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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Arthur Walker - The Courier, "Electric trams did something for Ballarat", 12/09/1970 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper Clipping from the Courier, Saturday 12 September 1970, titled "Electric trams did something for Ballarat", with sub-title "We owe a lot to our trams", written by Arthur Walker. Has photos of a ESCo Bendigo 4, Ballarat horse tram 7, a line of three of SEC trams in the loop and various non-Ballarat horse trams in another photo. Item has numerous stores about the Ballarat Tramway system and local stories.ballarat tramways, esco, horse trams, sec -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Travis Jeffrey, c1962
Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of Bendigo No. 5 and No. 24 crossing at Myrtle St. loop. No. 5 has destination of Charing Cross and a Cohns Drinks Advertisement on front panel. No. 24 has destination of Golden Square. On the front dash panel is advertisement for Huttons Hams and a Streets Ice-cream advertisement. Note the empty roof advertisement panel on No. 24 - refer to Reg. Item 2632, which shows the tram at Golden Square."BES 21" in penciltramways, trams, bendigo, golden square, myrtle st, tram 5, tram 24 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, 15/05/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams in the early 1970's and the Drummond St South streetscape.Black and white print of Ballarat 21 in Macarthur St, leaving the High St loop. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Two copies. Photo by Doug Colquhoun, 15/5/1971. Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy 1 "SEC Ballarat / 21 (Ex MTT A.10)/ Drummond St / 15/5/71 4170 / D.A. Colquhoun" . Copy 2 "DAC" in ink, bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, macarthur st, high st, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Late 1950's
Yields information the appearance and details about the Grenville St intersection in the background in particular the shops on the corner in the late 1950's.Digital scan from the Ben Parle collection of SEC trams tram 30 in the loop and two other single truckers at the Grenville St stop. Photo 1950's or early 1960 prior to introduction of dash canopy lighting. Note the SE Dickins store on the north side, with the hotel on south side. Dickins later moved to the south side. Morsheads sign in photo as well as Grey's cigarettes. Photo received with the Ben Parle slides 09/2004. trams, tramways, grenville st, sturt st, bridge st, city loop, tram 30 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 2, Peter Bruce, No. 11 "Wendouree Parade", 1970s
Yields information about Wendouree Parade and the Hamilton Ave area and Sturt St West..Digital image, black and white, of No. 11, with a Twin Lakes sign running a Mt Pleasant service. .1 - In Sturt St west between Hamilton Ave and Russell St loop. .2 - In Wendouree Parade about to turn into Hamilton Ave. Note the Tram timetable on the pole on the right hand side of the photograph. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of images: No. 11 "Wendouree Parade"trams, tramways, wendouree parade, sturt st west, mt pleasant, timetables, hamilton ave, tram 11 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s - set of 2, John Phillips, mid 1980's
Yields information about Wendouree Parade, tram No. 33 mid 1980's and the Gardens precinct.Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 33, operated by BTPS, travelling southwards in Wendouree Parade mid 1980's near the floral clock taken through the entry pergola, opposite the old loop. Tram has the destination of Depot and SEC Roof Advertisements and a SEC Everything under control in my all electric Kitchen. Photo by John Phillips on Fujicolour paper. Two copies .1 and .2, .1 being the longer version with more foliage in view.trams, tramways, ballarat, wendouree parade, btps, tram 33 -
Tennis Australia
Banner, Advertisement, Circa 1890
A printed leather Wright & Ditson (USA) advertising banner, with wooden support pole inserted through a tunnel loop sewn into upper edge. Banner depicts a graphical composition with the word 'TENNIS' intersected by a vertical tennis racquet which is branded 'WRIGHT & DITSON' on the throat. On the net of the racquet a male figure is depicted, wearing a striped blazer and cap, and holding a tennis racquet. A rectangular pink decorative border surrounds this composition. Materials: Wood, Leather, Ink, Metaltennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Medal - Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Bronze Maltese Cross, State of Victoria, 1897
Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897. Brass cross pattée fitted with a loop and with a separate pressed brass crown. Obverse: In the centre the head of Queen Victoria. On the arms of the cross (top) the cypher 'VRI' between flags (left) '1837' (right) '1897' (bottom) 'VICTORIA THE GOOD'. Reverse: Crown in centre with inscription on each arm of cross. Inscription (centre): '1897'. Arms: 'TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF H . M . QUEEN VICTORIA'.Front: VIR : Victoria the Good : 1837-1897 Reverse: To Commemorate the 60th Year of the Reign of H.M. Queen Victoria : 1897queen victoria, queen victoria - commemorations - victoria, australian commemorative medals -
Woodend RSL
Horse Saddle Girth, James Robb, Belt attachments presumably made prior to 1917
James Robb (born 1940) was an importer and manufacturer of all kinds of saddlery. References: Centre for Australian Art, 2020 http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/impressions/31305/ Faded, mustard coloured woven strap with buckles on either end. Centre of strap has a thin leather belt loop attached. Buckles are attached with brown, rectangular leather strips which appear to be hand-sewn to strap in white thread. Two holes which appear to be for a buckle prong, are visible on one side above the leather buckle attachment. A row of machine stitched holes on this side suggests a rectangular, arrow headed strap was once attached.J. ROBB MAKER HOBARTTOWN stamped into brown leather buckle attachments. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print, Mar. 1987
Colour print of the BTM operated cable tram set at Gardens Loop, Begonia Festival 1987. Inspector Peter Winspur, Driver Warren Doubleday, Conductor David Frost, Zone seller Clayton Giles. Photographer unknown, hand written notes on the back of the frame by Richard Gilbert on the backing sheet for the frame - Spotlight. Photograph could possibly be by William F Scott given that a number of his photographs of the event appear in the 1986 - 1987 Annual Report.trams, tramways, btps, cable trams, begonia festival, gardens loop -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Graeme Breydon, "Public Transport Developments in St Kilda", Nov. 1970
Carbon copy of a report - 10 quarto pages + two heat sensitive copied maps titled "Public Transport Developments in St Kilda", prepared by Graeme Breydon Nov 1970 for the Historical Society of St Kilda. Looks at the development of tram transport, cable trams, railways, Hobson's Bay loop line, electrocution of the railways and tramways, some features e.g. shelters, developments and freeway proposals. Maps show rail and tramways on the eastern side of Melbourne.trams, tramways, city of st kilda, victorian railways, pmtt, vr, st kilda brighton, construction, railways, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Uniform - Badge, c1917
Lapel Badge for the Tramway Board (predecessor to MMTB and the successor to the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. staff. Has abbreviation of "TB". Made from a cast brass item, nickel plated to indicate the position held by the wearer as part of their uniform. Cast in the form of the handwritten or script word/s and underlined. On the rear, silver soldered on are two brass loops at either of the badge to enable badge to be sewn or fitted with clips onto the cap or the uniform No manufacturer's name on the rear of the badge.trams, tramways, cap badge, hat badge, uniforms, tramway board -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, details of the Hawthorn system - part 1, 1950's
Set of papers - 12 foolscap and some quarto sheets - hand written in ink and pencil giving details of the Hawthorn system, distances, running times, streets used. Notes on Straun Robertson, depot layout, notes on track mileage, Wattle Park, construction, loop locations, sketches of track, the authorising Act, track lengths and calculations. Items 2037 to 2041 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Hawthorn Tramway Trust" in red pencil.trams, tramways, htt, hawthorn, reports, routes, track, hawthorn depot -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Melbourne Transportation Committee, "Melbourne Transport 1985", c1971
