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Arapiles Historical Society
Blow Torch
Farm Equipmentblow torch, torch -
Arapiles Historical Society
Grease Gun
Farm equipmentgrease gun, grease, oil -
Arapiles Historical Society
Leather Leggings
farm equipment,leather, leggings, gaiters -
Arapiles Historical Society
Screwdriver
Farm equipment,screwdriver, screw -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Cook correspondence
Letters to W. Cook from Ringwood Fruit Association Limited (1921) and Studley Preserving Co. (1923).Letters to W. Cook from Ringwood Fruit Association Limited (1921) and Studley Preserving Co. (1923). With account from Thomas Sweetnam, Auctioneer for household furniture and farm equipment purchased (1896)Letters to W. Cook from Ringwood Fruit Association Limited (1921) and Studley Preserving Co. (1923).ringwood fruit association limited, studley preserving co., thomas sweetnam & co., cook, w -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Award - Victorian Farm Entrepreneur Awards 1999, 1999
Elmac Hydroponics operated at Allansford from 1997 to 2004, growing tomatoes hydoponically. The owners were Keith Ellerton and Graeme MacLeod. There were 2000 Square metres of hothouses with over 5000 plants. This trophy from the Victorian farm Entrepreneur Awards was for the use of a system called autopots. This system relied upon a process of automatic watering through valves at the bottom of the pots.The growing of vegetables hydoponically was a relatively new and innovative system of agriculture. The Elmac business proved that it could be done in the climate of the region. Timber shield shape with bevelled edge, painted dark maroon with engraved brass metal plaque.Victorian Farm Entrepreneur Awards 1999 Regional Winner South West Elmac Hydoponicsallansford, elmac, keith ellerton, graeme mcleod, elmac tomatoes, victorian farm entrepreneur awards 1999. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Gallus family, 1999
Excerpt from the Burwood Bulletin May/June/July 1999.Excerpt from the Burwood Bulletin May/June/July 1999 covering the Gallus family who emigrated to Australia in 1848/49 and whose descendants later had a poultry farm in Vermont.Excerpt from the Burwood Bulletin May/June/July 1999. gallus family, emigrated -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Wattle Park: a short history, Oct-89
This book includes a description of the early settlement of Wattle Park; who owned the farms prior to it becoming parkland; and the development and management since including the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board.This book includes a description of the early settlement of Wattle Park; who owned the farms prior to it becoming parkland; and the development and management since including the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board.wattle park, trees, box trees, golden wattle trees, she-oak trees, (mr) james atkinson, aborigines, first tree, (mr) hector bell, croquet, golf, orienteering, (mr) henry de carle, (mr) john lawler, (mr) walter craig, (mrs) eliza welch, the grange, (miss) effie eliza ball, hawthorn tramways trust, (mr) - membrey, metropolitan tramways park, (mr )david pureau, by-laws, g. t. usher, o. fenwick, f. c. garyder, e, bennet, a. snowden, g. tweedy, (mr) (sir) arthur stanly, (mr)alan holt, (mrs) a bennet, world war, 1939-1945, eucalypts, elm trees, ash trees, (ms) faye shepherd -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
Most likely a scene of 'Mt Calvin', the homestead built by John William (Willie) Richardson for his wife Jeanie Green of Wandin. The house was built c1898 The Rowse family purchased the house and 60 acres when Willie and Jeanie Richardson with their 3 children moved to Brisbane. The Rowse family farmed the 60 acres for 35 years and the house was demolished in 1938. The photograph is from the album of Ivy May Child. Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Most of these are glued into her photo album. The album covered the years from c1927 – 1932. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944. The photographs remain in their original state in the album with individual copies made. Black and white photograph with a house in the foreground looking over cultivated fields with treed hills in the background. A building is visible in the centre in the distance.Written below the photograph in the album" A SCENE OF KELVIN FARMmt calvin, kelvin farm, calvin farm, richardson, rowse, jeanie richardson, john william richardson, willie richardson -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Haeusler Collection Mounted Sepia toned Photograph of Men with Farm House c. late 19th - early 20th century
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. A sepia toned photograph of a group of men standing in front of a newly erected farm houseOn reverse "WHS 00132"haeusler, haeusler collection, photograph, photography, portrait, farm house, agriculture, albury wodonga, wodonga -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Eckermann's Poultry Farm, c1960
Photographs relate to the Poultry Farms that existed in Nunawading and Forest Hill in the1950s and 1960s. Photos taken in 1961-62. Poultry farmers included Messrs Boyce, Gallos, Foote,Grimsley, Greenwood and Dudley|Slides scanned as a 'tiff' at 300dpi to CD Rom and cleaned and adjusted by Ted Arrowsmith.View from Eckermann's Poultry Farm front of the saw tooth, 2nd last and last pen, taken across back lawn. Built 1956.eckermann's, eckermann frank, poultry farms, nunawading, greenwood, forest hill, canterbury road, mount pleasant road nunawading, boyles, white, bruer's -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Eckermann's Poultry Farm, c1960
