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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - STEAM PIPES AND POTTED TREE FERNS
Sepia colour photograph, with buff border, of steam pipes and potted tree ferns, mounted on green cardboard. Reverse: Stamped in blue W. H. Robinson, Photographer, Mundy St. Bendigo.person, individual, basil miller -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Miss Louisa Vine nee Weir with her son Mr Richard Vine who was killed in France WW1 1918
Louisa Vine nee Weir with her brother Richard Vine who was killed in France 1918 WW1 seated in Studio portrait with fern fronds.stawell portrait -
Australian Racing Museum
Dress
Roselia Isabell Welch was an actress born 16 November 1838, probably in England. Father John Murrell Welch, mother Angela Towsey. Dress has been worn by her descendants.|This decorative day dress was worn by Roselia Welch to the 1872 Melbourne Cup. Roselia made her Cup Day dress by hand - she may have used a published dress pattern but her skill as a needlewoman is evident as the entire surface is decorated with narrow hand beaded black braid applied in a fern-like motif over the blue cotton fabric of the dress creating a lace-like effect.Dress worn by Roselia Isabel Welch to the 1872 Melbourne Cup. White lining inside dress, blue lining inside train. V neck, front hook and eye opening. Handmade hook holes down centre front. Set in sleeves with black piped armhole seams. Fitted bodice with black piped seams Flat front skirt, full bustle area at back with centre back opening. Floor length train. Blue printed label on lining of centre back panel, right side. Upper case letters 'SUP' visible. Brown tape at waist with hook. Two pairs of tapes either side of back opening for bustle. Black lace around neck, sleeve, train and back opening edges. Black cotton loop in centre of train. Inset pockets right side at hip level and very small one left side at waist level. Entire surface of dress decorated with black braid hand stitched in a fern-like pattern. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Tourism information booklet, "Visit The Dandenongs", 1939
photocopy of tourism booklet and typed letter from N.K.Gill, editor of Fern Tree Gully News, dated 8th June 1939, to Mr. A.R. Thomas, Selby, inviting interest in the publication of the booklet.tourism, dandenongs, tourist facilities -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book (Item) - Scrapbook, David Hood Duncan, Album, 1850-1900
... ferns ...This scrapbook contains newspaper cuttings, hand written poems and quotes from friends and family members and pressed flowers and ferns. Entries were made in the mid 1800s to early 1900s and relate to Duncan family history. The initials suggest this is Lillie and Olive's father, David Hood Duncan, who created this scrapbook. David Hood Duncan married Ada Blanche Thomson (1861-1928) on 25 November 1896. Ada was the daughter of John Gilmour Thomson (1829-1905) from Moonee Ponds and Hannah Davies (1834-1890) Their first daughter, Lillie, was born on 15 October 1897 in Woodland, South Gippsland where he was a farmer. In 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, Lillie Duncan sent letters to Patience from the Young Folk section of the Australian. She was writing from Woodlea, Cathkin, where they had moved as there was no school in South Gippsland. They moved to 11 Paxton Street, East Malvern when David retired. He was leasing a farm, Kia Ora, in Koo Wee Rup, the South Gippsland. Ada Blanche died on 28 December 1928. David died on 24 May 1942.This is an album of social and historic significance, being part of a sub-collection of material that provides a snapshot of the type of individuals and families involved in the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild and the activities carried out by that organisation.Decoratively embossed word on front cover : "ALBUM" . Inner pages: Handwritten in various inks throughout are poems and quotes. Two unidentified initials followed by Duncan name on the inside page. duncan, poems, quotes, newspaper cuttings, albums, scrapbooks, lillie duncan, olive duncan, poetry, ferns, plants, david hood duncan, ada blanche duncan (nee thomson), epistolary -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (item) - Colour postcard, Donovan Wilson, MARYSVILLE, Post 2009
