Aborigional Women of the Richardson Tribe Victoria 1868stawell aboriginal portrait

Booknon-fictionSixteen illustrated essays by various writers on the works and practice of women surrealists working in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States in the 20th century.surrealism, merit openheim, leonora carrington, valentine hugo, remedios varo, leonor fini, elléouët

Women and children on the steps of the Greensborough Poultry co-op. Digital copy of black and white photograph.elaine drakeford, greensborough poultry co op, poultry farm

Photograph of two Arab women, captioned 'Two bints'.Digital copy of black and white photograph. Image was reconstructed from damaged original."Two bints"charles marshall, world war 1, cairo

stories written by service personnel both men and womenkhaki green hardcover bookas you were, 1949, non-fiction, world war two, second world war, wwii, ww2

Women and children at the co-op. [Poultry co-op in Greensborough] Digital copy of black and white photograph.elaine drakeford, greensborough poultry co op, poultry farm

These are the 4 surviving daughters of Thomas Henry Deakin (1845-1915), born in Monmouthshire, Wales and his wife Janet (Jessie) Longmore (1851-1939), born in Morayshire, Scotland. The couple also had 2 sons: John Henry (1879-1962) and William Andrew (1883-1939). A fifth daughter Daisy Jessie was born in 1880 and died the same year at the age of 7 months. Elsie Longmore Deakin (1881-1969) was a nurse ans remained single; Minnie Winifred (1886-1966) married Charles Williamson in 1923; Lily Vipond (1890-1943) married David Mair in 1910 and Jessie Alice, known as Alice, married Hector Williamson in 1921. Hector and Charles were brothers. Elsie Longmore Deakin enlisted AANS aged 35 years in 10 May 1915; embarked on the Mooltan on 22 August 1916. Address : 114 Station Street, Fairfield, Next of kin : mother, Mrs Janet Deakin (nee Longmore), 114 Station Street, Fairfield, father, Thomas Henry Deakin Elsie Deakin enlisted at 35 years of age on 10 May, 1915 and served locally before volunteering for overseas duty on 9 August, 1916. Her three years of training were completed at the Melbourne General Hospital. She embarked with the rank of Sister for India and was appointed to the Victoria Hospital, Bombay. In January, 1917, when she was transferred to England and a Military Hospital at Bagthorpe later to the 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, and in January of the following years to 25 (British) GH in France but returned a few weeks later to England and the 1 AAH after suffering a seriously strained left ankle. She returned to France post-war and served another four months before being returned to Australia in May, 1919. Her appointment was terminated as medically unfit on 9 June, 1919. Born South Melbourne, she died in Elsternwick on 14 October, 1969, aged 87. (REF: http://www.ozsportshistory.com/wardeaths/women_a_e.html) There is a photo of her in uniform on this site and also on http://ww1nurses.gravesecrets.net/de.html LtoR: Alice, Minnie, Lily, Elsie. This is part of a large donation relating to the Deakin, Mair and Young families.A black & white photo with a cream edge of 4 well-dressed young women in a head and shoulders formal pose. It is likely a studio photo. All wear white frilly or lacy blouses and 3 are carrying bunches of flowers.1. On rear: Top in blue biro - "Elsie Minnie Lily Alice DEAKIN / Mum's (crossing out) sisters On the basis of inscriptions in family autograph books, this writing belongs to Lily's daughter, Beryl Mair. 2. The rear has 4 remnant glued labels roughly torn from larger labels - the type once common for labelling jars and bottles. Partially beneath these is writing in another hand in black ink: " ..th love and be.. / ..shes ---------your /(crossing out) then name removed (superficial paper loss. 3, "YOUNG" in blue biro in lower LH corner. This may be the donor's handwriting. It may have been added in the course of sorting photos into Young antecedent photos; there are no members of the Young family in the photo itself. elsie longmore deakin, minnie winifred deakin, minnie winifred williamson, lily vipond deakin, lily vipond mair, jessie alice deakin, alice deakin, jessie alice williamson, alice williamson

EtchingSigned and dated 'Jennifer Mullett, 2000' bottom right corner under printed image. Titled 'Symbols of the Gunai Women' under printed image. Edition 4/10, lower left corner under print.