Photographs relate to the Poultry Farms that existed in Nunawading and Forest Hill in the1950s and 1960s. Photos taken in 1961-62. Poultry farmers included Messrs Boyce, Gallos, Foote,Grimsley, Greenwood and Dudley|Slides scanned as a 'tiff' at 300dpi to CD Rom and cleaned and adjusted by Ted Arrowsmith.View of Eckermann's Poultry Farm. The 'new shed' from the 2nd last pen looking across the back lawn. Pen used for pullet rearing.eckermann's, eckermann frank, poultry farms, nunawading, greenwood, forest hill, canterbury road, mount pleasant road nunawading, boyles, white, bruer's -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NORM GILLIES COLLECTION: SITE OF GILLIES FAMILY FARM
Coloured photograph of open farm land rear note: Gillies Family farmed land on this property -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NORM GILLIES COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF GILLIES FARM NARREWILLOCK
Coloured photograph site of Gillies Farm, open country rear of photo notes "Gillies Farm" -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1892
The photograph shows a chaff cutter on John Watt's farm about 1892. Mr John Watt set up farming in 1879. He was a native of Port Fairy. He was educated in Scotland and came back to Victoria and selected 320 acres on the Snowy River.The property extended from Majors Creek Road to around about Gilbert's Gulch.this item is associated with John Watt an early Orbost settler.A black / white photograph of a large wooden slatted barn with motorised farm machinery outside . There are three men with the machines and a young girl watching.agriculture-machinery farming-orbost watt-john -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Chatham-Holmes Collection: Gordon Spittle's farm
Photographs show Gordon Spittle's property. .1 Looking towards Mount Cameron. The trees and roof of Gordon's house can be seen in the distance. Photograph taken from outside "Sauchieburn" stable.A farm with a hill in the backgroundchatham-holmes collection, sauchieburn, gordon spittle, mount cameron, farm, agriculture -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Brookside, 21/01/2021
The farm known as Brookside.brookside, farm -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo, "Willow Vale" Waubra, Victoria, Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century
It show the farm "Willow Vale" Waubra that was once owned by the Christopher and Selina (nee Smith) Harrison family who once lived on this farm and whoes descendants continue to live in the same area today.A very pale sepia photo of the "Willow Vale" farm at Waubra, Victoria that was owned by Christopher and Selina (nee Smith) Harrison. It shows a horse and buggy, along with the main house/houses and out buildings with what look like it could be a slightly dry dam at the bottom of the photo.Nil -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - Stationary Motor
Used by Ted Beddiscomb of Gormandale near Traralgon, brother in law of donor. Ted was a dairy farmer and used the motor for about 10 years to pump water. It is possible it was on his farm for some years prior to this. Tom did some reconditioning and preservation on the unit.3 HP 4 cycle motor primarily used to belt drive other equipment such as pumps and machinery on a farm etc. Petrol driven, magneto ignition and water cooled.Bronze plate 'The Rosebery Engine C25387 RPM 1000 HP3 manufacturer Westinghouse Rosebery Ltd Sydney. 3C-103 on water jacket; 3D-1 on engine housing; 3C-15 on flywheel.rural industry, farm machinery, machinery, engines - internal combustion -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Jones Flower Farm
Jones Family Collection - NP2565 to NP2606. See also ND3831.Black and white photograph of 'Jack' the farm horse on Jones' Flower Farm in Mt Pleasant Road, Nunawading, in1936.jones, bette, walter, rolf, geoffrey, arthur, keith, lionel, muriel, jones flower farm, mount pleasant road nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Jones Flower Farm, 1948
Jones Family Collection - NP2565 to NP2606. See also ND3831.Black and white photograph of farm horse Nugget on Jones' Flower Farm in Mt Pleasant Road, Nunawading, in 1948.jones, bette, walter, rolf, geoffrey, arthur, keith, lionel, muriel, jones flower farm, mount pleasant road nunawading -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Photograph of Haeusler Family Farm c. early 1900s
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.A black and white photograph taken by Louis Haeusler (b.1878) of the Haeulser family farm in Wodonga West. photograph, photography, farm, agriculture, house, home, farm house, wodonga, haeusler collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, 'Green' Centre Comes Alive, 09/12/2019
Burwood Brickworks has been officially opened as a living building.Burwood Brickworks has been officially opened as a living building with a 2000 sq. m. rooftop farm and 250 trees to cover the northern side of the centre & fruit trees lining each row of the car park.Burwood Brickworks has been officially opened as a living building. brickworks, shopping centre, environment, trees -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of road with the old shed and Amess Barn in the background
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series provides an insight into the early days of Churchill Island as a Conservation site.Black and White Photograph of road leading towards homestead area of Churchill Island Heritage Farm. Behind the stand of trees, a carriage rests under a corrugated steel roof and a barn can be seen in the background.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island -
Nhill & District Historical Society Inc.
Book - Book: The Australian Farm & Home 1940
The Australian Farm & Home 1940 -
Arapiles Historical Society
Branding Iron
Farm Equipment, Mc & Cobranding iron -
Arapiles Historical Society
Plane
Farm Equipment, wooden planeplane -
Arapiles Historical Society
Hammers
Farm equipment, 2 hammershammer -
Arapiles Historical Society
Fire Branding Iron
Farm equipment 'H' ironbranding iron -
Arapiles Historical Society
Petrol Pourer
Farm equipment, made of metalpetrol, gas, kerosene, can