Showing 232 items
matching field place
-
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Box of Dressings, mid 20th Century
TROVE : Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), Saturday 29 March 1919, page 6. For Perfuming the Living or Sick Rooms, for Special Services, High, Mass, Requiem Service, and Benediction. "SANAX" Fragrant Pastille; ignite easily and burn steadily, emitting delightful fumes of fragrant incense. Every home should have them. All Chemists, or BURROWS PHARMACY, 5 Brunswick St., FITZROY. TROVE : Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Saturday 16 August 1941, page 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. ADVERTISERS …………Girl Packer, about 18 yrs. The Sanax Co., 5 Brunswick-street, Fitzroy. City…….. Manila coloured cardboard box printed in dark brown and orange containing cotton gauze.Box. Side 1. 'SANAX (logo) ABSRORBENT GAUZE. To be placed over the injured part, after treatment with Iodine Tincture or other medicaments, and held in place with a bandage. THE SANAX CO. Manuf. Chemists Melbourne Reg'd Office : 5 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, N.6.' Side 2. 'THERE'S A "SANAX" FIRST AID CASE for every purpose 27 Distinct Patterns to choose from. No. 1 "Sanax" First Aid For Factories, Home etc. No. 1a "Sanax" First Aid For the Home, Farm, School No. 2 "Sanax" First Aid For Factories, Mines, Quarries No. 4 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For Sports Clubs, Scouts, Guides No. 5 "Sanax" First Aid For Mines, Racing & Football Clubs No. 7 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For the Farm, Home or Sports Field No. 9 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For the Motor Car No. 11 "Sanax" First Aid (Pocket Size) For Boy Scouts, Girl Guides No. 20 & 25 "Sanax" First Aid (Portable) For the Motorist. Side 3. ‘USE "SANAX" ACHE TABLETS for ALL PAINS ACHES and FEVERS - SAFE and EFFECTIVE’. Side 4 ‘Keep "Sanax" First Aid Dressing handy , for small wounds, cuts, cracked hands, and abrasions. It forms an antiseptic healing skin over the damaged part. Sole Makers The SANAX Co. Melbourne’. Side 5. ‘TRADE "SANAX" MARK’.wound dressing, cotton, gauze -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allen and Unwin, A bastard of a place : the Australians in Papua : Kokoda, Milne Bay, Gona, Buna, Sanananda, 2004
In 1942 and early 1943 Papua New Guinea was 'a bastard of a place' to fight a war. This book gives us the final, all-encompassing story of the five battles that changed Australia forever. The compelling narrative resonates with the voices of both the well-trained AIF volunteer, and the young Militia conscript who triumphed together. The author interviewed hundreds of these soldiers and himself travelled the treacherous terrain and bloody battlegrounds where so many of their mates perished, and reveals the inside story of how Generals MacArthur and Blamey sacrificed many of the senior Australian field commanders as scapegoats to protect their own positions. A Bastard of a Place restores Milne Bay, Gona, Buna and Sanananda to their rightful place beside Kokoda to what they should collectively be for all Australians - sacred ground.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.691.non-fictionIn 1942 and early 1943 Papua New Guinea was 'a bastard of a place' to fight a war. This book gives us the final, all-encompassing story of the five battles that changed Australia forever. The compelling narrative resonates with the voices of both the well-trained AIF volunteer, and the young Militia conscript who triumphed together. The author interviewed hundreds of these soldiers and himself travelled the treacherous terrain and bloody battlegrounds where so many of their mates perished, and reveals the inside story of how Generals MacArthur and Blamey sacrificed many of the senior Australian field commanders as scapegoats to protect their own positions. A Bastard of a Place restores Milne Bay, Gona, Buna and Sanananda to their rightful place beside Kokoda to what they should collectively be for all Australians - sacred ground.world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – new guinea, world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – kokoda -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO ADVERTISER COLLECTION: SPORTS STAR AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
Black and white photograph, photograph of Robert Burns accepting an award on the stage from a young woman in a dress. Bendigo Advertiser description Robert Burns March: Cycling The 1987-88 Sports Star of the Year was soon back in front of the judging panel's eyes when he was selected in the Australian team to ride at the Seoul Olympics. He was picked as the 50 km points score rider. In preparation for Seoul, Robert rode extensively in Europe in mid-year winning races in West Germany and Belgium against full international fields. At Seoul Robert qualified in the 30 km qualifier in sixth place and then went on to ride a great race to finish fourth in the 50 km final, just out of the medals. In February, Robert and Peter Attard teamed to take out the 75 km Australian Madison and last weekend in Shepparton he beat Garry Sutton to win the Pro-Am Open 50 km points score race.recreations, sports, awards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: BENDIGO ARCADE / BENNETTS WALK, c1940's
Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. Very detailed photo of Bendigo Arcade / Bennetts Arcade c1940's. Many products are displayed in front of the shops - brooms, hoses, bins, lawn mowers, cases, baskets, brushes etc. Trade signs are Abbott & Co., Boots Shoes, Cheapest in Bendigo. Bennetts, ironmongery. On the left is a woman in a long winter coat shopping. There are three people walking through the Arcade. The roof is very ornate & the top is clear so it is well lit with the light coming through. See Research field and 2400.104.1.pdf (attached) for further information.place, building, commercial, harry biggs collection. bendigo arcade. bennetts arcade. boots shoes. abbott & co. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LANSELL COLLECTION: SCRIP CERTIFICATE: FLYING SQUADRON GOLD-MINING COMPANY REGISTERED, 1870
Document: 2 copies of Scrip certificates from Flying Squadron Gold-Mining Company Registered, Woodfield and Pigeon Reefs, Sparrowhawk, Bendigo. Issued to David Field of Sandhurst, 26th. October, 1870. Signed by J.G. Weddell, Manager. David Field is listed as an original shareholder in the Flying Squadron Mine, in 1870. ( see Government Gazette October 7, 1870 ) The mine was situated at Sparrowhawk Gully, Sandhurst. ** one copy only in pocket. 8.10.2019place, fortuna, family history, bendigo, sandhurst, fortuna, lansell, david field -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTO: D. FIELD ( RELATIVE OF GEORGE LANSELL ), 1876
Photo: Hand coloured sepia print of male. Man has full beard, short hair, dressed in brown jacket . Written on bottom of photo in small script ' Bent Photo, Sandhurst' Written on back: photographed by Bent late Batchelder centre of Pall Mall Sandhurst. Signed on back by D. Field, July 5th. 1876.Bent Photoplace, fortuna, family history, lansell, fortuna, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DEATH CERTIFICATE: ELLEN LANSELL FIELD, 1941
Document : Death certificate of Ellen Lansell Field, died 12th. July 1941. 24 Booth Street, Arncliffe.NSW Govt.place, fortuna, family history, lansell, fortuna, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DEATH CERTIFICATE: WILLIAM DAVID FIELD ( DESCENDANT OF GEORGE LANSELL ), 1951
Document: DEATH CERTIFICATE : WILLIAM DAVID FIELD ( DESCENDANT OF GEORGE LANSELL ). Died 13th. July 1951, Bexley NSW.NSW Govt.place, fortuna, family history, bendigo, lansell, fortuna, william david field. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DEATH CERTIFICATE: ETHEL DAISY FIELD, 1946
Document: Death certificate of Ethel Daisy Field, descendant of George Lansell. Died 11th. October, 1946, 24 Booth Street, Arncliffe, Rockdale.NSW Govt.place, fortuna, family history, fortuna, lansell, bendigo. ethel daisy field -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MAVIS JEAN GOULD ( NEE FIELD ) DESCENDANT OF GEORGE LANSELL, 1931
Photo: photocopy of sepia photo of Mavis Jean Gould ( nee Field ) descendant of George Lansell. Photo taken in 1931. Woman dressed in light coloured top, with beads around neck, Hair pulled back and waved down side of face. Written on back in biro: 'if any thanks are given they should be to my dear Mother who never threw out anything, sincerely Margaret.'place, fortuna, family history, fortuna, lansell, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO OPERATIC SOCIETY COLLECTION: BLESS THE BRIDE, JUNE 1971, 1971
A leaflet for the Capital Theatre play "Bless the Bride" starting on Friday, 18th June, 1971 featuring Max Collis as the Producer, Madge Welch as Assistant Producer, Ruth Gorman as the Society Pianist, Gwen Grose as Musical Director, Malcolm Cannon as Stage Manager, Madge Welch incharge of Chereographey, Madge Welch, Mr.s A. Ball. Mrs. L. Reed in charge of wardrobe, also featuring the actors in order of appearance, Ruth Iredale as Alice Charity Willow, John Boquest as Cousin George, John Beaumont as Archdeacon Gurney, Carol Mckenzie as Lucy Veracity Willow, Fred Trewarne as The Hon. Thomas Trout, Coral Rivett as Ann Fidelity Willow, Christine Cavanaugh as Ann Patience Willow, Jill Barker as Elizabeth Patience Willow, Pamela Duffy as Frances Fortitude Willow, Debra Lockett and Jocelyn Lyon as Millicent Punctuality Willow, Neil Roxburgh as Pierre Fontaine, Patricia McCracken as Suzanne Valois, Ferd Lorenz as Augustus Willow, Bartina Daws as Mary Willow, Duncan McFarland as Albert Willow, Dorothy Field as