for details of his service, "Keith Cooper" No. 3798359.Shield shaped brown wooden plaque featuring gold and silver coloured RAEME insignia. Gold coloured plastic plate at top with lettering '106 FIELD WORKSHOP' engraved. Plate at bottom has recipients details.Engraved in black lettering on bottom plate: “SGT K.E. COOPER, JUN 81, JUN 83”cooper collection, keith cooper, plaque, 106 field workshop. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Bick Iron, Prior to 1950
A Bick or coopers anvil is a tool used to fabricate the iron hoops that a cooper would produce to hold a barrel together. The hoops are first cut to the required length and then beaten into shape and riveted on the Bick or Tee anvil. They are then driven into place on the barrel with a hammer and iron tipped, wedged shaped driver.The subject Item is used as a tool to produce steel hoops for wooden barrels but at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is therefore unknown, item assessed as a collection asset as it is believed to have been produced and used before 1950.Bick Iron or Coopers Anvil, attaches to a removeable wooden base, Metal anvil with pointed end & flat shaped topNoneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, brick iron, anvil, coopers tools, barrel making, barrels -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Inside Shave Plane, Prior to 1950
A plane used by a cooper to smooth the inside of barrels can also be used for smoothing other curved surfaces like chairs or round poles etc.A tool of the cooper and other woodworking tradesmen that has been in use since the making of barrels and wooden buckets for hundreds of years without much change to the design or how the tool is used. The subject item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item assessed as a collection asset as it is believed to have been produced before 1950.Round shave also known as Coopers In-shave, metal curved blade with two wooden handles. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, curved smoothing plane, coopers tools -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - PLAQUE, MELBOURNE WORKSHOP COMPANY, 5 June 1981
Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 9586.2 for details of service, No. 3798359, "Keith Cooper".Shield shaped brown coloured wooden plaque with gold and silver coloured RAEME insignia. Silver coloured metal banner underneath insignia with silver lettering on a green background. Gold coloured metal plate with black lettering below banner. Plate secured with two small nails.Engraved in black lettering on gold coloured plate: 'Presented to CPL. K.E. COOPER, 5 Jun 81.cooper collection, keith cooper, raeme, plaque, melbourne workshop company -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - RAEME PLAQUE, Feb 1986
Part of the Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 9586.2 for details of No. 379859, 'Keith Cooper's service'.Shield shaped brown coloured wooden plaque with RAEME insignia. Insignia on black plastic background. Recipient details in white lettering.Engraved in white lettering: 'To SGT. K. COOPER, Sep 84., Feb 86, 2 EME SVC UNIT'.cooper collection, keith cooper, raeme, plaque -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book - World War 11 Cartoons by Armstrong, Harold Armstrong, Argus cartoonist, War Without Tears - 100 of the War's Wittiest Whimsies, late 1940s
World War 11 War Cartoons by ArmstrongThis is a book of war cartoons. The cover has two cartoons in colour and black and white and red and black printing. The spine is slightly torn.The pages contain comic sketches in colour, black and white and brown and white and sepia tones. Some pages at the front are of a shorter width than the other pages. The pages are stapled.fictionWorld War 11 War Cartoons by Armstrongworld war two, world war two cartoonist armstrong -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK KOREA, Anthony Cooper, HMAS Bataan, 1952, 2010
HMAS Bataan 1952. An Australian Warship in the Korean War. "The author explores the variety of tasks and risks undertaken by the ship and her company in circumstances that were always challenging and sometimes highly dangerous" - Professor Jeffrey Grey.Hard cardboard cover, deep blue buckram with gold print on spine. Dust cover mid blue background, sea image, dark blue & gold print on front, spine & back. Sepia photos of HMAS Bataan on front & back covers. Gun crew on front flap, men on side of fo'c'sle back flap. 294 pages, cut plain paper illustrated with black & white photos, maps & diagrams.Handwritten in black on front fly leaf: Donated by Mrs Olive Pell BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL MUSEUMbooks-military-history-navy, korea -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE WW2, FRAMED, Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd, 1941
Certificate of the Poultry Industry Spitfire Appeal 1941. Dark blue & red colour printing on fawn background. Rectangular shape frame made of clear plastic cover on the front with metal back plate & upright support. Metal painted in fawn colour. Certificate presented to R Robbins.Handwritten in black ink: "R Robbins Esqe D Granter G Abberton"documents - certificates, military history - fundraising, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Lipman Kessell & John St John, Surgeon at Arms, 1976
Book, hard cover is maroon buckram without print, dust cover is maroon with white print & image of Medical Corps badge. 199 pages, no illustrations.Written inside cover: R Schillerbooks, military, medical -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Dinner Menu, 1931
Donated by Rick McKechnieIsle of Wight Hotel Cowes, Phillip Island Christmas Dinner Menu - Christmas 1931.isle of wight hotel cowes phillip island, christmas dinner menu 1931, rick mckechnie -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Stockton, Beryl, Hastings : People and Places. Vol.1,Vol.11, Vol.111, 2004
HistoricalLarge, glossy soft covered book including large sepia photographs with brief explanationIncludes index. Edited by Shirley Davies, Beryl Stockton and Edith Torokfalvy. Published by Hastings-Western Port Historical Society Inc.hastings, victoria, history, 19th century, western port, families, -
Greensborough Historical Society
Functional object - Ink, Cooper, Dennison & Walkden Ltd, Melanyl Marking Ink, 1930s
Used for marking clothes before sending to laundry.Black Melanyl marking ink, in cardboard box with instructions. ink, marking ink, laundry equipment -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Leo Cooper - Pen & Sword Books, The Hell they called High Wood: The Somme 1916 / Terry Norman, 2003_
Tells the story of the Battle of the Somme 1916.256 pages, illus., maps. Hard cover.world war i, the somme -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Susie Cooper et al, The Happy Hermits and Diary of a trip to Evelyn, 1908o