Pamphlet, full colour, 14 pages (was 16 pages - one set has been removed or torn out) titled "Melbourne Transport 1985", reporting on the Melbourne Transportation Committee work, c1971. The document gives a summary of the recommendations of the Committee's planning for Melbourne transport for 1985, including the rail loop, proposed freeways and interchange facilities. Includes detailed planning for the Eastern Freeway, South Eastern Freeway and the Tullamarine Freeway. Showed some rail line extensions.On front cover in ink "4A12" and inside on page 3, "AETA" stamp in purple ink.trams, tramways, melbourne, transportation, planning -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Uniform - Armed Services, Cape/groundsheet, 20th century
Rain cape, also used as a groundsheet, issued Australian servicemen. Purchased for the donor from an "Army Surplus" store and re-purposed for camps as a Scout in the late 1960s. The MK VII Groundsheet (Rain Cape / Poncho) was introduced in October 1917 during WW1. They were made from dyed cotton, proofed with a rubber compound, "well vulcanized" on one side. Weight 3lb. 8oz;. 78 inches long by 36 inches wide and made by the Victoria Rubber Co. Edinburgh. They were used again during WWII 1939-45 Today the Army uses the hootchie - a sheet of 70D nylon or PU-coated cotton with various press snaps and webbing tape loops attached around the outside which allow it to be used in a variety of configuration. During WWII Australian forces fighting the Japanese in the Islands had an urgent requirement for a decent individual shelter. The rubberized canvas groundsheets and rain capes continued to be used, but these were less than effective in the tropics. Towards the end of the war in the Pacific Australia began issuing its troops a lighter weight version of the groundsheet manufactured from polyurethane-coated cotton – During the Malayan Emergency of the 1950s, Australian troops were issued with hooded ponchos. Unlike the WWII US pattern ponchos which always had a hole in the dead centre of the poncho sheet, the Australian-issue hooded ponchos made an effective shelter – especially when two where clipped together. The problem of course is that the rubberized canvas ponchos were far too heavy for jungle use. 1960s Australian units in Borneo were issued with the first pattern lightweight hootchies. 1 Kg. 1970 the Vietnam War, a second pattern lightweight hootchie was issued made from nylon, but retaining the hardware and loops. This lightweight hootchie weighed a mere 680 grams, still heavy, but suitable for tropical use. Currently the hootchie is made from AUSCAM nylon material . Historic significance; representative of the type believed to have been issued to Australian servicemen in World War II, possibly in World War I.Waterproofed Canvas rain cape, also used as a groundsheet in the Australian Army, press studs to close as a cape, collar to cover neck.NILuniforms, australian army, world war ii, army surplus, scouts australia, bentleigh, moorabbin, world war 1, hooded ponchos, borneo, auscam nylon material, hootchies, malayan emergency, vietnam war, groundsheets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 13, Noel Simons, 24/05/1971 12:00:00 AM
Set of 13 transparencies taken on 24/5/1971 on Kodak mounts. 1200.1 - No. 7 en route to Golden Square turning from Bridge St. into Nolan St. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. Tram has a briquettes roof ad. 1200.2 - No. 21 in McCrae St. just before Nolan St. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. 1200.3 - No. 7 in Nolan St at corner with McCrae St. Passenger boarding tram at a tram stop. 1200.4 - No 7 turning from Nolan into McCrae St. with Golden Fleece service station in background. 1200.5 - No. 7 in Thunder St en route to North Bendigo. Photo taken after tram has passed photographer. 1200.6 - No. 5 en route to Eaglehawk just after leaving Needle Loop between Long Gully and California Gully. 1200.7 - No. 5 at the start of the double track in High St. Eaglehawk. 1200.8 - No. 5 at Eaglehawk terminus showing "Depot" with Leo A Hughes Photographer advertisement on building in background. 1200.9 - No. 5 at Eaglehawk terminus. Has two SEC roof ads 'Everything's fine in my all electric kitchen' and 'Electricity best for cooking'. 1200.10 - No. 5 at Eaglehawk terminus, with canon, war memorial outside Town Hall and Leo A Hughes Photographer advertisement on building in background. 1200.11 - No. 5 in McCrae St. about to enter Arnold St. and depot. Tram showing depot, has driver changing points. 1200.12 - No. 5 in Arnold St. Photo taken looking up the centre of the access track - shows the overhead at depot junction. 