The Returned Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Imperial League of Australia was formed in 1916 as welfare group to assist military personnel returning from the overseas active service. In 1965 the organization was renamed the Returned Services League of Australia and assists military personnel, and their families, both past and present. The Women's Auxiliaries assisted in the past with the work of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. and today assist with the work of the Returned Services League. (The K.G.Luke company was founded in 1925 and continued until the 1980s.)This badge is of interest as one issued by the Women's Auxiliary of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. It is not known if it has any connection to a local branch of the Women's Auxiliary. Small circular metal badge with dark blue circle around the edge and an Australian flag surrounded by a cream section. Pin on the reverse. Women's Auxiliary RSSAILA. ( Returned soldiers and sailors Imperial league of Australia)women's auxiliaries, returned services league of australia, returned soldiers, warrnambool history

The Australian White Ensign was first used on 1 March 1967 whe the ANL cargo ship Boonaroo was commissioned into the RAN for war service.Prior to this RAN the Australian colonial navies had flown uniquely Australian ensigns. This was a Blue ensign defaced by the badge of the individual colony.Australian White Ensign, predominately white, with Union Jack in left hand corner, with six blue stars positioned as in the Australian Flagaustralia, navy, ensign, flag

Framed two black and white Photograph. Largerphotograph shows troops in action and the smaller photograph shows the australian flag atop a hill.Long Hais Operation Pinaroophotograph, operation pinaroo, long hais

Australian flag on a pole with embroidered cloth patch dedicated to the memory of 2Lt Ian Mathers KIA during operation Overlord 1971A Field Battery. Lest We Forgetflag, 2lt ian mathers, a field battery raa

Australian flag represents military, medical, communication, construction, food relief and refugee relief. Blue with white stars and union jackflag, australian flag

After taken over Norwellan North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo: Company sign in gardens at Entrace to mills, two flagpoles - 1 Australian Flag, 1 Company FlagAUnde Australia Ltd. logoindustry, aunde

Wreath laying ceremony for Legacy widows at the Cenotaph at the Shrine of Remembrance. This is an annual event for Legacy widows at the start of Legacy Week, which is the first week in September. The photos show the 2 widows holding the Legacy flag and the Australian flag at the Cenotaph. Same film number as other photos of 2004 (00689 to 00692).A record of a ceremony at the Shrine in 2004.Colour photo x 3 of a widow holding the Legacy flag at the Cenotaph.Printed on back

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD. MUIOOF DISPLAYED ABOVE STAGE. AUSTRALIAN FLAG IN BACKGROUND.BLACK AND WHITE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH AND THREE REPRINTS OF LOYAL CLUNES LODGE JUBILEE SOCIAL 9/7/1909. TAKEN IN CLUNES TOWN HALL.LOYAL CLUNES LODGE JUBILEE SOCIAL 9.7.1909photographs, lodge- freemason, loyal clunes lodge, jubilee social 1909

The pumpkin in this photograph was an award winner and was grown by Fred Mundy Snr. It weighed 194 lbs (approx. 88 kgs). Pumpkins were grown widely on Orbost farms and used to feed pigs. There was usually a competition for the heaviest or biggest pumpkin at the annual Orbost agricultural Show.This photograph is associated with the history of pumpkin growing in the Orbost district.A small black / white photograph of man with three children sitting in a hollowed out pumpkin in water. An Australian flag is on the left side of the pumpkin.on back - "Alec Cameron, Mr Fred Mundy" ; "Record pumpkin - Mr Fred Mundy 194lbs"mundy-fred pumpkins-orbost

The Squadron Flag used by Lithographic Squadron, Army Survey Regiment members on social and ceremonial occasionsA Blue Flag with a 3.5cm diameter staff, 187cm long. Text "LITHO" , "SINCE 1951" and an Australian Flag logo silk screened onto it.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