The "Hermits" were a group of young men from Collingwood who had camping holidays at Evelyn (now Mount Evelyn) between 1908 and 1911. They took photographs, and were mentioned in a diary kept by two girls who spent their holidays in the area in 1911. The diary and photos were found in a collection belonging to Dorothy Higgs, a sister of one of the Hermits, following her death in 1978. Some of the photos and a facsimile of the diary form this publication.The photos and diary provides direct evidence of turn-of-the-century holiday and tourist activity32 p. black & white and colour illus.mount evelyn, tourism -
Greensborough Historical Society
Calendar, National Australia Bank, National Australia Bank Calendars, 1972-1999, 1972-1999
14 promotional calendars, published between 1972 and 1999 by the National Australia Bank. Each issue is illustrated with historical images of Australia. [Missing 1980, 1982-87, 1989-1998]Incomplete set of 10 promotional calendars, spiral bound. Colour images.national australia bank, calendars, australia - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Award, Citation, 6/05/1968 12:00:00 AM
Citation for Distinguished Flying Cross (oak leaf cluster).citation, gary cooper (flgt lt.) -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Valmai Holt et al, My boy Jack, 1998
Republished to coincide with the new ITV film, My Boy Jack? starring Daniel Radcliffe, this is the full account of the tragic life of John 'Jack' Kipling. On 27th September 1915 John Kipling, the only son of Britain's best loved poet, disappeared during the Battle of Loos. The body lay undiscovered for 77 years. Then, in a most unusual move, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) re-marked the grave of an unknown Lieutenant of the Irish Guards, as that of John Kipling. There is considerable evidence that John's grave has been wrongly identified.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.222non-fictionRepublished to coincide with the new ITV film, My Boy Jack? starring Daniel Radcliffe, this is the full account of the tragic life of John 'Jack' Kipling. On 27th September 1915 John Kipling, the only son of Britain's best loved poet, disappeared during the Battle of Loos. The body lay undiscovered for 77 years. Then, in a most unusual move, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) re-marked the grave of an unknown Lieutenant of the Irish Guards, as that of John Kipling. There is considerable evidence that John's grave has been wrongly identified.john kipling - 1897-1915, soldiers - great britain - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Wrens park publishing, Air Battle of the Ruhr : RAF Offensive March - July 1943, 2001
First published to acclaim in 1992, this book deals with the exploits of Bomber Command during their offensive against German Industry in the Ruhr during World War II. The author begins by describing the role of Bomber Command and goes on to define the Ruhr area and its great importance in terms of industrial output to the Germans. The author provides the statistics for bombers dispatched, the number, which actually got to the targets and those, which never made it for one reason or another. Air Battle of the Ruhr is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany.Index, ill, p.137.non-fictionFirst published to acclaim in 1992, this book deals with the exploits of Bomber Command during their offensive against German Industry in the Ruhr during World War II. The author begins by describing the role of Bomber Command and goes on to define the Ruhr area and its great importance in terms of industrial output to the Germans. The author provides the statistics for bombers dispatched, the number, which actually got to the targets and those, which never made it for one reason or another. Air Battle of the Ruhr is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany.bombimg - ruhr region - germany, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - britain -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, L. Cooper, Summon up the blood : a unique record of D-Day and its aftermath, 1997
The personal diaries of J Womack of his experiences in the invasion of Europe, edited by his daughter.Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.182.non-fictionThe personal diaries of J Womack of his experiences in the invasion of Europe, edited by his daughter.world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – britain, james albert womack -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited, Invasion! : the D-Day story, June 6, 1944, 1954
Pictorial essay of the D Day invasion of NormandyIll, maps, p.122.non-fictionPictorial essay of the D Day invasion of Normandyworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - france, operation overlord -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pan Books, The buccaneers, 1970
Motor torpedo boats in World War twoIll, maps, p.159.non-fictionMotor torpedo boats in World War twonaval strategy and tactics, naval warfare - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, The Woodcarters and the RAAF, 1969 approx
Framed photo of RAAF truck passing several ox-drawn caarts laden with wood. A small boy on a bike looking at the Australian soldiers on the truck.truck, ox carts, bicycle, raaf -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock it to 'em baby: forward air controller in Vietnam (Copy 1)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, air pilots - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock It To 'em Baby: Forward Air Controller in Vietnam (Copy 2)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Book - PaperbackGarry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sock it to 'em baby: forward air controller in Vietnam (Copy 3)
vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cooper, Garry and Hillier, Robert, Sock it to 'em baby: Worward Air Controller in Vietnam (Copy 4)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Antonia Hunt, Little Resistance, 1982
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketInserted invoice from "Hatchards Printed Matter" in London, dated 06/10/82walsh st library -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, H M Cooper, Australian Aboriginal words and their meanings, 1966
Short book of approximately 3,000 words from South Australian languages. No specific indication of source languages given.word listssouth australia, glossaries -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Judi Cooper, Needs survey of community languages 1996 : report : March 1998, 1998
Report of Needs Survey of Community Languages, including, Methodology, Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Torres Strait Islanders, Western Australia, Northern Territory and summary.