Harriet Willow, Patricia Lyon as the Nanny, Ray Edebone as Chief Gendarme. Fred Veltch as 2nd Gendarme, John Lourens as M. Robert, Micheal Flippini as 1st Waiter, John Tonkin as 2nd waiter, Douglas sayle as M. Frontenac, John Beaumont M. Martel. Also featuring advertisements for local businesses such as Don Semmens at 250 Hargreaves Street and Luigi and Athalie's Restaurant The Copper Pot at 2 Howard Place and then another advertisement at the back for Rodd Coiffure. The leaflet also includes a paper advertising the famous actor Barrie Ingham who is doing a show called "Love Love Love" at the Flora Hill Teachers Collegebendigo, entertainment, capital theatre, bendigo operatic society, capital theatre, bless the bride, don semmens, luigi and athalie's the copper pot, rodd coiffure, barrie ingham. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAFT ARTICLES FOR RHSV (BENDIGO) NEWSLETTER, MAY 1972
Draft articles for RHSV (Bendigo) Newsletter, May 1972. 1. ''Golden Square Methodist Church'' by Lydia Chancellor - memories of church services, Sunday School and Bible classes. Mention of (Minister?) Mr Robert Saunders. Also - Rev B W Heath; Mr Crump, Rev Henry Worrall; reference to Jubilee of church in 1923. 2. Article submitted by Mrs E M Checcucci re the 'White Works' (clothing factory making underwear at the top of Wattle Street) - visited by Prince of Wales in 1920; 3. Handwritten and typewritten version of ''Extracts from the 'Sandhurst Library Almanac 1858', published by P M Sparkes, Bookseller and Stationer (four doors from Shamrock Hotel). Names listed of officers of the 40th Foot (Captain's detachment); Location of two cemeteries; Municipal Council of 1858 - Chairman and councillors and meeting times and place; Police Department - names listed of officers of department, Sandhurst Municipality, 'The District' and Eaglehawk Township (names for the last being only on the handwritten copy); 4. Article (w Perry) ''Australian Aboriginals on the Bendigo Gold Field’’ reference to ''King Charlie'' and finding of gold by him (reference to this in the Bendigo Advertiser 1856 & 1857). The gold purchased by a Mr Bannerman; 5. Article on introduction of gas in Bendigo (by I Hendry). Ref to ''Spotlight'' article in Advertiser of Oct 13, 1950. Mention of Mr Dondy (first user of gas in Bendigo); early use and price of gar; poor gas pressure in Eaglehawk; 6. Handwritten article submitted by John O'C Hattam re 'Indian Hawkers in Bendigo': with request to members to join him in further researching this interesting project; mention of accommodation in Hopetoun Street in terrace houses of the same design as Specimen Cottage (''now occupied by ' Glover??? Mills - but referred to in printed Newsletter of April/May 1972 as ''a site occupied by a clothing factory''); mention of hawkers by name - Rajah Singh, Mahonett Betth, Mahonett Shang, Rajah Bouth, Mahoety Bux, Abdul Rahman (last hawker)document, names of bendigo pioneers, bendigo advertiser -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MAJOR MITCHELL AND MOUNT ALEXANDER
Typed notes mentioning the naming of Mount Alexander, Coliban, Campaspe and who named them. Also the origins of the names.document, major mitchell and mount alexander, tommy-came-last, the major mitchell tourist trail, major general john byng, phillip of macedonia, alexander the great, henty s, surveyor davidson, alexander mollison, george augustus robinson, william morton, mr charles hotson ebden, john randell, public library of melbourne, les blake, governor burke, phillip parker king, crown solicitor henry field gurner, arthur phillip, hume, australia felix expedition, l blake, place names of victoria, g brenmer, booklet for secondary schools, m cannon, historical records of victoria vol 1, j h l cumpston, thomas mitchell surveyor general and explorer, h f gurner, chronicle of port phillip, t l mitchell, three expeditions into the interior of eastern australia, a f mollison, an overlanding diary, w l morton, adventures of a pioneer, m s 5188, itinerary from the journal of the exploring expedition returning from portland bay, m s 5189, mitchell's 1837 map, j o randell, pastoral settlement in northern victoria vol 1, pastoral settlement in northern victoria vol 2, records of the victorian archaeological survey number 5, journals of george augustus robinson, t c sargent, some peninsular names in australia felix, w h wells, a geographical dictionary or gazetteer of the australian colonies -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Sons of Anzac