1200.13 - Depot entrance with signage at depot entrance and depot building in background.Information written on in black ink and date stamped on purple ink. 1200.1 - "No. 7 entering Nolan St. from Bridge St." 1200.2 -"No. 21 in McRae St. about to turn into Nolan St." 1200.3 - "No. 7 in Nolan St. at corner of McRae St." 1200.4 - "No. 7 turning from Nolan St. into McRae St." 1200.5 - "No. 7 in Thunder St. just after turning from Caledonia St." 1200.6 - "No. 5 just after leaving Needle Loop between Long Gully and California Gully. 1200.7 - "No. 5 in High St. Eaglehawk at start of double track." 1200.8 - "No. 5 at Eaglehawk terminus" 1200.9 - "No. 5 at Eaglehawk terminus" 1200.10 - "No. 5 at Eaglehawk terminus."\ 1200.11 - "No. 5 in McCrae St. about to enter Arnold St." 1200.12 - "No. 5 in Arnold St." 1200.13 - "Entrance to Bendigo Tram Depot, No. 5 running into shed."tramways, trams, bendigo, mccrae st, north bendigo, california gully, eaglehawk, depot, tram 5, tram 7, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Film - Movie Film & Box, Kodak, 1960
Yields information in movie film format of Ballarat trams in 1960, how the system operated and was used by people., Yields information in movie film format of Ballarat trams in 1960, how the system operated and was used by people.Movie film - 8mm, approx. 30mins, with leader strip on a plastic reel, within a black and white plastic box, titled "Ballarat No. 1. 1960". Has been transferred to DVD - see Reg item 4100 as Segment No. 2. Made by Ben Parle. Also transferred to DVD by Rod Cook Oct. 2015, via Roger Greenwood for use in his DVD, "The City of Ballarat Trams, Gardens & Gold" of 2016. See Reg Item 6883. Synopsis: based on time. 0:00 View of typed introduction, noting that this is a pictorial record of Ballarat. 0:10 Title “The Tramways of Ballarat 1960, Part 1” 0:16 13, showing “View Point” at Stones Corner, Bridge St, east end, with trolley pole being turned, while another single trucker heads out towards Mt Pleasant. 0:25 13 leaving Stones Corner, short approach and then longer trailing shot of the tram going towards the City in Bridge St. 0:44 View out of front of tram in Bridge St heading towards the City, with cars in the photo, then passing through city Loop, no trams in the loop and running up to Lydiard St Nth and crossing the road. 1:22 Running up Sturt St from Armstrong St, passes over Dawson St X-over and up to the next intersection, Lyons St. 1:54 Title “The View Point Line” 1:59 19 inbound, in Ripon St, from crossing Mair St, towards camera and then passing away and turning into Sturt St. 2:49 View of a “Warning Oncoming Trams” sign 2:52 19 in Ripon St, going to View Point, crossing Webster St towards camera, then going away through the disconnected Victoria Ave loop, pass the “Warning Oncoming Trams” sign. Note very windy scene with people running across roads. 3:17 19 in Wendouree Parade, in bound, though showing destination View Point, going away from the camera, past the View Point Hotel. 3:39 19 coming towards camera near Excerpt or Devon St and then going away towards the terminus. 4:04 19 at the terminus, stationary, with a single trucker 3?, passing from Macarthur St into Wendouree Parade, behind 19. 4:20 33 coming towards camera in Wendouree Parade from St Aidans Drive, stopping to pick up passenger at Forest St and then going away towards the City, photographed from near the depot, on a wet and windy day. 4:54 35 in Wendouree Parade, coming towards the Camera from St Aidans Drive and then going away with the Gardens Loop area in the background. Tram stops at stop to let a passenger off. 5:28 21 leaving Gardens Loop for the City via the Depot, green light in signal can be seen. 5:43 28?, closely followed by 26 turn from Drummond St South into Sturt St. 6:18 Scene opens with shot of “Sebastopol” destination on a bogie tram. 6:21 Title “The Sebastopol Line” 6:24 21 turning from Sturt St into Drummond St Sth with destination of Bell St and then going away from the camera. 6:55 38 in Drummond St Sth, coming towards the camera and then passing the camera with Sturt St just in the view. 7:10 21, showing Gregory St, in Drummond St Sth, approaching and then going away, entering the Urquhart St Loop, 7:39 34 in Drummond St Sth (location check required (Latrobe?)), approaches camera, picks up passengers and the goes away. 8:09 39 at ? Street, turns from Drummond St Sth into Skipton St, after picking up and setting down passengers, bound for Sebastopol 8:55 35 inbound in Skipton St passes through the Bell Street Loop, and then goes away from the camera. 9:33 42 outbound in Skipton St, approaches the camera, passes and then crosses over the half the road into Albert St. 10:00 39 inbound in Albert St – location? 