Digitised video (1.97GB). Duration: 46 minutes. Recorded August, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Helen Doxford Harris is a professional genealogist and historian of more than thirty years standing. Her interest in history was first developed when she commenced researching her family history. She has written many texts on various subjects relating to Victoria Police, the Indigenous and women’s fields of study. Helen is also current Secretary of Box Hill Historical Society. In this presentation, Helen presents a great talk on Women in Politics, highlighting the difficulty in achieving equality in representation on the political stage.

Brief account of the slow progress of Australian women towards equality with men to 1960s.2 p. from Ancestor, Winter and Spring 1991, p. 12-13women in australia, gender equality, ancestor (magazine)

296 p. : ill., ports A hard cover book with a dust cover and a plastic clear cover over that. On the dust cover front and back there is a picture of a man and a woman ( early settlers) out in the bush.On the back cover the woman is holding a baby. The inside covers front and back show an old photo of a man leaning on a gate talking to a woman in the front garden of a house. non-fictionTraces the history of Pioneer Women in Australia from the Stone Age ( Aboriginal Women) up to 1975. The author has concentrated on women that settled firstly in the bush with their families and the hard life they endured in this environment. australia, pioneer, women, history, pastoral, goldfields.

This work was purchased during the visit of Mary Modeen, senior fine art lecturer at the University of Dundee, Scotland, to the University of Ballarat in 2000. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.art, artwork, mary modeen, screenprint, printmaking, women

Square, medium-sized soft cover bbokmedicine, university of melbourne

SoftcoverDear Trish, Love Bee March 86walsh st library

SoftcoverBlue ballpoint pen inscription on title page: 'To dear Mandie, / with love / Bunch / Christmas 85'walsh st library

Booknon-fictionMemories of the Men and Women who played a Vital Role in the Defense of Australia in World War 11.

Eulogy of Margaret Lydia Archer (1926-2021) mentioning her becoming the proprietor of a haberdashery shop in Blackburn in the mid sixties.non-fictionEulogy of Margaret Lydia Archer (1926-2021), mentioning her becoming the proprietor of a haberdashery shop in Blackburn in the mid sixties.archer margaret lydia, haberdashery, blackburn, mercy maternity hospital

Two photographs of unidentified young women from the collection of Elaine Drakeford (nee Roberts).Digital copy of black and white photograph.elaine drakeford

Booknon-fictionIllustrated feminist overview of women artists from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century, practising predominantly in Europe, United Kingdom and the United States.painting, sculpture, performance, feminism, collage

Digitised video (1.62GB). Duration: 30 minutes. Recorded November, 2021 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about the voting rights campaign for women, including suffragette Vida Goldstein's role in the collection of numerous documented signatures in Ringwood, for Victoria's Suffrage Petition to Parliament.

Two unidentified women, possibly at an art show run by Nillumbik Shire Council at the Eltham Community Centreart show, eltham community centre

Women members at front of Clubhouse on a Tuesday afternoon - 70th anniversary 23rd June 1998: Heidelberg Golf ClubColour photograph and caption.hgc women's golf, 70th anniversary

non-fictionA history of Australian women artists, the lives and practice of 24 women are covered to redress their absence in critical and art historical records. painting, water colour, portraiture, print making

Booknon-fictionThe masculine landscape tradition was seen as the 'true' national identity in the early 20th century while the new Modernist painting of women was seen as marginal and incidental. This text looks behind the commonly held narratives of art criticism to present a new reading of gender in Australian painting.grace cossington smith, thea proctor, margaret preston, grace crowley, hilda fix nicholas, sybil craig, ethel carrick

Booknon-fictionArising from research for an exhibition of the same name, which toured Australia 1981- 1982 the book covers the work of 45 amateur and professional photographers and their lives as innovators and travellers. Many of the works come from private collections and have not been previously published.self portraiture, self-portraiture, pictorialism, home magazine, studio photography, melbourne society of women painters and sculptors, olive cotton, ruth hollick