wool, senior valuer, harwood, pre war

Cream booklet with blue letteringDalgety Farmers. Dalgety Farmers Limited incorporated in Victoria. Tally Book.dalgety farmers, sheep, shearing, tally book

White pages with green lettering

White pad with green letteringTo Younghusband Limited Merchandise Department Woolpack Order Form.

The company was founded by merchant squatter, Isaac Younghusband, originally as Younghusband & Co Ltd and was registered in Victoria on 1 May 1889. The business was engaged in woolbroking and as stock and station agents. In 1897 it became a proprietary company under the name of Younghusband & Co Pty Ltd. Another change in name occurred in 1902 when the company took over the woolbrokers R Goldsbrough Row & Co Pty Ltd and became known as Younghusband Row & Co Pty Ltd. In 1920 the company became known as Younghusband Limited. In September 1971 the company was taken over by Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd.Orange and cream wool tag with black printed text. Front: [printed] TO / YOUNGHUSBAND LIMITED / WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW BROKERS / KENSINGTON / Owner / Address / Date Despatched / No. of / Packageswool brokers, kensington, textile industry, wool, skin, tallow, hide, sheep, wool industry, younghusband limited

Wool classer Alfred Henry Turton joined the Australian Field Artillery 11th Bde as an Armourer Quartermaster Sergeant.Round silver medallion with crown motif on top. Snake tail at bottom. Inscribed on both sides. Shield side: Alfred H Turton 1797 En Reconaissance. Ship side: Rust rcestturton, 1797, elkington, alfred henry turton

White paper with blue letteringArcadian Wool Classers Specification. arcadian wool, wool classers, geelong

Light blue booklet with dark blue letteringArcadian Wool Arcadian Wool Brokers LTD. Tally Book. Geelong. Portland.arcadian wool, tally book, wool

Light blue booklet with dark blue letteringArcadian Wool. Arcadian Wool Brokers LTD. Shed Book. Geelong. Melbourne. Portlandarcadian wool, shed book, geelong, melbourne, portland

Dark blue paper back book with gold letteringGrazing and Farming Diary Referee and Recorder July to June 1980 1981

Maroon hardback bookThe Practical Management of Looms and Yarns by J W Hutchinson

Forest green hardback bookTextile Design and Colour. Elementary Weaves and Figured Fabrics. W Watson

Small green hardback bookCommon Commodities and Industries. Worsted. J Dumville. S Kershaw

Dark Blue hardback book with gold letteringWool Year Book 1947. Published by Textile Mercury

Large green hardback bookAdvanced Textile Design. W Watson

Small green book with black letteringTechnical School Series. Woollen Yarn Production. Lawson.

Dark green hardback book with gold letteringAnalysis of woven fabrics. A F Barker, M Sc and E Midgley

Dark blue hardback book with no writing on frontOn Spine: Planning and Controlling. Cairns. Vol III Rydges New Library

Dark blue hardback book with no writing on frontOn spine: Fundamentals of Fibre Structure. Astbury. Oxford

Mustard and black patterned book with white letteringA Handbook of Textiles. Ann M Collier

light blue booklet with black letteringThe Dyeing of Yarn Packages. Volume2: Appendices By Arne Johnels

Light blue booklet with black letteringThe Dyeing of Yarn Packages. Volume 1: Text. Arne Johnels

Beige hardback book with black letteringScreen Printing. W Taussig

Green hardback book with black letteringTextile Raw materials and Their Conversion into Yarns. J Zipser

Dark blue hardback book with gold letteringMan made fibres. R W Moncrieff

People in the industry would come in for sales at the Wool Museum and not pay to see the exhibits. Turnstiles were installed to stop entrance. The tokens were sold on ground floor and turnstiles installed outside the exhibit upstairs. The token had to be inserted into the turnstiles to gain entrance to the exhibit.93 Large child tokens 67 Large adult tokens 6 Large guest tokens 17 Large concession tokens 55 Small adult tokens 36 Small child tokens 15 Small guest tokens 34 Small family tokens Gold and bronze in colour

Used for keeping record of sheep shorn by individual shearers. The final number of sheep shorn by each shearer are used to calculate payment. Provides wool grower with statistical information about how many sheep on property and where they are. Depends how many people on site who keeps the shearers tallies eg the contractor, property owner, station hand. Used also to keep shearers honest about their totals and therefore their pay.Booklet with image of man shearing a sheep.Shearer's Tally Book. Eldersshearers, tally book, shearing, sheep

May have been given to The Australian Estates Company in the 1970's when sold to CSR or Elders.Bronze framed certificate coat of arms with smaller frame below explaining coat of arms.The shield shows the Southern Cross (being the Arms of Victoria) but on a white background to indicate wool and to avoid being identical with the Victoria Arms (which have a blue background). The inner shield shows the conventional way of indicating estates with green and gold squares. The sword is the sword of St Paul, indicating the London activities of the company. The Shorthorn Bull and Merino Ram explain themselves, as does the sugar cane. The helmet and decoration above are conventional, green and gold being chosen to indicate land and the wealth derived therefrom.

Orange instruction booklet. Large rectangle cardboard box (original) containing knitting machine. Made in JapanOne hour guide to instant knitting. Knitmaster. Made in Japan

Brown paperback book with red bindingSheep and Wool Grade 2 Department of Sheep and Wool Royal Melbourne Technical College