10:31 34 outbound for Sebastopol, approaches camera and just starts to pass by. 10:36 34 in Grey St crossing loop, crosses 42 inbound. 10:59 39 outbound in Albert St, with shopping centre in bound, approaches camera, passes and then crosses over Albert St. Mid morning scene. 11:39 39 inbound, Albert St south, approaches camera and then passes and the crosses over Albert St. 12:16 41 outbound in Albert St passes the camera, and pulls into the terminus with the conductor getting out on the back bumper to pull the pole down as the tram stops and a passenger walks into the Royal Hotel. 12:39 Title “The Lydiard Street North Line” 12:44 Filmed from the Hotel balcony, 21 inbound in Lydiard St Nth passes over Mair St, stops while 33 passes in the other direction. 13:18 With the red light showing on the Seymour St loop signal, 33 inbound for Sebastopol stops and picks up many passengers, passes the camera and runs past the VRI building in the background and through the loop. Possibly filmed on a Sunday given the ladies dresses and quieter streets. 14:01 30 outbound, passes the camera and stops at Macarthur St. Filmed alongside the brick wall of the cutting. 14:28 30 inbound arrives, passes through the Gregory St loop and then proceeds past the camera, making a stop to pick up passengers. 15:14 28 in Lydiard St Nth – location?, approaches and goes away from the camera, north of Gregory St. 15:34 28 ditto location? 15:53 21 arrives at the terminus with passengers getting on and off. 16:11 View of the a vertical positioned “End of Section” sign on a pole at the terminus and then lifting the camera to see the timetable board and the stop sign. 16:33 31 in Bridge St passing Morseheads and then turning into Sturt St, stops at the Grenville St stop, while another single trucker comes down to the stop from the City. 16:58 31 outbound in Bridge St, with destination of Victoria St. 17:14 Title “The Victoria Street Line” 17:18 31 outbound to Victoria St from Stones Corner. Starts with an overhead shot, shows clock at the Caltex service station,. 17:37 31 inbound approaching Bakery Hill and then descending to the junction after it passes camera. 18:09 25 climbing outbound in Victoria St, passing the camera, to then pass through the King St loop. 18:47 25 inbound in Victoria St, passing the camera, then pass through the King St loop, with St Alypius Church in the background. 19:36 14 approaching the rail bridge in Victoria St and stopping at the 2nd last stop to left of passengers. 20:01 14 leaving the terminus and approaching the camera and the a short sequence going away, to the next stop to pick up quite a few passengers. 20:14 “Trams Stop Here” sign, metal wrap around on a steel pole. 20:16 Title “The Mount Pleasant Line” 20:21 11 inbound in Main St, with a passenger leaping off the tramcar and another getting off just before the junction. 20:45 11 passes the junction and then proceeds away from the camera in Bridge St. 21:04 30 outbound in Main St, then turns into Barkly St, a bus (Eclipse Motors) passes in Main St just before the sequence ends. 21:31 30 inbound near Steinfield St. (exact location?) 21:49 25 approaches the camera, then proceeds away and passes through the Grant St. loop. 22:29 25 inbound, windy day, between Grant and Cobden, (exact location?), with a horse drawn bread van in the view and the breadman walking behind the tram as it passes. 23:02 11 outbound in Barkly St, (exact location?) 23:37 11 inbound in Barkly St (exact location?) 23:44 Mt Pleasant terminus signage 23:50 30 approaches the terminus and then stops with the conductor alighting turning the pole, passengers getting on and off and the driver appearing at the other end. 24:32 Title “The Gardens Via Sturt St. West Line” 24:35 21 outbound in Sturt St near Raglan St, approaches and passes the Camera. 25:09 12, showing City Oval, approaches and passes the camera, outbound near Windermere St. 25:33 13 showing View Point, goes away from the camera – location? 25:44 12 comes from St. West, inbound passes the camera and then stop as the next stop next Talbot St? 26:21 Short sequence of a “Warning Oncoming Trams” sign 26:28 42 inbound in Sturt St West, just before Ripon St, view coming towards camera and then going away to cross Ripon St. 27:10 34 passes through the Parker St loop 27:25 35 or 39 inbound past the college in Sturt St West 28:04 41 outbound at the Russell St curve, passes away from the camera. 28:11 35? inbound passes away from the camera through the Victoria Park or Morrison St loop, swinging out into the roadway. 28:29 View of timetable sign at Hamilton Ave. 28:37 35 turning from Sturt St West into Hamilton Ave, can see the conductor changing over the barrier rails. 29:11 42 inbound, crosses another bogie tram (35?) at Carlton St loop then passes the camera and goes past the Olympic rings monument. 29:42 12 approaches the Carlton St gates. 30:07 12 outbound, crosses a bogie tram in the loop with both trams then leaving the loop. 30:20 Title “End of Part One” Written labels giving title information on outside of box.trams, tramways, ballarat, sebastopol, lydiard st north, victoria st, mt pleasant, sturt st west -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - TROUSERS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, 1968
