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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade Bell -- “The Lady of Stawell” -- Coloured
Stawell Fire Brigade Bell (“The Lady of Stawell”)stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Stephen Joseph Mazzuchelli -- Stawell Fire Brigade -- Studio Portrait
Mazzuchelli – Stephen Joseph (Stawell Fire Brigade)Herbert's Studio, Stawellstawell -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
THIS BUILDING WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON THE 8 JANUARY 1944.SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF OLD CLUNES HOSPITAL. BUILT IN 1873, DESTROYED IN BUSHFIRE 8TH JANUARY 1944.CLUNES HOSPITALlocal history, photography, photographs, hospital [old] -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade at the back of the station building -- Coloured
Stawell Fire Brigade back of station building.stawell -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH OF FIREMAN OF CLUNES FIRE - BRIGADE.PHOTOGRAPH AND COPY. FIREMAN OF CLUNES BRIGADE IN FULL UNIFORM.local history, photography, photographs, fire brigade -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Part of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collection. Part of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionBakerlite base, lower section of base is round, upper section is octagonal. Base is topped with a silver mug, two decorative handles. SOVERIGN PLATE EPNS (other marks not clear)kyneton fire brigade, country fire authority, fire brigade demonstrations, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Crystal bowl
Part of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionCut crystal bowl, star pattern on base, leaves and flowers on sides, scalloped edge at top. Manufacturer's sticker on side of bowl: Bohemian / Hand / Cut / Crystal / Made in Czeckoslovakia. trophy, kyneton fire brigade, country fire authority, fire brigade demonstrations -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Part of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSmall elongated silver urn (a) with small handles and lid (b) with elongated handle at top, mounted on a Bakelite base. Nilkyneton fire brigade, country fire authority, fire brigade demonstrations, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy awarded Sandhurst 1886Fire Brigade DemonstrationsSilver urn, heavily chased decoration on body and base. Gold inside bowl. Elongated handles with ram's head decoration.U.F.B.D. 1886 SANDHURST 2nd Prize Ladder & Hose Event Won by KYNETON V.F.BRIGADE Reverse : Presented by F.WILLSkyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, country fire authority, trophy, sandhurst, wills f, ladder & hose event -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Anne Paul, Wallaby Creek and the Strath Creek fire tower by Anne Paul, 2018_07
Recollections of the author's father, who worked at the Mont Park farm in the early 1960s, the MMBW 1966-1981 and as a fire watcher at Strath Creek Fire Tower until his retirement. The family also had a small mixed farm.3 p. text with colour photographswallaby creek, strath creek fire tower, keating family, anne paul, ted keating, bushfire management, melbourne water -
Victoria Police Museum
Police record (May Hall), 15 December 1919
In March 1917, fire services attended a fire in a domestic dwelling in Carlton. When the owners returned they found that some of their clothing was missing. May Hall, 19, was later charged with stealing clothing and then burning those she did not want. Prison record for May Hall, prisoner registered number 7351, giving details of the prisoner, her crimes and the dates and places of her trials.english speaking prisoner, female prisoner, may hall, burglary, stealing, arson -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Cartridge
105mm Fired Tank Cartridge Case with Inerting Certificate for display purposes from 1 Armoured Regiment and presented to Brig. Ash POWER CSC from the Commanding Officers and Men 1st Armoured Regiment to mark the occasion of his ' Big Bang" 19 Jun 03 - fired by the Brigade Commander prior to redeployment and one of the last cartridges to be fired from a leopard tank prior to being replaced by the Abrams tank. A common, NATO-standard, tank gun cartridge used in 105mm gunsLarge brass empty cartridge case Plaque - Presented to Brig Ash POWER CSC from the Commanding Officers and Men 1st Armoured Regiment to mark the occasion of your Big Bang 19 Jun 03 Base - SATO NT 278/03...105MMTK PW244tank, cartridge, 1 armoured regiment -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper - Newspaper articles, Fire Kills 8, The Sun News-Pictorial, Monday January 18, p1, 1965
Various news articles pertaining to the January 1965 Victorian bushfires. • Fire Kills 8; Seven trapped near car, p1 (Illust.) • …Then the rain came, p3 (Illust.) • Bushfire kills 5 children, 2 women, p3 (Illust.) • Hottest since ’61, p3 • Fire’s big leap, p3 (Illust.) • Fire crisis was worst since ’62, p5 • Blaze leaps township, p5 • 120 flee at guesthouse, p5 • Clothes burnt off 2 firemen, p5 • Too close for comfort; Fire sweeps through farm buildings; Kooyong Coolers; Beach bath; pp20-21 (Illust.) tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1965, victorian bushfires – 1965, longwood, euroa, arnold west, bendigo, blackwood, derek dillon, garry mathieson, ted guppy, olinda, bridgewater, kevin poyser, john jenkins, bendigo base hospital, federation cup, kooyong, carol sutherland, peter james sage -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George W. Bell, Eltham Fire Station, east side of Main Road, c.Jan 1964