Booklet of Humorous tales of the Diggers belonging to Harry Trudgen -Service Number - VX132215 : Date of birth - 15 May 1923 : Place of birth - ALBURY NSW : Enlisted - IN THE FIELD QLD (records not available) Next of Kin Father - TRUDGEN John Henry Service Number - 9550 : Place of Birth - Beechworth VIC : Enlisted in 1915 - Driver with the 13th FAB - received gun shot wound to hand and returned to Australia in 1919.Beige paper booklet with picture of Australian Flag and three Servicemen on cover with writing in red above and in blue below.Sons of Anzac Humorous Tales of the Diggers Harry Trudgen 1914-18 handwritten top right hand corneranzac, humorous tales of diggers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Water bottle (WW1), 1915 - 1918
Issued to and used by James Rose during WW1. He served in 8th field Ambulance Co 1915 - 18 with Fredrick Webb.metal drink container with bakelite lid. Thick material cover held in place with press studs. Wire clips to attach unit to uniform. Approx 1 litre capacity.world war 1, james rose, ww1 water bottles, frederick webb -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print
The charge of the 21st Lancers in September 1898 was one of the last full-scale cavalry charges of the British Army. The battle took place 6.4 km. (four miles) outside Omdurman, just north of Khartoum and marked the culmination of Major-General Sir Horatio Herbert (later Field Marshal, 1st Earl) Kitchener's campaign for the re-conquest of the Sudan, the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1898).At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon. It was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined army equipped with modern rifles, machine guns, and artillery over a force twice their size armed with older weapons, and marked the success of British efforts to re-conquer the Sudan. Timber framed print depicting mounted soldiers in battleOmdurman Charge of 21st Lancers21st lancers, omdurman, sudan -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sue Wesson et al, Aboriginal flora and fauna names of Victoria : as extracted from early surveyors' reports, 2001
The Flora and Fauna Names Project is an initiative of the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages and the Victorian Biodiversity Strategy. The researcher has examined material from the archives of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), the State Library of Victoria, the Victorian Public Records Office and the Australian Archives Office. This first stage of the project focussed on the NRE archives, in particular the field notebooks of the earliest surveyors and their maps although other NRE resources, libraries and public records were accessed. A total of 3028 words were found of which a significant proportion have previously been unknown to linguists. It appears that the place names and word lists in early surveyors notebooks, the 1858 surveyors responses to the Surveyor General and an extensive Wiradjuri wordlist by James Baylis have not yet been widely used or published. Fifteen percent of these 3028 words describe flora and fauna and six percent describe habitat. Of particular interest is the evidence provided by these lists of the existence of fauna in the mid nineteenth century in regions where it is now extinct. For example, magpie geese, eastern quolls, bustards and pademelons were assigned names in the Jardwadjali language area of the upper Glenelg and Wimmera Rivers. The outcomes of this project may help to assist in ascertaining the distribution of flora and fauna assets in Victoria.maps, b&w photographs, colour photographs, illustrations, word listswiradjuri, jardwadjali, glenelg river, wimmera river -
Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA)
Drop Chute
From the early 1960s, the Forests Commission had pre-season arrangements in place with local aeroclubs and pilots across regional Victoria. Air observers from FCV districts routinely flew during the summer months in small, fixed-wing aircraft on fire spotting missions and to map fire boundaries. The information was often needed quickly by crews on the ground or in the control centre and these small chutes were used to drop messages and maps from the reconnaissance aircraft on a low pass above a cleared area like a football field. About 3-foot long when fully extended, they had a small pouch secured with a press stud for the map or package. The chutes were made from tough canvas with a small, weighted sandbag at one end and a long yellow streamer tail on the other to help direct its fall and locating it on the ground. Drop chutes were still in common use in the 1990s, but the increased availability of helicopters combined with improved digital data transfer made drop chutes redundant. Simple, but now redundant technologyAerial drop chute"Return to Forests Comm Vic" stenciled on sidebushfire -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Instrument
User manual supplied, indicator cover is held in place with electrical tape, instrument contained in cardboard box with red lidElectronic instrument, model no 5WR3, Standing Wave Bridge and Field Strength Indicatorinstruments, measuring -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Public Art: Robert BAINES (b.1949, Melb, Aus), Robert Baines, Transaction (Location: entrance, Nillumbik Shire Council Offices, Civic Drive, Greensborough), 1994