Plaque - wood with gold metal engraved. On metal is a map of Vietnam, the Rising Sun Badge, Australia Flag, Aeroplane, Kings Crown in the centre."To the Bendigo Service Club with thanks from the Vietnam Veterans Association, Bendigo Sub Branch".plaque, vietnam veterans

Australian flag on pole with embroidered cloth patch dedicated to the memory of Sgt Rodney Parker who died of illness South Vietnam 1971A Field Battery. Lest we forgetsgt rodney (roderick) parker, a field battery

World War 1 Open Scroll: Watermark of Australia.Wooden Frame with Glass over Coloured Certificate. Shield with Australian Flag, Two Soldiers, Flags of Allies, Wattle, Troopsembarking on Troop Ship.Borough and Shire of Stawell. For Liberty, empire, For Justice. Seals of both Bourogh and Shire of Stawell. To Pte. G.A. Hodges.world war 1

Card - photo of George V and Queen Mary with British and Australian flags. 'Box Hill State School No. 2838' 'Empire Day 1907''I love God and my country ------ and the laws'documents, cards

A Centenary history of the Stawell Golf Club.Yellow card cover with two b/w photos each with a building, the lower photo has the Australian flag flying from the building.Stawell Golf Club Centenary 1898 - 1998 Farms Fences and Fairways By Jim Melbournestawell sport

Souvenir of unit member from his deployment to SECDET XI of Operation Citadel, BAGDAD-IRAQ, Mar-Sep 2007Souvenir prayer mat. Embroidered with flags of Australia, Operation Catalyst and Afghanistan, Rising Sun badge flanked by crossed swords, SECDET XI, Map of Iraq surrounded by "OPERATION CITADEL", BAGHDAD-IRAQ, kangaroo and camel, MAR-SEP 2007souvenirs, afghanistan, embroidery, emblems, iraq

Depicts Australian flag and soldier. Card is from 5th Divisional Signal Coy., AIF, France.Folded buff-coloured cardboard with paper insert fastened by faded red cord. Insert signed by George Arnold. Handwritten notation on back of card: Given to St K His Society by Mrs Parker 14/3/8214th battalion aif

A photo of Legatee Stan Savige at a microphone. The function or event is unknown. There are two Australian flags in the background. Legatee Stan Savige was the founder of Legacy and many items in the archive record his life.Black and white photo of Legatee Stan Savige at a microphone.Stamped on the reverse '___ Branch / GPO Melbourne / Photograph / Neg No. P119/1 / Draught__s section' in purple ink.savige, event, stan savige, founding legatee

Refer Cat No 1890P for the service details of Pte Roy Leslie THURLOW.Certificate, Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows. Certificate has black / white photo of Pte Roy Leslie THURLOW in centre with Union Jack flag LHS & Australian flag RHS. White background with black / silver border, brown wooden frame, glass front white cardboard backing with 2 silver hanging hooks at rear. Certificate is presented to Mr C R THURLOW & signed by members of Bendigo District on May 1st 1918.certificate, manchester, unity

AUSTRALIAN VIETNAM FORCES Welcome Home Parade Sydney October 3rd 1987 Vietnam War welcome home parade commemorative souvenirs.Two sealed cans with ring top pulls - one white in colour with glass of beer and Australian Flag and one red in colour with soldier and kangaroo Tooheys Draught AUSTRALIAN VIETNAM FORCES Welcome Home Parade Sydney October 3rd 1987 Power's Bitter Ale Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial Canberra 1992beer can, vietnam war, welcome home parade, souvenir

