Mr Richardson sometimes deputised for his friend Mr Henry Berry at Sunday services at the Asylum, c.1890.A rare, historically significant and well-provenanced example of resources - clothing - made by residents of the Kew Lunatic Asylum in the 19th century.Multicoloured, hand-knitted woollen sock, created for Mr. W.H. Richardson (father of the historian Dorothy Rogers, the donor), and made by patients of the 'old Kew Asylum'. Attached handwritten note by Dorothy Rogers): "This sock was made for my father (W. H. Richardson) by patients of the old Kew Asylum. He often deputised for Mr Henry Berry at Sunday afternoon services about 1890'.men's clothing, socks, kew lunatic asylum, w h richardson, dorothy rogers

Letter - quarto sheets, dated 1/6/1927 typed on MMTB letterhead, to the City of Malvern offering second hand grooved rails and slot beams for sale. Gives details of the materials and the costs. Also notes it has second hand cable or rope for sale. Copy of a letter back to the MMTB from the Town Clerk of Malvern dated, 4/6/1927, saying no thanks.trams, tramways, mmtb, cables, rails, sales materials, malvern

Written on back of photograph, "11.8.81 477 Maroondah Highway. S.A.M.. New and second-hand agricultural machinery."

This knitting pattern book was published by the Villawood Textile Company, Sydney and contains knitting patterns for womens and mens knitted garments. Interestingly, TV and theatre personalities have been used as well as high fashion models.Autumn-Winter '61 / ... a superb / collection of / Villawool / designs ... / 3rd EDITION / Hand Knits / by / Villawool / 4'-knitting handicrafts - history, villawood textile company, knitting, handicrafts - history

The scarf in the photograph was made by participants of the Children of the World Longest Hand Knitted Scarf project.knitting

Tender or notice - two A4 pages stapled in the top left hand corner, titled "Tender for Purchase of Second hand trams from the Corporation", issued by the Met, Public Transport Corporation, tender No. 9226, closing 11am, 16 August 1989. Gives details of the tender lodgement (60 Market St), tram location, details of the body, removal time, crainage - sale of trams 798, 804 and 835.trams, tramways, sale of trams, the met, tenders, ptc, tram 798, tram 804, tram 835

Two hand written recipe books. Articles and recipes from magazines and the newspaper are also includedTwo eecipe books with clippings of recipes from magazines and newspapers. recipe book, edith pickford

Floral Clock, Ballarat Courier, 5th March 1954, ceremony to hand over to city of Ballarat.The Floral Clock in the photograph predated the clock in the Gardens today and the site may have changed. Although the photograph makes this hard to decipher.One page of a black and white photocopy of a newspaper page, with a blurred photograph of the clock, top of the page and a small caption to the right of the photo.None.john garner collection, garner, dr, clock, floral clock, 1954, ceremony, courier, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens

Henry Barclay's Hand Shears, November 2016. His son Eric recalls his father shearing with these.Digital copy of colour photographeric barclay, barclay family, henry barclay

Built by the Buffalo Forge Company in New York, USA. It is of a typical hand operated design used in workshops.Historic - Industrial drill - typical hand operated design used in workshops.Steel - Black and red paintBuffalo Forge Company Drill Press No. 611puffing billy, drill press, hand tools, buffalo forge

Specification manual for the Dubied Type MR hand knitting machine, which also forms part of the collection.10. N.P.I. 100 C/Mmachine knitting, sartori, mrs genitilia

East Ringwood 2000- Roundabout in Railway Avenue cnr Wenwood Street looking West (railway line on right hand side)- B&W Photo from Album 6501

.1 - Tender document - Tender "O" 614 - 3 foolscap duplicated sheets (were stapled in the top left hand corner) - titled "Tender for the Purchase from the Board of Eighteen Second-hand AEC Mk III Motor Buses Complete", giving details of the bus numbers, engines, chassis, date entered service, body maker and general description. Third sheets gives MMTB's "Conditions of Tendering for the Purchased of Material from the Board." Tenders closed 7-7-1980. .2 - ditto - "O" 615 - titled "Tender for the Purchase from the Board of five (5) Second-hand AEC MK IV Motor Buses Complete", as above, with tenders closing 7-7-1980.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, tenders, sales items

Henry Barclay's Hand Shears held by his son Eric in October 2106. Eric recalls his father shearing with these.Digital copy of colour photographeric barclay, barclay family, henry barclay

View through trees of Mountain Grange, home of the Hand family. Now the site of Kalorama Memorial Reserve and Karwarra Gardens.Sepia photograph showing a wooden building in a treed setting.thomas hand, mountain grange, kalorama memorial reserve, karwarra gardens

Self-reflective piece exploring some people's disposition to certain skills. Boyd argues that the hand has a character of its own.Typewritten, pencil edits, quarto, 2 pageshand, h p schoenheimer, the beast with five fingers, robin boyd, manuscript