The site specific sculpture is located at the entry to the office of Nillumbik Shire Council. It was commissioned in 1994 by the Shire of Diamond Valley for their 20 year celebration. Baines was chosen from a short list of three artists. He is an internationally renowned artist, particularly in the field of gold and silver smithing. 'Transaction' takes on the visual and aesthetic vocabulary of its surroundings. It is a statement of the geometry and idiosyncrasy of its immediate site. The series of arcs are reinterpreted into longitudinal curves in the sculpture. It is a transaction between the place and the anticipated entry to the building. The title also suggests the flow of civil and administrative procedures that take place daily within the Shire's offices. A large cascading form in stainless steel. Multiple rows of concave dishes set on long steel stems, which progressively increase in size as they rise in height. The work plays elaborately with perspective, and its repeated shapes are arranged in a orderly mathematical series. It faces a wheelchair ramp lined with polished steel rails, and is integrated with the architectural features of its forecourt setting, for which it was designed. The piece is sited in a small garden area and can be viewed from within the building's foyer. In bright sunlight, its dish-shapes cast elliptical shadows across walkways and lawns. N/Apublic art, transaction, ekphrasis2017, stainless steel, disks, poles, council -
National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Document, 1876
Presented to the Major The Honorable F. T. Sargood together with the V.R.A. Challenge Cup on 8 December 1876. The cup was competed for by all the volunteer corps in Victoria. The following extract is from The Argus (Melb), Sat 9 Dec 1876, page 9 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5912315 The second quarterly official inspection of the St Kilda Battery was held last night by Colonel Anderson. The gun drill was held in the orderly-room, and afterwards the corps was put through field movements in the drill around. At the termination of the inspection Colonel Anderson expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the drill had been performed. Colonel Anderson then presented Major Sargood with the Victorian Rifle Association Challenge Cap, which had been won by the St. Kilda Battery three times. The cup has been competed for the last 12 years, and in that time the cost of the ammunition used in the contest and markers' fees amounted to about £3.000. The value of the cup is 20 guineas. An address to Major Sargood was then read by Captain Hearn. On receiving the cup Major Sargood said that he was afraid from the state of his health he would either have to retire from command of the battery, or obtain a long leave of absence. He said that six years ago he bad been presented with a sword which he wore that evening, and he was glad to see that there was no diminution of the goodwill then expressed towards him. Red leather folder lined with ecru coloured watered silk containing a illuminated copy of the address on the presentation of the V.R.A. Challenge Cup to Major The Honorable F. T. Sargood. The cover has a gilt decorated embossing around its border and gilt text.On front: "ADDRESS TO MAJOR THE HON. F. T. SARGOOD." "ST KILDA BATTERY" "R.V.V.A."rippon lea, sargood, frederick thomas, sir -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, City of Nunawading Heritage Survey Project, 1/10/1994 12:00:00 AM
... Database of places recognised in the field survey. List... street name Database of places recognised in the field survey ...Database of places recognised in the field survey.Database of places recognised in the field survey. List of buildings, roads etc with indexes by value and by street name.Database of places recognised in the field survey. city of nunawading heritage survey, street name -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, The Place Names Committee
A report on an address given on 'The Place Names Committee' by Mr H.S. McComb - he is eminent in many fields, especially the survey world.A report on an address given on 'The Place Names Committee' by Mr H.S. McComb - he is eminent in many fields, especially the survey world.A report on an address given on 'The Place Names Committee' by Mr H.S. McComb - he is eminent in many fields, especially the survey world.place names committee, mccomb, h.s. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Heritage Review, Coleman Architects, Whitehorse Heritage Review 2012, 31 August 2015
