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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Bible, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...The Biblebible, religion, religious text -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Edward Henty's Biblebible, religion, religious text, henty -
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Magazine, 150th Victoria Anniversary Souvenir, Sun News Pictorial, 1985
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Coloured night view of Sydney Myer Music Bowl with City of Melbourne in background. Back cover coloured night view of Arts Centre Tower with City in background. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Seaman and Merchants Complete Expeditious. Measurer 10th Edition, 1834
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Brown leather cover. Gold line on spine. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1853. 1 January - 30 June, 1853
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Government gazettelocal council, victorian government, gazette, records, administration, 1853, 1800s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1852. 1 July - 31 December, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Gazette -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Victorian Statutes 1890, Vol VI, 1890
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine.victorian government, state government, parliament, governance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Magazine, Australasian Post, 22/02/1962
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Magazine with girl in blue spotted bikini and straw hat on front cover. 48 Pages. Australasian Post. February 1, 1962 1/- Weekly top left. Advertisement for Art Ability tests on back cover. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Magazine, Woman's Day, 20/05/1963
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front Cover: Green background. White Woman's Day across top. Head and shoulders shot of young woman with brown hair, check scarf around neck. Backcover: Advertisement for Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes. 104 pages.womans day magazine, popular culture, women -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Local Government in Victoria: Enactments and Decisions from 1933 to July 1936, 1936
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Brown cloth-covered binding with section of dustjacket glued to front cover. Title and author on spine in gold lettering. 212pp.local government, regulations, laws, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Pamphlet - Programme - Portland Racing Club Summer Meeting, Feb-14
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Four page cardboard programme for the Portland Racing Club's Summer Meeting - Thursday, February 12, 1914 Dark blue printing and graphics on fawn background. black. Held together with cellotape. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet, Souvenir of the Inauguration of Direct Overseas Shipping of Wheat from Portland, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Souvenir of the inauguration of direct overseas shipping of wheat from Portland. Small booklet. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Victorian Statutes 1929, Vol II, 1929
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine. The General Public Acts of Victoria in 5 Volumes.victorian government, state government, administration, governance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Victorian Statutes 1890, Vol VII, 1890
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine. Portland Free Library label inside front cover.portland free library -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Victorian Acts of Parliament, 1890
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Fawn cloth bound spine and covers. Black graphics and text on spine, including 'Portland Free Library'.local government, state government, victorian government, governance, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2. 1905, 1 May - 31 August, 1905
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Dark green grained cloth over hard cardboard. Red leather spine & corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.victorian government, state government, administration, governance -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, Bart, M.P., Formerly Known as 'Tommy Upmore', 1895
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...A novel about an unlikely young man who goes on to be a member of Parliament. Social commentary and criticism is weaved in. Blackmore was also the author of LORNA DOONE.Dark green cloth-covered board. Gold lettering on spine. Indented self coloured writing on front cover 4 horizontal indented self coloured stripes on bottom. 440 pages.A novel about an unlikely young man who goes on to be a member of Parliament. Social commentary and criticism is weaved in. Blackmore was also the author of LORNA DOONE.social commentary, novel, politics -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Naturecraft in Australia, 1956
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Brown cloth-covered binding with section of dustjacket glued to front cover. Title and author on spine in black lettering. 264pp.outdoors, nature, bush walking, australia -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, A Short History of Our Own Times, Vol. 1 of 2 : From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, 1881
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Brown cloth-covered binding. Front cover decorated with two black framing patterns and a central gilded roundel with decorative design. Title and author on spine in gold lettering. 493pp.history, queen victoria, 1800s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Life of Lord Russell of Killowen, 1902
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Maroon coloured cloth covered spine and cardboad covers. Text in gold.lord russell of killowen, political history, social history -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Acts of the Parliament of Victoria, 1892
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold text on spine highlighted by red background. Textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers.social history, local government, state government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Royal Navy, 1907
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Book with blue cloth covered spine and cardboard covers. Text and graphics in gold, brown, dark blue and faun.portland free library, armed forces, the royal navy -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1894, 1894
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine. 1 January - 30 Aprillocal government, state government, victorian gazette, 1800s, 1894 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The People In Between, 1968
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Dark red cloth covered book. Gold lettering on spine. 253 Pagesaboriginal, australia, colonisation, culture -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Mrs Beeton's Englishwoman's Cookery Book and Household Guide, 1890
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Brown cloth binding over carboard covers, with title in gold in top left corner. Illustration of a woman in a kitchen on front cover. 191 pp.household management, cookery, mrs beeton, 1800s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet, Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, 1905
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Cream soft cardboard cover. Orange, black printing on cover. Black printing on spine. Catalogue of Exhibits.agriculture, show, society, advertising -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Sea, 1883
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Green/Yellow covered card. Gold lettering, depiction of sea on front cover. Black lettering on gold on spine. 301 pages. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Magazine, Woman, 25/07/1955
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front Cover: Blue/Green background woman in red top centre woman with hair swept to one side black long earings, black necklace black lace fan. Back Cover: Advertisement for Bushells Coffee Essence. 48 pages. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Bell's Illustrated Classics: Aeneid and Caesar De Bello Gallico, 1903
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Light green cloth-covered board covers and spine. Black text on front cover and spine. Free Library label on inside front cover. Bell's Illustrated Classics: Vergil's Aeneid Book 2 and Caesar De Bello Gallico Book 2poetry, history, ancient rome, caesar, virgil -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, 1867
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...The story involves Bessie, a young woman whose lover, Basil Underwood, has been arrested, thrown in prison by the Puritans and sentenced to die that night when the curfew bell rings. Knowing that Oliver Cromwell will be late in arriving, the young woman begs the old sexton to prevent the ringing of the curfew bell. When he refuses, she climbs to the top of the bell tower and heroically risks her life by manually stopping the bell from ringing. Cromwell hears of her deed and is so moved that he issues a pardon for Underwood.Illustrated book with carboard cover. Front cover has a central colour illustration of a church, a bell and a fir tree bough. 28 pp. Gilt edges to pages.The story involves Bessie, a young woman whose lover, Basil Underwood, has been arrested, thrown in prison by the Puritans and sentenced to die that night when the curfew bell rings. Knowing that Oliver Cromwell will be late in arriving, the young woman begs the old sexton to prevent the ringing of the curfew bell. When he refuses, she climbs to the top of the bell tower and heroically risks her life by manually stopping the bell from ringing. Cromwell hears of her deed and is so moved that he issues a pardon for Underwood.poem, narrative, puritans, civil war