William Owen Lewis No 471 enlisted on 10.9.1914 in D Coy 14th Bn age 22 years, embark for Eygpt 22.12.1914, due to factors he finally embarks for Gallipoli 22.7.1915, reported missing 8.8.1915 then reported WIA, rejoin unit 19.9.1915, hospital with Pluerisy 2.12.1915, rejoin unit 4.2 1916, transfer to 46th Bn then to 12th MG Coy, embark for Marseilles 11.6.1916, hospital 1.10.1916 with Synovitis L/Knee, rejoin unit 21.1.1917, hospital 25.7.1917 Abcess Buttock then Fistula, RTA 5.4.1918, discharged from the AIF medically unfit (D.A.H) 4.7.1918.Certificate on light cream parchment paper, outer print is in red showing a Coat of Arms at the top with columns down each side with Dominion/Commonwealth names around, centre in black print shows a soldier standing with a rifle and Brittanica seated with a sword and flag, under is printed wording wording acknowledging a soldier was Disabled and Honourably discharged in the Great War, soldiers name is hand drawn in.In black hand drawn, “W.O.Lewis Australian Imperial Force”, “4.7.18”certificates, disabled ww1

Mrs Eliza Jeeves, wife of Ellis Jeeves, standing in the garden outside the Mountjoy Guest House in Kalorama. Eliza was one of six daughters of Thomas Hand and Eliza Hand, (nee Erith) who owned the Mountain Grange property. Eliza and Ellis ran the Mountjoy Guest House from 1908 and Eliza ran it alone after Ellis's death in a buggy accident in 1921 until just before her death in 1943. Black and white photograph of woman standing in garden outside a house with the balcony rails visible.ellis jeeves, erith hand, mountjoy, eliza jeeves, eliza hand

Small straw hand brush with handle bound wit fine wire and two laps of double twine binding around body of brush. Manufacture method clearly different to 'modern' machine made brushes.straw brush, hand brush, small brush, small broom

Hand written letter from serving Soldier in Vietnam to his wife in Brisbane. Original letter very hard to read with a legible typed copy of letter. Copy of envelope on foolscap paper in black ink.From CPL V J Sheen 3791844 To Carol Sheen 5/11/1970letter

This is one of the maps drawn by Frank L. Frost while he was beekeeping in North-East Victoria. This particular map may be reference in the "Wooden" Diary on pages 12, 13 and 17.Front Side: Hand-drawn map centred on Chiltern showing the Melbourne road [Hume Freeway] and the Beechworth-Rutherglen road with detailed locations of flora in the region. Flora includes; Iron Bark, Stringy Bark, Red Box and Yellow Box. Details regarding quantity of flowers and quality of trees is included. Back Side: Some names and addresses are recorded in pencil. Drawn with black pen and grey lead on paper. A grid and other symbols are marked in red ink.hand drawn, hand-drawn, map, chiltern, 1915, beekeeper, frost, beechworth honey

Written on back of photograph, "Intersection of Warrandyte Rd. and Aird Street. Lindsay's old home on corner on right-hand side." 05/1978

A3 photocopy of hand drawn map of Eltham created by Geoff Braithwaite (1914-2008) of his memory of the township about 1920. It includes names of streets and property owners. Folder of information on Geoff Braithwaite Includes A3 photocopy of hand drawn map of Eltham with coloured shading of Eltham in 1920s and 1930sharry gilham collection, eltham, 1920, geoff braithwaite, map, smart family cottage, eltham cemetery, flora caroline braithwaite (nee gamble), geoffrey braithwaite

This knitting pattern book was produced by "The Australian Women's Weekly" in 1962 and contains knitting patterns for men, women and children using 'Woolworths' brand wool.WOOLWORTHS / Hand / Knits / 1962, No. 2 / 34 PATTERNS / FOR ALL THE / FAMILY / PRICE / 1'- / W / The Australian Women's Weekly / April 11, 1962handicrafts - history knitting, australian women's weekly woolworths ltd, handicrafts - history, knitting

Eliza Hand married Ellis Jeeves in 1885. They had 12 children, with 8 surviving to adulthood (5 boys and 3 girls). Eliza was one of the daughters of Thomas and Eliza Hand of Mountain Grange Homestead. Eliza and Ellis extended their home in the valley 'Kalorama' to become a Guest House. In 1908 they purchased 'Mountjoy Guest House' from the Paynter family and ran a very successful guest house and coach business. Following the death of Ellis Jeeves in a buggy accident in 1921, Eliza ran the guest house and her son, Hubert, the coaching business. Black and white studio portrait of middle aged woman dressed in a black outfit and wearing a black hat. eliza hand, eliza jeeves, ellis jeeves, mountjoy

Bob (Herman) Hymans (a former member of the Royal Netherlands Navy) was born in Bloemendaal, Holland on 30th September 1922. During World War II he fought against the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was imprisoned in Changi and on the Burma Railway. After gaining qualifications as a Ski Instructor, Bob arrived in Falls Creek in July 1950. Working as an Instructor and Supervisor at Bogong Lodge, Bob decided his future was in accommodation. He was successful in negotiating an indenture for land from the State Electricity Commission (SEC). It took Bob two years to build his Grand Coeur Chalet but, tragically, it was burned down in August 1961. Bob also built the first Chairlift in Australia. This was a single chairlift and the structure was built from wooden electricity poles. He was constantly full of new ideas and proposals for the village. Bob Hymans die on 7th July 2007. This Collection of documents and letters tells the story of Bob's endeavours to develop Falls Creek into the ski village it is today.This Collection of documents and letters tells the story of Bob’s endeavours to develop Falls Creek into the ski village it is today. This document is a detailed profit and loss estimate written by Mr Hymans in planning for establishment of a new motel in Falls Creek. All calculations are hand written and carefully divided into different sections. It also included a detailed staff allocation for one year.falls creek tourist area management committee, bob hymans, falls creek administration