City of Whitehorse Heritage Review 2012 covers Pre-1945 individual heritage places and former precincts previously identified its Heritage Review 2001 but not assessed for inclusion in the Heritage Overlay.A4, 219 pp. Ringbound final report dated 31 August 2015. Describes heritage values of individual places and precincts in the City of Whitehorse.non-fictionCity of Whitehorse Heritage Review 2012 covers Pre-1945 individual heritage places and former precincts previously identified its Heritage Review 2001 but not assessed for inclusion in the Heritage Overlay.heritage review, 2012, city of whitehorse, buildings, coleman architects, historic buildings, memorials, houses, public buildings -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Dressing,Wound, Circa 1994
Waterproof vinyl package (packet opened) rectangular in shape. Discoloured on outside olive green drab on inside. has a tear strip. Gauze bandage attached to stretch material bandage. Packet. on Front. 6510-66-108-4140 DRESSING,WOUND *sterile compressed for field use. CAPO 7830065AC Lot number B93433 Smith + Nephew * Inner Pack Contains Sterile Dressing Date stamped "2 May 1994" Packet on Back To open tear down here. DIRECTIONS FOR USE Retain outer bag. Remove dressing from inner bag. Grasp bandage and pull pad open. Place face of pad onto wound. Place outer bag on to the other face of pad and bandage. Wrap bandage around and tie or pin bandage as required. DO NOT HANDLE WOUND OR PAD. (Recorded on Dressing) OTHER SIDE TO WOUND. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Book - Demobilization Procedure Book, WWII, 1945
Belonged to THOMPSON NORMAN VOISEY JAMES who served in WWII. His service Number - VX111547 : Date of birth - 17 Feb 1918 : Place of birth - WONTHAGGI VIC : Place of enlistment - IN THE FIELD WA : Next of Kin - THOMPSON A According to inscriptions within the book, Thompson was discharged on 27 December 1945. His home address was 10 Clarke St Prahran VIC. He was a fitter and turner and went on to work for EA Machin & Co 535 Elizabeth St Melbourne as a mechanical fitter after the war.Small brown rectangular book with white paper forms within. Australian Military Forces Demobilization Procedure Book from World War II.Multiple inscriptions both typed and handwritten. Sampling from front cover: "Army No VX111547 .... THOMPSON / NORMAN VOISEY JAMES / 10 Clarke St Prahran / Issued 12 Nov 45" -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Member's Personal Equipment Card, WWII, Australian Military Forces, 1944
Belonged to THOMPSON NORMAN VOISEY JAMES who served in WWII. His service Number - VX111547 : Date of birth - 17 Feb 1918 : Place of birth - WONTHAGGI VIC : Place of enlistment - IN THE FIELD WA : Next of Kin - THOMPSON A According to inscriptions within the book, Thompson was discharged on 27 December 1945. His home address was 10 Clarke St Prahran VIC. He was a fitter and turner and went on to work for EA Machin & Co 535 Elizabeth St Melbourne as a mechanical fitter after the war.Small brown rectangular bi-fold card from World War II. Within the card is a record of personal equipment issued to Army No VX111547 with typed and handwritten red and blue ink inscriptions from 21/12/44 to 21/1/46.Multiple inscriptions both typed and handwritten. Front cover: "AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES / AAF F204 / INTRODUCED AUGUST 1944 / MEMBER'S PERSONAL EQUIPMENT CARD / THIS CARD TO BE CARRIED WITH AND UNDER SAME CONDITIONS AS A.A.B.83"equipment card, member's personal equipment card -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Booklet - Personal Documentation Booklet, WWII, Australian Military Forces, 1944
Belonged to THOMPSON NORMAN VOISEY JAMES who served in WWII. His service Number - VX111547 : Date of birth - 17 Feb 1918 : Place of birth - WONTHAGGI VIC : Place of enlistment - IN THE FIELD WA : Next of Kin - THOMPSON A According to inscriptions within the book, Thompson was discharged on 27 December 1945. His home address was 10 Clarke St Prahran VIC. He was a fitter and turner and went on to work for EA Machin & Co 535 Elizabeth St Melbourne as a mechanical fitter after the war.Small brown rectangular booklet containing personal documentation of NV Thompson VX111547, including passport size photo x 2, enlistment details, training records, medical history, Q record, record of leave. The cover has only handwritten inscriptions in blue ink and pencil. Stored within a brown coated canvas storage pouch with single flap.Multiple inscriptions both typed and handwritten. Front cover: "N.V. THOMPSON" in blue ink. Below that, 'Mrs Vera Evans / 403 Nth Terrace / West Burnie / Tasmania / Plumber / Wilson St Burnie" in pencil. -
Parliament of Victoria
Portrait of Prince Albert, Coutts, Gordon 1865-1938 et al, Prince Albert, after Winterhalter, 1896