A postcard with four colour photograph of attractions in an around Marysville in Victoria.A postcard with four colour photograph of attractions in an around Marysville in Victoria. This postcard was produced by Donovan Wilson as a souvenir of Marysville.Tree fern and Alpine Ash/ Goulds Memorial Drive/ Murchison St. Marysville/ Steavenson Falls Donovan Wilson Place/ Stamp/ Heremarysville, tree fern, alpine ash, goulds memorial drive, murchison street, steavenson falls, donovan wilson, postcard, souvenir -
Alexandra Timber Tramway & Museum
Black and white photo, Rubicon tram track
black and white photo of tram tracks in to bush these tracks were layed to harvest timber and build hyrdo power system .note wooden rails .man standing beside tree fern . in good condrubicon tram tracks -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: FERNERY ?, 1880's
Faded and slightly discoloured sepia toned photograph of a garden? Setting, with lots of tree ferns in evidence. Wes Harry has written on the back, possibly Fortuna gardens 1880's or the Fernery in Rosalind Park.place, public gardens, fernery, rosalind park, fortuna garden, fernery in rosalind park -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Minutes of Meetings, Heathmont Railway Station development - Meeting Minutes 1924, and Official Opening Card 1926, May-26
The official opening of Heathmont Railway Station was conducted by W.H.Everard on Sat,1-May-1926. The Fern Tree Gulley train leaving Flinders Street at 2p.m. stops at Heathmont.1. minutes of meetings development of Heathmont Railway Station 2-Mar-1924, 3-Jun-1924, Dec1924, 16-Aug-1924 2. Card- Heathmont Railway Station., Official opening, Sat 1-Mar-1926 +Additional Keywords: Everard, W. H., Pump, Master, Frieland, Taylor, Murray. -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Isaac Jeeves' Barn
Large barn built c1886 by Isaac Jeeves the younger on his property where the homestead 'Shiloah' stood. The barn was reputedly made from timbers split from only one messmate tree. Originally the home of Isaac Jeeves, brother of Ellis Jeeves, ‘Shiloah’ was enlarged to take guests in the early 1900s. It was situated close to a beautiful fern gully and Isaac and his family capitalised on this by setting out walking tracks through the ferns. They charged 1/- to walk through and this included afternoon tea in a garden setting. ‘Shiloah’ was a popular tourist attraction but the making of the Olinda Creek Road destroyed the fern gullies and, by the 1930s, it was all finished. John Lundy-Clarke grew up in the Kalorama/Mt Dandenong area and later in life (1972-74) began to write a comprehensive history of the area working from an original settlement map in an effort to cover all areas.Black and white photograph showing a large wooden structure surrounded by trees. Handwritten inscription on reverse by John Lundy-Clarke.Home of Isaac Jeeves the younger. Built about 1886 of timbers split from one messmate tree. Photo 1973isaac jeeves the younger, barn, kalorama, shiloah, messmate -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1900 c
Also a sepia toned copy of photograph of four dwellings near waterway dense bracken fern in foreground, may be early Lakes Entrance 04659.1 10 x 15 cmSepia toned photograph copied from a postcard showing two sailing boats at the shore of a lake. Shore edged with reeds in front of dense scrub and teatree. Reeves River later Cunninghame Arm Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Small, white single card with 'May you have a happy New Year' printed in dark red in the bottom right corner. The rest of the card has a bunch of red/pink flowers, green leaves and fern.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Anglo-Australasian Photographic Company, Fern Grove, near Mount Munday, c. 1876
Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National UniversityAn original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The series of 60 photographs that comprise the series was issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.Albumen silver photograph mounted on board‘The subject of this illustration is situated in one of the wildest and most romantic places in the Gipps Land ranges, about midway between Mount Munday and Mount Juliet. The foliage in this locality is very luxuriant, comprising mostly Fern Trees which are interwoven with various descriptions of grasses and stunted Fern leaves. Beneath this mass of vegetation flows a branch of the Contentment Creek.’landscape photography - victoria, nicholas caire, ferngrove - victoria -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, c 1895