The photograph was taken (and donated) by George W. Bell during the period of fire, c.1963-c.1964. The actual fire station was built c.1930 and was in use till c.1964 when a new fire station was built on the opposite side of Main Road. The building, originally situated just south of Arthur Street, on Main Road was ultimately relocated in 1970 to Research Park for use by the 1st Research Scout group. The site is now part of the current Coles supermarket and Eltham Village complex. The Fire Trucks are an Austin STU (small town unit) on the left and an Austin urban pumper on the right. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imageaustin stu fire truck, austin urban pumper, eltham, eltham fire brigade, fire station, fire truck, george w. bell, motor vehicles, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Print - Framed
Displayed in original toy cabinet of museum for unknown length of time. Copy of an original lithographBiography of Outhwaite, Ida Sherbourne 188 - 1960 in Supplementary FileBlack and white etched print of children and pixies playing around open fire. Print is set in brown wooden frame. Copy of an original lithograph. The etching is by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite identified by her signature in the top right hand corner covered by the mounting.|On the back of this copy of the etching (the page appears to be cut from a book) is an etching of a koala and a camp fire on which he has brewed billy tea. A sweet four verse poem describing the picture accompanies the etching.|The initials I.S.R.O. are at base of the etchingillustrations, reproductions -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1970
Black and white reproduction of a photo that appeared in the Melbourne Sun News Pictorial, 6 November 1923, of the aftermath of the fire at the Zoo horse tram depot. Has workers wheeling wheels. The Timeline history of Melbourne trams - Barry George et al, dates the fire as 4 November 1923, during the Police Strike. Four horse tram cars were destroyed as a result. The photo has mounted onto a Norman Co. cardboard tag using an adhesive substance. Photo could be peeled off card if needed.On the rear of the card is the TMSV Address stamp and on the rear of the photograph in ink "Melbourne Sun News Pictorial, 6 November 1923".trams, tramways, zoo tram, police strike, fire -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Carronade, Unknown (Replica)
This deck cannon is believed to be a replica Carronade as it has no foundry mark, year of manufacture, proof marks or weight of carronade on it. However, its design matches the design of Carronades used in the early to mid 19th century. History: The carronade was designed as a short-range naval weapon with a low muzzle velocity for merchant ships, but it also found a niche role on warships. It was produced by the Carron iron works and was at first sold as a complete system with the gun, mounting, and shot altogether. Carronades initially became popular on British merchant ships during the American Revolutionary War. A lightweight gun that needed only a small gun crew and was devastating at short range was well suited to defending merchant ships against French and American privateers. Its invention is variously attributed to Lieutenant General Robert Melville in 1759, or to Charles Gascoigne, manager of the Carron Company from 1769 to 1779. In its early years, the weapon was sometimes called a "mellvinade" or a "gasconade". The carronade can be seen as the culmination of a development of naval guns reducing the barrel length and thereby the gunpowder charge. The Carron Company was already selling a "new light-constructed" gun, two-thirds of the weight of the standard naval gun and charged with one-sixth of the weight of the ball in powder before it introduced the carronade, which further halved the gunpowder charge. The theory of its design was to use less powder and had other advantages that were advertised in the company's sales pamphlet of the time, state. The smaller gunpowder charge reduced the barrel heating in action, also reduced the recoil. The mounting, attached to the side of the ship on a pivot, took the recoil on a slider, without altering the alignment of the gun. The pamphlet advocated the use of woolen cartridges, which eliminated the need for wadding and worming, although they were more expensive. Carronades also simplified gunnery for comparatively untrained merchant seamen in both aiming and reloading that was part of the rationale for adopting the gun. Other advantages promoted by the company were. The replacement of trunnions by a bolt underneath, to connect the gun to the mounting, reduced the width of the carriage that enhanced the wide angle of fire. A merchant ship would almost always be running away from an enemy, so a wide-angle of fire was much more important