Trousers - green colour cotton twill fabric, plastic buttons. Four button fly with two straps with metal buckles at waist. Two side pockets, two back pockets with button down flaps. Left leg pocket with button down flap. Button down belt loops. Waist and pocket lining green cotton twill fabric. Army work dress trousers commonly called "GREENS". Green cotton manufacturers label inside back waist band.Cotton label information - black ink print. "C.G.C.F/ VICTORIA 1968/ ^ / 8405.66.012.3406/ SIZE 21/ ARMY NO./ NAME".uniform, army, workdress trousers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Kerosene Lantern, Nier Feuerhand Company, Germany, c. 1930
This lantern was made about 1930 by the Nier Feuerhand Company of Germany. Hermann Nier began making miners' lamps and household lanterns in the 1870s in East Germany and in 1893 he and his brother Ernst founded the Nier Feuerhand Company. By 1930 this company was the world's largest producer of household lanterns and after an interruption in World War Two it was re-established in West Germany and continued until the 1990s with the trade name still in use today. Feuerhand lanterns were used extensively in countries such as Australia because of his strong lighting qualities and its ability to stay alight in external conditions.This lantern has no known local provenance but is retained because it is a fine example of the type of household lighting used in Australian homes, farms and businesses in the 19th and early 20th centuries.This is a kerosene lantern with a metal base and frame holding a plain glass mantle open at the top. A metal handle is attached to loops at the top of the frame. There is a wooden handle at the top to assist in the removal of the glass mantle. The base has an opening with a screw top for the filling with kerosene or other heating liquid and also a rotating wheel on the side for controlling the size of the flame. The glass has printing and a logo etched on to it and the base has printing and a logo. The item is very rusted but appears to have been painted brown.Feuerhand Made in Germany No. 327vintage lighting, feuerhand lanterns -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Medallion
A medallion presented to Private A. C. Wilson by the residents of Broadford, Victoria. These medallions were presented to local men who had enlisted for service as they returned from World War 1 in December 1919. The medallion is made of gold (9 carat) and has an olive wreath around the circumference. A small loop is provided to attach the medallion to a chain or similar. In this case the medallion is attached to a fob watch chain commonly worn by men when dressed formally. The chain is also made of gold. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Platform Scales
Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796 –1886) was an American inventor. of heating and cook stoves, cast iron ploughs, and other items. His greatest success was the invention and manufacture of the platform scale, which allowed the weighing of large objects accurately. Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1796, the son of Joseph Fairbanks (1763–1846) and Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks (1760–1853). His uncle was Ephraim Paddock, the brother of Phebe Paddock. In 1815 he moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and set up a wheelwright's shop above his father's gristmill. In 1820 he married Lucy Peck Barker and In 1824 he built an iron foundry. his brother Erastus joined him to establish E. and T. Fairbanks, a partnership to manufacture heating stoves, cast iron ploughs a design for which he patented in 1826. In 1830 Fairbanks and Erastus became interested in the raising and processing of hemp. Fairbanks went on to patent a hemp and flax dressing machine and became the manager of the St. Johnsbury Hemp Company. He also built a set of scales that would