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Parks Victoria - Andersons Mill
Machine - Grinding Stone
Appears to be a millstone that would have been used with another stone to grind wheat.Large circular stone wheel with ridges carved into its outer side. It has a hole through the middle with a metal fixture in it. -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Set of Braun's craniotomy forceps used by Box Hill Hospital labour ward, Allen & Hanburys, England
Carl Rudolph Braun (1823-1891) was the inventor of this instrument, as well as a type of decapitation hook. Braun was born and practiced in Austria, and followed Semmelweis as assistant to Klein at the Vienna Maternity Clinic in 1847, before becoming its head in 1856. Braud added a gynaecology section to the clinic in 1858, being convinced that obstetrics and gynaecology should be together. (Source: Baskett, Thomas. 'On the Shoulders of Giants: Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology'). This device was included with a range of other obstetric instruments, mostly destructive instruments, given to RANZCOG from Box Hill Hospital labour ward in February- March 1998. The maternity service at Box Hill Hospital combined with St George's hospital in Kew to be known as Birralee Maternity Service. These instruments were collected by Julie Collette, Unit Manager, St George's Kew and given to RANZCOG Museum Curator, Susan Barnett.Craniotomy forceps, Braun's. Stainless steel forceps, with wingnut. Upper blade has open oval section and ridged grip section on the handle. Lower blade has serrated inner edge and ridged grip section on the handle. Wingnut is used for attaching the upper and lower blades of the forceps. Inscribed "B.H.H.L Ward" on forceps."B.H.H.L Ward"destructive instruments -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Photo - Bagged-up spuds awaiting collection on Hermon's farm
B&W photo showing rows of filled potato sacks in a field at Hermon's farm on Black Hill Road, Menzies Creek. Land was leased from Forest Dept. Trees are in the middle ground and behind them, the ridge of Ridge Road can be seen. See also M0055 taken from the same position. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Household, Glass Dish
This glass dish would probably have been used at the dining table to hold salt, mustard or another condiment. Or it could have been used in an office to hold small pins etc. or it could have held a flower or flowers but it is a little shallow for this purpose. This item has no known local provenance but is retained for display purposes as an item more likely to have been used in past days. This is a small oval-shaped glass dish. The base is made of plain glass but the sides are patterned with plain glass interspersed with ridged glass. household items, history of warrnambool -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Sepia
Rocky mountain peak,four people on top of ridge, a mountain range in background. Three of the people appear to be wearing scout uniforms.scenery, peaks -
Orbost & District Historical Society
butter pats
These butter pats are typical of the period when food processing was done at home. It would have been before the time of mass food processing factories.A pair of small wooden butter pats with ridged surface on one side and smooth on the back . Each has a hole in the handle for hanging. butter-pats domestic food-preparation -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Terracotta Cooler Top, Ovens Pottery, c. 1890-1892
The Ovens pottery operated from 1881 to1892 they had taken over H L & E pottery at Beechworth in 1888 but mounting debts forced the Ovens company to close in 1892. During their short ten years of operation they produced stoneware garden urns, vases, cheese dishes, ginger beer bottles, butter coolers, water filters, wine and spirit barrels, bread plates, jugs, teapots, storage jars, pots, tiles, flower pots, spittoons, basins, bowls, demijohns, lidded crocks, pipes and bricks.A significant item made by an early Australian pottery in Beechworth Victoria, this company made many utilitarian items for the Victorian domestic market. It gives us today a snapshot into early Australian companies that were unable to sustain manufacturing their products into the 20th century, due in part to the rising imports of cheaper items from overseas.Red terracotta butter cooler comprising, round base with ridged lip, and bell shaped, domed lid with spherical handle on topMarked "Ovens Pottery, Co Ltd, Patd 1890, Beechworth" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, cooler, terracotta cooler, utensil, kitchen ware, terracotta, food container, food preservation, butter cooler, ovens pottery -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Ceramic - Lamp base, Viola Ayling, 1950–1970
Viola Annie McVicars (1911–1990) was born in Korumburra on 29 April 1911. At the age of 21, she married William John Ayling (1909–1995). After their marriage in 1932, they moved to Kew, initially to 81 Tennyson Street, and later to 180 Pakington Street. A professional tailoress, Viola Ayling was also a talented amateur potter, creating her ceramics at her home in Pakington Street, where she had an internal studio and a handmade, wood-fired brick kiln in her backyard. Following her death in 1990, her studio pottery passed to her daughter, and following the daughter’s death, to her granddaughter. This piece of glazed earthenware is part of a collection of 15 functional and decorative ceramic items donated by Viola’s granddaughter to the collection in 2024.A handmade lamp base, expertly potted and glazed. The style is representative of Australian ceramic design of the period, particularly that employed by Klytie Pate.Handmade lamp base, irregularly ridged with applied green and yellow glazes. The lamp base has a hole for a cord above the foot.Signature to base: "V. Ayling"ceramics, pakington street -- kew (vic.), lamp bases, viola annie ayling, viola annie mcvicars -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Batton, Police baton AP1340