than on a warship. A carronade weighed a quarter as much as a standard cannon and used a quarter to a third of the gunpowder charge. This reduced charge allowed Carronades to have a shorter length and much lighter weight than long guns. Increasing the size of the bore and ball reduces the required length of the barrel. The force acting on the ball is proportional to the square of the diameter, while the mass of the ball rises by the cube, so acceleration is slower; thus, the barrel can be shorter and therefore lighter. Long guns were also much heavier than Carronades because they were over-specified to be capable of being double-shotted,(to load cannons with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range). Whereas it was dangerous to do this in a carronade. A ship could carry more carronades, or carronades of a larger caliber, than long guns, and carronades could be mounted on the upper decks, where heavy long guns could cause the ship to be top-heavy and unstable. Carronades also required a smaller gun crew, which was very important for merchant ships, and they were faster to reload. Additional notes: Cannon cast in England, Wales and Scotland had their imperial weight chiselled or engraved in the format of 4-2-0 on the bottom of the cascabel, indicating the weight of the cannon as 4 hundredweight, 2 quarters and 0 pounds. Since a hundredweight equals 112 pounds and a quarter weight is 28 pounds the total weight is 504 pounds or about 228 kilograms. The small bore replica carronade and carriage is part of a collection of nineteenth Century Flagstaff Hill Guns and cannons, and is a representation of carronades used from the early 18th up to the 1850s on merchant and military ships particularly the British Royal Navy until 1850. This example is not significant in the historic sense but demonstrates the type of artillery used aboard vessels of the time for protection & offensive military actions. Cannon, cast iron, small smooth bore cannon on the stepped wooden carriage with wooden wheels. It appears to fire a 12-pound cannonball. The Cannon barrel can have its elevation adjusted via a sliding sloped block at the rear of the cannon. Gun carriage has loops for locating and holding the carriage in position with the use of ropes. It is believed this carronade is a replica of a mid-to-late 19th-century Carronade cannon.Cast into metal; [Royal emblem of Queen Victoria (VR "Victoria Regina")]warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, cannon, naval cannon, cannon on carriage, 19th century cannon, fortifications, smooth bore cannon, 12 pounder, carronade, artillery, replica, deck cannon, cannon in carriage, ship cannon -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - SHELL CASE AND PROJECTILE, 1942
.1) Brass shell casing, rimmed base tapered. .2) Armour piercing steel projectile..1) “37 MM LOT 22399 1 F.A. 19” on base “4 7 1942”, “O A M23A2” on firing pin .2) Recess to mount driving band.arms - ordnance, metalcraft- brassware -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Bowling Club- New clubrooms, 1972
Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Bowling green and new clubrooms. 22.11.72. Miles Avenue site. Clubrooms were built in 1968 after the old clubrooms were destroyed by fire. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - colour, Australians Parading For The Trenches, 1916
Most probabaly purchased by Harry Holmes.World War One official war postcard showing Australians inUnifrom with guns and helmets. On back "These are the men who shortly after midnight on Sunday, July 23, 1916, took Pozieres by a splendidly dashing advance through shrapnel, shell and machine-gun fire.world war one, australian soldiers, pozieres, harry holmes, henry smerdon holmes -
Wangaratta Urban Fire Brigade
photograph
D.Langshaw in turn out gear in front of a fire truck.black and white photographD.Langshawd. langshaw -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Bushfire Damage at the Apple tree orchard at Pomonal 1939
Apple tree orchard after 1939 Fires at PomonalBlack and white photo of what looks to be an orchard as fruit on the ground.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Mr John Martin
Portrait. Thomas Kinsella. Stawell Fire Brigade 1893stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Mr. ??
Portrait. Thomas Kinsella. Stawell Fire Brigade 1893stawell -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Street Parade In Malmsbury, Malmsbury ca1990
People - Captain Koala Associated with - Junior Fire Brigade -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Hose and Reel Team at Ballarat
Stawell Fire Brigade Hose and Reel Team at Ballaratstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Capt Grandin 1885 -- Studio Portrait
Portrait. Capt Grandin. Stawell Fire Brigade 1885stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Fireman A Clarke 1885 -- Studio Portrait
Portrait. Fm. A Clarke. Stawell Fire Brigade 1885stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Fireman Kelly 1885 -- Studio Portrait
Portrait. Fm. Kelly. Stawell Fire Brigade 1885stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Fire Brigade's Fireman Cox 1885 -- Studio Portrait
Portrait. Fm. Cox. Stawell Fire Brigade 1885stawell