Sunday School Picnic - children standing and seated mostly in dark coloured clothing all in hats and caps. Three teachers also in best Sunday clothing and hats. Bracken fern in foreground.Close-up enlarged photograph of Sunday School children with their teachers, Bourne Creek, Kilcundalocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, sunday school picnic, sepia photograph, miss elms san remo -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1935-36
Relief gang burning charcoal for gas producers written on back of photograph but may be unemployed on Sustenance clearing roads and tracks. Tools shown axes, picks, fern hooks, slashers, sledghammersBlack and white photograph of fourteen men with two dogs and one cat at the single mens camp at The 4 Mile Old Buchan Road East Gippsland Victoriasports, celebrations -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Double-fronted Edwardian Villa, c.1918
The Kew Historical Society's map collection includes a substantial number of real estate subdivision plans, mainly of Kew but also of surrounding suburbs in Melbourne. Most of the subdivision plans date from the 1920s and 1930s when the districts old homes and local farmland were being split up to accommodate residential growth in the postwar period. These early plans were assembled by a local firm, Jas R Mather & McMillan, which had an office in Cotham Road. Many of the plans, and sometimes photos, were annotated by the agents.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence for the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The photograph may also be aesthetically significant depending on the importance of the photographic atelier.On the reverse of a subdivision plan of the Palmyra Estate (Kew) is a photograph of a double-fronted Edwardian villa. The weatherboard and stucco house with high brick chimneys provides a clear indication of the style of curtains and gardens in houses of the period. Holland blinds with lace inserts are used in the left front window. They are combined with long lace curtains. The garden, with its curved pathway is bordered with garden beds that include marguerite daisies and roses. Reflecting a new interest in the Australian landscape, tree ferns and ground ferns are planted closer to the house.houses - kew, architecture - edwardian, real estate photographs -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Knox Heritage Trail Book. By Glen Turnbull, Knox Historical Society 2002, 2002
A Federation Fund Project 1901-2001 Commonwealth Government Initiative. Contents- brief history of the district, Knox Heritage Trust Sign Locations. Shire of Ferntree Gully Council 1901. History of Federal Electorates. History of the Knox Historical Society. Many photographs. 60 pagesBook 'Knox Heritage Trail' 60 pages. Front page shows three fruit pickers with ladders and two fruit boxes.Back page has photo of tree ferns. in sepia colour. +Additional Keywords: Turnbull, Glen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FEMALE PORTRAIT, approx. 1910
sepia photo mounted on cream board. Two female figures standing under tree,. Ferns in background, rocks and creeper, female s dressed in long skirts, jackets, hats, holding parasols, fernery, Rosalind Park ?Academy of photography, Hansen, Bendigoperson, group -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Small whitish card with narrow raised border along three edges. On the left is a bunch of purple violets with leaves and some fern. Two flower stems extend across to the right side. Underneath, printed in gold is: For Remembrance'.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, C 1900
.1 PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED OF CREAM COLOURED MAT BOARD OF ASSORTED GROUP OF PEOPLE AT MT. BECKWORTH. BOILER, BASKETS AND DOG IN FOREGROUND. SOME PEOPLE WITH BUNCHES OF BRACKEN FERN. .2 AS ABOVE, BUT WITH GOLD BORDER ON MAT BOARDNillocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, mount beckworth -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Ceremonial object - Engraved Silver Trowel, c 1899