This police baton or truncheon is typical of the ones used by police in Australia perhaps late in the 19th century or early in the 20th century. No information has yet been found as to the identity of the owner or the significance of the letters, ‘A P 1304’. There are several possibilities as the collection of the old Warrnambool Museum which operated from the 1870s to the 1960s included several police batons. The owner of this baton is not known but is retained pending further research.This is a wooden police baton. The rounded body is tapered towards the top and it has an incised ridge near the top and a knob on the top to form a handle. The ridge at the top may be for holding a string or rope to carry the baton on the wrist. The wood has been varnished but it is now much worn and discoloured. The letters have been etched into the surface.‘A P 1304’ history of warrnambool, police in warrnambool, police baton, police baton ap 1304 -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1908 View of the Kalorama Gap from Main Road With Labelling, 1908
Photograph with labels attached to front identifying buildings. View of the Kalorama Gap from main Road (now Ridge Road), looking across Walker's raspberry patch with Mountjoy coaching stables on the LHS and Mountjoy Guest House in centre. Price's house and shop on the RHS. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.1908 View of the Kalorama Gap from main Road – now Ridge Road above Lot 2 of the Village Settlement. Looking across Walker’s raspberry patch with “Mountjoy” coaching stables on left. “Mountjoy” in centre. Prices house and shop on right with Hands “Beulah Tearooms” above Prices roof. On hillside beyond Hand’s is the slope now taken up by Kalorama Terrace. Walker’s well, then newly dug is in lower right hand corner below the tree fern head. Mt Kalorama is the hill top right. Track leaving Main Road left is Walker’s entrance drive.kalorama, kalorama gap, walker, beulah tea rooms, price, hand, mountjoy, mt kalorama -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, RAAF, Statue, Airman
Statue of airman in flying uniform holding helmet under right armRodgrove Handicrafts/ PO Box 174/ Acacia Ridge/ Qld 4110/ Phone & Fax (07) 3277 4673souvenir, uniform -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Functional object, Corrugated Glass & Wood Wash Board, Twentieth century
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. The traditional washboard was usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. In the 19th-century, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th-century, ridges of metal were more common. Later examples substituted corrugated glass of plastic for the metal.A domestic glass and wood wash board designed for use with a wash tub. Annotation: "Donated by Mrs Grove (daughter of Dorothy ( Allan) Edwards-Flint".wash boards, laundry equipment -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Equipment, Wash Board, 20th Century
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. The traditional washboard was usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. In the 19th-century, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th-century, ridges of metal were more common. Later examples substituted corrugated glass of plastic for the metal.A domestic glass and wood wash board designed for use with a wash tub. laundry equipment, wash boards -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Equipment, Wash Board, 20th Century
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. The traditional washboard was usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. In the 19th-century, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th-century, ridges of metal were more common. Later examples substituted corrugated glass of plastic for the metal.A domestic glass and wood wash board designed for use with a wash tub. laundry equipment, wash boards -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Rocks - Aboriginal x 3
These three rocks were given to KVHS on the understanding that they were Indigenous rocks used as tools.No knowledge of their origins.These rocks have been stored in the Kiewa Valley on the understanding that they are Indigenous tools. It is not known where they came from.1. Dark grey rock with smooth surfaces and ridges with one flat side. Size of an adult's hand 2. Grey rock with smooth surfaces and ridges with one flat side. Smaller than no. 1 3.Narrow dark grey rock with beige section on rounded side. One flat side and a sharp pointed end.rocks, aboriginal tools, kiewa valley -
Orbost & District Historical Society
wheel
A cast iron wheel. The rim is ridged with fine teeth. In the centre is a fixed axle - bent and snapped off. It has six circular holes.wheel cast-iron machinery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Spectacles
Spectacles metal frame and bent nose band. Nose-pads broken off, Chain holder one side and ridged holder the other.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Pot, ceramic, between 1932-1984
Manning Chemist in business on the Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne from 1932 to 1984.Short cylindrical off-white glazed ceramic pot, lid missing, ridge at base of pot. Round red and black label on base.Impressed in the base 'MAW' over 'D2'. Label : 'Manning Chemist Melbourne'.manning chemist, concourse, flinders street railway station -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen's relationship with the Armed Forces began when, as Princess Elizabeth, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1945, becoming the first female member of the Royal Family to join the Armed Services as a full-time active member. During her time in the ATS, the Princess learnt to drive and to maintain vehicles The Queen has a long and close relationship with the Armed Forces, both in the United Kingdom and in the Commonwealth. As Sovereign, The Queen is Head of the Armed Forces, and is also the wife, mother and grandmother of individuals having served in the Forces.Brown ridged timber frame containing print of lady wearing evening dress and a tiara standing beside floral display on pedestal table.Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II queen elizabeth ii, armed forces -