measure large loads of hemp accurately, as there were no reliable scales at the time. Upon the success of building these scales, his brothers recommended that he make and sell these for general use. Fairbanks' most famous invention then became the platform scale for weighing heavy objects. These are commonly known as the Fairbanks Scales, for which he patented his original design in 1830. Before this time, accurate weighing of objects required hanging them from a balancing beam as a result, particularly heavy or ungainly objects could not be weighed accurately. A platform scale, if large enough, could weigh an entire wagon. By placing a full wagon on the scale, unloading it, and then placing it on the scale when empty, it became possible to easily and accurately calculate the weight and value of farm produce and other loads. In 1834 Fairbanks and his brother formed "E. and T. Fairbanks and Company" to manufacture and sell these platform scales. These scales were well known in the United States and around the world resulting in the company doubling in volume every three years from 1842 to 1857. There was a temporary slow down during the American Civil War, however, the business took off again after the war. Their partnership was incorporated in 1874 into a firm known as "Fairbanks Scale Company". These platform scales revolutionized weighing methods of large loads and have been in use ever since. Portable platform scales are found in almost every hardware store, physician's office, and manufacturing factory throughout the United States and the world. The first railway track platform scale patent was granted to Fairbanks on January 13, 1857, as Patent No. 16,381. In 1916 the company was purchased by ”Fairbanks, Morse and Company”. Ownership of the company has since changed several times, but Fairbanks Scales continue to be made in St. Johnsbury Vermont to this day. Fairbanks had received 43 patents in his lifetime with the last one at the age of 91. He died on April 12, 1886, and is buried at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. An early example of the first type of platform scale that revolutionised the weighing of goods throughout the world made in the USA around the turn of the 19th century. Commercially built platform scale on wheels. Cast iron base supports iron weighing platform with wooden floor. At back, square hollow wooden post supports a hooded rod which bears the weight of the platform and which hooks onto a brass balancing arm, marked in pounds up to 50. There is a cylindrical sliding weight and on the end a loop for a metal weight holder. The holder is designed for three circular pieces of metal with a slit to the centre. The weights used are 50, 100 and 200 lbs.Embossed to base Fairbanks Patent No 11 1/2, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, platform scales -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Medal - Medal - Royal Visit 1954, Stokes & Sons, Melbourne (Mint), 1954
This medal was issued to schools in Victoria to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip to Australia. They arrived in Sydney on 3february 1954 and left from Freemantle on 1 April 1954.Significant to the history of the state of VictoriaMedal has conjoined busts, Queen crowned, Duke head bare, facing right; around, QUEEN ELIZABETH II DUKE OF EDINBURGH; below in tiny letters the mint name, STOKES MELB. The medal is attached by a metal loop to a bar with pin for wearing, PRESENTED TO THE / CHILDREN BY THE / GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA The back of the medal has, below a crown, E II R / ROYAL VISIT / 1954 / VICTORIA The back of the bar contains the mint name in small letters, STOKES MELB.Front: Inverse - Bar - presented to the children by the Government of Victoria. Medallion - Queen Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburgh (round edge) Back: Obverse - Bar Stokes Melbourne Medallion - Crown EIIR Royal Visit 1954 Australiaroyal visit, queen elizabeth ii, prince phillip, victoria, medal numismatics, schools -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - CREAM SILK LONG WEDDING SKIRT, 1902
Clothing. Wedding Skirt.Cream silk long skirt. Waist band with metal hook and eye fastening. Back placket with metal hooks and hand made loops (2). Pintucks- 36 cms deep from waistline. Band of pintucks 26 cms deep around hemline. Back of skirt dips to a short train trimmed with ruffles of skirt fabric, edged with ribbon. Skirt fully lined with cotton, fine lace trims pintucked frill and skirt panels.. See also 11400.77 & 11400.76.costume, female, wedding dress skirt -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - WEDDING DRESS