In 1895 artist Gordon Coutts was commissioned by Elizabeth Harding (Mrs. Silas Harding), a wealthy pastoralist, to paint this portrait of Prince Albert. The portrait was completed by 1896 and is a copy of an original by German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873). In 1843 Winterhalter was commissioned to paint matching portraits of Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort. These originals hang in the Garter Throne Room at Windsor Castle and are part of the UK Royal Collection. Queen Victoria’s appreciation of Winterhalter began after she saw portraits by him of other European monarchs. Accordingly, between 1842 and 1861 he made fifteen visits to England and painted over 100 portraits of Her Majesty, the royal family and other friends and dignitaries. There are a number of notable differences in the original Winterhalter work and this painting. The local artist Coutts has changed the colour of the Prince’s cloak from deep blue/black to red (perhaps as a result of working from a black and white photograph). Other differences include extra satin shoulder ribbons, a simplification of the furnishings, notably the floor, and an inexact representation of the medallions worn; collars of the Order of the Garter, Bath, and the Golden Fleece. The painting is framed to match the official copy portrait of Queen Victoria, with the coat of arms of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, fixed atop the frame in place of the royal crown.Framed portrait, oil on cotton, of Prince Albert. The Prince Consort wears the robes of the Order of the Garter, holds a Field-Marshal’s baton, and is posed in front of a curtain and colonnade. Timber frame with a layer of gesso and decorative composition ornaments. There are rose, scotch thistle, clover leaf and Acanthus ornaments. The coat of arms that sits on top of the frame is a combination of carved timber and composition elements.Signed lower right corner in red brushpoint: ‘after Winterhalter / By Gordon Coutts / 1896’.albert, prince consort of victoria, queen of great britain, 1819-1861, winterhalter, franz xaver, 1805-1873, coutts, gordon (1865-1938) -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Image, Life in Ireland - A Farmer's Cabin, c1864
The tenant lived at the mercy of the resident landlord. Home was a one-roomed house, a chimney of wicker work plastered over with mud or just a hole in the roof. The walls might consist of mud too, or sods of grass. Any windows, were rarely glazed and would be open to the elements all year round. The Pig, if any, was kept in the house, the most valuable possession. Sold for cash at local market. The main items in the house were a potato pot and water bucket. As well as mother, father and children, there could well be grandparents all living in the same cramped conditions. The family would sleep on rushes or straw lain on the floor. Most tenants were tenants 'at will ', which meant they could be evicted at the 'will' of the landlord. Some had a lease for the life of the father and the eldest son, and this meant they were relatively safe from eviction as long as they could pay their rent. There was a tradition of passing on a portion of your land from father to each of the sons, who would build a small dwelling, and in turn pass a portion onto their own sons. This cycle of subdivision meant that many families were surviving on a tiny plot of land from which to derive a crop of potatoes for the year. Women worked hard in this environment, rearing children, cooking, cleaning, tending to any animals such a pigs or chicken and when needed, helping in the potato field. Life was dictated by the annual rent due to the landlord. Other typical expenses could be the Hearth Tax (actually charged by the number of fire places in a house) Turf, Hay (for any farm animals) and tithes. A tax known as the tithes were calculated at one tenth the value of everything saleable. Tithes were a bitter issue. They were for the support of the Church of Ireland, Protestant Bishops and Ministers, and a cess tax for the construction and maintenance of Protestant Church buildings. The problem being that the vast majority of those paying the Tax were Catholic and paying to support something that was contrary to their beliefs. Potatoes were the staple diet from September through to the end of Spring of the following year. But the summer months were months of hunger and hardship as they waited for the following harvest to come in Autumn. During these months people had to resort to eating anything they could find; turnips, cabbage, even wild grass, nettles, wild berries and dandelions. Those who lived close to the sea would collect seaweed and use it spread on their land as a form of manure. The dependency of so much of the population on the Potato as their sole source of food was to prove disastrous during the Famine years. [http://www.youririshroots.com/irishhistory/tenant.php, accessed 14 December 2013]A woman spins wools, while another cards fleece in preparation for spinning. I man smokes a pipe by an open fireplace, while a cow takes shelter in the cabin for warmth. ballarat irish, cabin, spinning, wool, cow