Harcourt Valley Heritage & Tourist Centre
Quern, Between 1880-1920
This quern was made from Harcourt granite. Querns were used for grinding wheat into flour. (Wooden handles missing from this catalogued object).It was most likely made on Mount Alexander, in spare time, by a quarry worker using his employer’s gang saw and other tools. Wheat is not now grown in Harcourt district . Early settlers engaged in cropping until they exhausted the fertility of the soil. This quern was utilized by a local pioneer who intended to be self-sufficient to the extent of grinding his own grain into flour.. Many local farmers sowed wheat immediately after clearing the land: raising of a wheat crop was evidence of use and improvement which, along with fencing and erecting other structures, was part of the mandatory steps to prove occupancy as a prelude to obtaining a Crown Grant for what had previously been deemed ‘crown land'The quern is of interest as a symbol of the desire for self-sufficiency and as a demonstration of the extent to which granite could be worked and shaped by masonry tools. Quern, granite, square slab with raised metal centre shaft and one rounded piece of granite with off-centre hole and side ridges. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Artefact, Candle Holder, Early 20th century
This candle holder would probably be mostly used for a candle placed on a table, cupboard or bench. It is unornamented and so would not occupy any place of importance. Candles and lamps were the chief source of light in households until the advent and use of electricity in the early 20th century. Gas lighting was in use in street lighting and in industry for some time before this. Electric lighting for households became available in Warrnambool in the 1920s but the use of lamps and candles was still prevalent until the middle of the 20th century. This candle holder is of some interest as an example of a household item from times past. It will be useful for display. This is a china candle holder. It has a white glaze and the base is circular in shape. The rim or lip is ridged around the edge. One side of the object is cracked. household lighting, history of warrnambool, candle holder -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Painting - Painting WWII Pacific battle
A painting depicting "Taking Old Vickers Position, Bodubt Ridge, 28 July 1943" By Ivor Hale CBE. It was present to HQ 3 Div -
Mont De Lancey
Glass bottle, R. Mackey & Co
Thick glass bottle with 4 indentations on the neck and two constricting lines below the neck with a glass marble rolling along the ridge. No cap or stopper.Embossed onto bottle: "R. Mackey & Co. Trade Mark and the company's Globe logo, Kalgoorlie".bottles -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Wash Board, Unknown
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. The traditional washboard is usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. For 19th century washboards, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th century, ridges of metal were more common. A "fluted" metal washboard was patented in the US in 1833. Zinc washboards were manufactured in the US from the middle of the 19th century. In the late 20th century and early 21st century, ridges of galvanized steel are most common, but some modern boards are made of glass. Source: wikipedia.comWooden framed wash board - slatted. The glass insert is corrugated and nailed to the wooden frame.Nonewood, glass, laundry, wash board, soap, housewife, domestic item -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Reserve bounded by Main Road, Bolton Street and Fitzsimons Lane, Eltham, c.May 2001
Now developed as the Monarch Ridge housing estateRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsAgfa HDC 200 plus-2eltham, streets, main road, fitzsimons lane reserve, monarch ridge estate -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fitzsimons Lane Reserve bounded by Main Road, Bolton Street and Fitzsimons Lane, Eltham, c.May 2001
Now partially developed as the Monarch Ridge housing estateRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsAgfa HDC 200 plus-2eltham, streets, main road, fitzsimons lane reserve, houses, monarch ridge estate -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fitzsimons Lane Reserve bounded by Main Road, Bolton Street and Fitzsimons Lane, Eltham, c.May 2001
Now partially developed as the Monarch Ridge housing estateRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsAgfa HDC 200 plus-2eltham, streets, main road, fitzsimons lane reserve, monarch ridge estate -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fitzsimons Lane Reserve bounded by Main Road, Bolton Street and Fitzsimons Lane, Eltham, c.May 2001
Now partially developed as the Monarch Ridge housing estateRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsAgfa HDC 200 plus-2eltham, streets, main road, fitzsimons lane reserve, monarch ridge estate -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Bible, Hammond Bible 1874 (1441A) and card (1441B)
Morocco Leather bound large Bible with gold edged pages and reinforced ridged spine. Pale blue calligraphic inscription on preliminary page date 1874Pencil inscription handwritten on recto of card: "Nellie Hammond"" -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured
Maggie's Peak where the Chautauqua concerts were overlooked.The photo shows a rock ridge with a small peak at it's centre. There is a tiny patch of blue showing through the cloudy sky on the top, just right of centre.scenery, grampians ranges