Abraham Harkness was Mayor of the City of Bendigo when St Andrew's Presbyterian Church school hall was erected. The foundation stone was laid on Wednesday the 15th March 1899 to much ceremony including hymns and speeches. Abraham Harkness had arrived in Victoria in 1857 aged 28. He was initially successful in his search for gold and after a return trip to England in 1862 returned to Bendigo were he opened a general store and then a foundry whereby his company manufactured mining machinery. He stood for council from in 1880 and was elected a further eight times over the next twenty years. Cr Harkness served as Mayor in 1882, 1897 and 1898. His son Andrew became Mayor in 1908-09. Abraham Harkness married Jane Noble in Bendigo in1864 and together they had six sons and five daughters. Abraham died in 1912 and Jane in 1927.Sterling Silver ceremonial trowel with silver collar and bone handle. Front surface is ornately engraved with fern leaf pattern scrolled around central middle section which holds the engraved dedication. Back section is plain. Engraved: PRESENTED / TO / A. HARKNESS. ESQ. J.P. / MAYOR OF BENDIGO / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS LAYING / THE / FOUNDATIONAL STONE / of / St Andrew's School Hall / 15th March, 1899. Hallmark: P.A & S E P (Peter Atkin ?) + (windmill or pump) mayor harkness, mayoress harkness, city of greater bendigo education -
Mont De Lancey
Tool, Slasher, Unknown
A hand slasher with a long wooden handle and a heavy sharp steel rectangular blade attached with rivets to the handle. It was efficient for clearing thin and dense low-lying scrub, ferns or bush where an axe would be too clumsy. '232205' is stamped on the flat blade but the writing is Indiscernible. tools, agricultural equipment, agricultural tools, slashers, gardening tools -
Mont De Lancey
Photograph - Framed Photograph, Taken around 1921
Sebire family photograph taken c 1921.A group family photograph of a mother, Lily and her two children, Mervyn and Edna Sebire taken c. 1921 stanging outside a house with a large fern behind them. It has a metal frame with a gold and brown mount.Written on back: "Lily Martha Sebire, 6th child of Henry & Martha. B. 28.10.1870 D. 23.2.1928." "Mervyn Arthur Wesley Sebire. B 25.6.1914 D. 1992." "Edna Linda Mavis Sebire. B. 19.8.1908 D. 26.4.1971" "Taken about 1921" portrait photographs, pictures, frames, photograph frames, photograph accessories, family life -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Letter - Letter - Heritage Architect re property at 16 Fern Street Portland, n.d
Three page letter to Mr. Colin Grime, from Louise Honman, Heritage Architect regarding property at 16 Fern Street Portland (former "Clergy Rest"). Typed on Town of Portland letterhead paper, including 150th logo -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1925
Rock obtained for works at the Entrance and around Gippsland Lakes.Black and white photograph of a tramway through bushland, steep bank above tramline, tree fern gully below. Tramway connected quarry to landing on Mississippi Creek, Colquhoun Forest north of Lakes Entrance. East Gippsland VictoriaMyer's Creek Tramwayvegetation, transport, room display -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, c 1895
Posed photograph of Sunday School Picnic at Kilcunda Picnic Ground, Bourne Creek. Several teachers and thirty children standing and squatting in bush amongst ferns. All attired in best dresses and suits with hats and caps.Sunday School Picnic at Kilcunda Picnic Ground, Bourne Creek.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, sunday school picnic, kilcunda, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, RVIB Orchestra playing in Ormond Hall
The 'Blind' Orchestra on stage at Ormond Hall, surrounded by potted ferns. Instruments included drums, piano, banjos, trombone, saxophones, double bass and violins. Unfortunately no information on names at this stage. In the background, the organ is also visible.Seventeen musicians dressed in tuxedosrvib orchestra, ormond hall -
Orbost & District Historical Society
money box, Early 20th century
A light wooden box container covered with shiny brown paper. At the front is a keyhole and slot for coins. The hinged lid has detached. The outside lid is decorated with pictures of egrets and reeds. The side have pictures of ferns. It appears to be Chinese made. container box money-box -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1903
Black and white photograph of St Nicholas Church of England Vicarage, showing a timber building, hip and gable roof, half veranda at front, water tank at rear corner, surrounded by trees and a profusion of bracken fern. Lakes Entrance VictoriaC of E Vicarage, surrounded by brackenreligion -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (item) - Black and white postcard, Forest of Arden Marysville, Unknown
Postcard of early photograph of the Forest of Arden near Marysville.Postcard of early photograph of the Forest of Arden near Marysville.POST CARD PLACE/ POSTAGE/ STAMP/ HEREforest of arden, marysville, forest, tree fern, postcard, souvenir, victoria