Cream lace sleeveless wedding dress, V neck. Bodice lined with satin in four pieces. Upper piece forms part of neckline. Full length unlined skirt - slightly gathered. Piping around waistline. Train at back. Back opening with six fabric covered buttons and loops. (top half of bodice). Four unmatched press studs on back of bodice. Lining torn away from back opening. Opening at back of skirt has torn edges. Hem is edged with lace.costume, female, wedding dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: SET OF SCHOOL PAPERS FOR 1935, 1935
Document. School Papers published by Education Department Victoria Australia, in a cardboard cover. Cover made of two pieces of black, white and grey marbled card with blue cloth hinge glued in place. A set of strings is looped around the hinge. School papers are inserted under single strings. Label on front cover ''School Papers, Name Jean Badham Class V111 Gravel Hill''. 1935 grades 7 and 8, February. March. April. May. June. July. August. November.document, memo, school papers for 1935 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: SATIN RIBBON HORSE SHOE
Clothing. Possibly, a cardboard horse shoe shape, covered in 3 cm wide satin ribbon. On the face of the horse shoe 1.2 cm wide satin ribbon has been ruched to give a ''zig zag'' effect. A loop of the 1.2 cm wide ribbon, 20.5 cm long, would pass over the wrist. A small 1.2 cm X 2.5 cm piece of card has been stitched to the back of the horse shoe, with the words,''with love from Grandma''.On card stitched to back of horse shoe: ''With love from Grandma''.costume accessories, female, satin ribbon horse shoe -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - VICTORIAN BLACK SILK AND LACE PARASOL, Mid to late 1800's
Object. eight ribbed parasol. Black silk satin, and black cotton lace in a floral design. Eight peaks around the perimeter of the umbrella, attached to the double layer of fabric in the main body of the umbrella-an outer layer of silk, satin, and an inner layer of cotton. This lining is hand stitched. Frame, including handle of lacquered wood. Handle is graciously curved and carved like a feather. Top is finished with lace and a decorative satin ribbon-(5cms wide) bow with five loops, and nine cm tails.costume accessories, female, victorian black silk and lace umbrella -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - BADGE COLLECTION: LIGHT INFANTRY HAT BADGE, UK
Object. Light Infantry Hat Badge, dark metal Bugle horn Badge with looped tassels above it, symbolizing the Rose of York. The badge is mounted on a brass disc (dia.4cm). Three lugs on the badge with two holding pins. The bugle horn badge was first introduced by the Germans in the 1700's. From the 1700's each British Foot Regiment had Light Companies (more mobile and loosely organized). These became Regiments in their own right, which were then called Light Infantry.numismatics, badges - military, light infantry hat badge -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - WW2 Telephone Set
An example of a field Telephone Set which was used by Australian forces during the Second World War for verbal communications over short distances.Rectangular aluminum green painted box with metal loops secured to the sides of the body. . The housing opens by a hinged fold back lid that is secured by a hook and eye closure. Attached to the inside of the lid is a metal plate with instructions for use together with a circuitry diagram. The interior contains the phone assembly and is divided by a metal box with a pull up button in front. There are two terminals at the front right hand side in line with an external winder. Attached with a cord to the left side is a black bakelite telephone handset.YAA856 Telephone Set “L” No2 (Aust) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Wedding dress, 28/03/1959
The dress was made by Mrs Alloway of Coburg. The dress was made from two dresses which appeared in 'The Bride' magazine; the top from one photo and the skirt from another. Joan Lorraine McGahey wore this dress when she married Francis William Kerry on 28/03/1959.1959 Full length white lace and net over white taffeta slip. Long sleeves are lace to wrist and has light covered buttons. Front has square neckline with lace appliqued to bodice which falls to dropped waistline. Front panel is lace onto net flounce measuring 30 cm. Back has three net flounces falling from waist to form a train which is attached with lace bow. Back of neck has 8 buttons and loops.costume, female ceremonial