A Kew Patriotic Carnival was held in Victoria Park in 1941. The event was promoted in the Argus newspaper as: "KEW CARNIVAL - A carnival, at which more than 25 local organisations will co-operate in raising funds for Kew Patriotic Society, will be opened at Victoria Park. Kew this afternoon. The carnival will begin at 2 p.m. to-day and will continue to-morrow. There will be afternoon and evening sessions each day. Arrangements have been made for open-air dances, bicycle races, athletic events, tennis tournaments, folk dancing, miniature golf, and a shooting gallery. Flowers, sweets, cakes, and re-freshments will be sold at stalls conducted by auxiliaries, and lucky envelopes, darts competitions, spinning-wheels, and games will be among the attractions." The Argus (Melbourne) Friday 28 March 1941, Page 6.Rare example of Second World War local Kew memorabiliaPatriotic button. Kew Patriotic Carnival March 28-29 1941. Victoria Park. Numbered 2427. The design incorporates the British and Australian flags.Title: "Kew Patriotic Carnival, Victoria Park, March 28-29 1941". Number "2427"kew patriotic carnival, patriotic buttons, ww2

The Hamilton-Smith collection was donated by the children of Grace Mary Hamilton-Smith nee Ellwood (1911-2004) and John Hamilton-Smith (1909-1984) who settled in Wodonga in the 1940s. The Ellwood family had lived in north-east Victoria since the late 1800s. Grace’s mother, Rosina Ellwood nee Smale, was the first teacher at Baranduda in 1888, and a foundation member of the C.W.A. Rosina and her husband Mark retired to Wodonga in 1934. Grace and John married at St. David’s Church, Albury in 1941. John was a grazier, and actively involved in Agricultural Societies. The collection contains significant items which reflect the local history of Wodonga, including handmade needlework, books, photographs, a wedding dress, maps, and material relating to the world wars. The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. It was celebrated throughout the British Empire, including in Australia, with fireworks and bonfires in the evening. The last celebration of Empire Day in Australia took place in 1958, when the name of the celebration was changed to Commonwealth Day.This item 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 social and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history. An Empire Day cardboard bookmark featuring an illustrated crown, and Australian flag and Union Jack flag design. Gold trim lines the border of the bookmark. hamilton-smith, hamilton-smith collection, ellwood, wodonga, empire day, british empire, commonwealth

Popular souvenirs during World War Two that were easy to fold and post home to Australia. Like the First World War Egyptian embroideries, they used cotton sateen in a range of bright colours (although sometimes velveteen was used instead) and bear the words 'Souvenir of Palestine', a year date, and sometimes a personal message, as well as images of specific mosques or landmarks, camels, goats and date palms. The Palestinian souvenirs were often seen displayed for sale outside houses in country villages.Colourful cotton sateen Souvenir of Palestine. Beige background with painted images, probably screen-printed, with machine embroidered outlines. Pink fringe. Objects depicted are two brown/yellow camels and one donkey with rider; two date palms with orange trunks and green leaves; the Union Jack and the Australian Flag; and the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Rising Sun badge."Souvenir of Palestine" "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"souvenir of palestine, rising sun badge, australian commonwealth military forces, embroidery, screen-printed, aif, ww1, world war 1, first world war

This is a photograph of Jack Warren, Bon Trewin, Enid Eaton, Linda Warren, Ivan Trewin and Jim Trewin. The photographer was Warren, Helena (1871-1962) who was a self-taught photographer who became both the local press correspondent and a producer of humorous trompe l'oeil postcard images. Helena Warren was a thirty-two year old settler living on a small mixed farm with her husband, William, at Newmerella, near Orbost in Gippsland, Victoria, when she bought her first camera, an Austral Box quarter-plate. Her family says she was entirely self-taught, like many women photographers who started out with nothing but the instructions on the packets of film and chemicals. In over fifty years practice she graduated from the total novice, who opened all her first mail order plates in bright sunlight and ruined them, to a competent photographer who became both the local press correspondent and an inveterate producer of humorous trompe l’oeil postcard images.This photograph has significance in its association with Helen Frances Warren, a popular Orbost identity who was well known as an accomplished photographer and needleworker.A black / white photograph of si small children sitting in a pumpkin on water. There is a Union Jack at one end and an Australian flag at the other,. On the side is "HMAS ORBOST"pumpkins-orbost warren-helena-photographer trewin-bon trewin-ivan trewin-jim warren-jack warren-linda eaton-enid