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Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Mason, Firth and McCutcheon, London International Exhibition of 1873 (Melbourne 1872-3) Official Record, 1873, 1873
.1) London International Exhibition of 1873 (Melbourne 1872-3) Official Record containing introductions, catalogue of exhibits, index of exhibitors, reports and recommendations of experts, official awards of commissioners and essays and statistics on the social and economic resources of the Colony of Victoria, mining and mineral statistics .2) International Exhibition Essays, 1872-3: * Progress of Victoria by William Henry Archer. This includes birth places for the People of Victoria (1871), Education. * The climate of Victoria by Robert L.J. Ellery * Wines * Preserved Meats * The climate of Victoria in reference to vegetable production. * Agriculturenon-fictionballarat distillery company, ballarat meat preserving company, william bardwell, joseph bosisto, j. brache, clunes gold mining company, hubert de castella, gutheil, butner & co., lambert & co., fabrizzio crippa, robert brough smyth, william henry archer, robert ellery, g.l. graham, wines, john bleasdale, preserved meat, james harrison, agriculture, vienna universal exhibition, mining and mineral statistics, matilda lang -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: H.& C. HOLMES, IRONMONGERS
Black and white reproduction: street scape view showing two storey building, ornate wrought iron balcony. On side of building : H. & C. Holmes, ironmongers & iron merchants, agricultural implements, oils, paints & paperhangings. Single storey building on RH side, timber above single doorway, paned windows either side. On front 'Bendigo rifle caller' (?) Dirt road at front, four men standing on footpath. Wooden fence on right hand side, small chimney behind. Batchelder written on bottom right hand side.Batcheldercottage, miners, bendigo, sandhurst, h. & c. holmes, ironmongers, agricultural, rifle -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO AGRICULTURAL & HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 1890
Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Society Certificate of Merit. Awarded to Miss. H. Maru for Third Prize for Crochet work. 15th & 16th October 1890. Signed by President and Secretary. Photos of animals on front. DR 282 on back. On small accompanying card - From Glasier & Watts (late D.G. Coope) established 1871 Carvers & Gliders. Picture frame manufacturers etc. Old frames repaired and re-gilt. Map plans mounted & varnished plaques plush & ornamental work. Art Gallery. Bath Buildings. Mitchell street. Bendigo.document, certificate, personal -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE ILLUSTRATED MELBOURNE POST SUPPLEMENT
Supplement to the Illustrated Melbourne Post pages 193-200. Topics written about are - Christmas, an expedition to the Auckland islands, the Lancashire Cotton Company, a Testimonial to Lady Don, a collision in the Bay, the discovery of fossil remains, prorogation of parliament, the wild white man ( on the death of James Morrill), Portland Bay, the Panama Mail Service and the Kynton Agricultural Exhibition.There are sketches of local sites - The Grampians in the Western District, the Yalla-y-Poora Station, Fiery Creek, the Lawrence Rocks, Portland and the Scone Mills, Perth, Tasmania. There are also sketches of Christmas and the new year. Dated 1866.The Illustrated Melbourne Postnewspaper, illustrated melbourne post, lydia chancellor, collection, newspaper, the illustrated melbourne post, portland bay, new zealand, christmas, yalla-y-poora station, the scone mills, tasmania, grampians, the panama mail service, auckland islands, james morrill, emily e. don. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Sun-News Pictorial, "And the glory of the garden shall never pass away" - Kipling, 1930-1940
(2) Newspaper page of a colour-touched-up photo of a student, pasted to one side of a sheet of paper, with the caption: "A student of the Burnley Horticultural School at Melbourne's Garden Week." (1) Pasted on the other side of the paper is a newspaper cutting from The Sun, 26 May, 1930. It is a photo of two men with a motor cultivator, with the caption: "Motor cultivator tests at Burnley were supervised yesterday by Mr H. Mullett (right), Superintendent of Agriculture. The other man appears to be the Principal, A. W. Jessep.This petrol novelty makes short work of small-scale farming."garden week 1930, dahlias, machinery, motor cultivator, h mullett, superintendent of agriculture, orchard -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: MAP OF LONG GULLY/CALIFORNIA GULLY AREA
BHS CollectionTwo copies of a map, printed on yellow paper, of the Long Gully/California Gully Area. It shows Eaglehawk Road from Craig Street then Mr Korong Road,to the Murray Valley Highway to just past Avenue Street. Sandhurst Road and Holmes Road are to the right. To the left is California Gully Road. Water Supply Purposes Reserve, Mental Hygiene Authority, Comet Hill State School Reserve, Agricultural Showgrounds and Recreation Reserve, Rubbish Reserve and two un-named State Schools are shown. Some contours are also shown.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - map of long gully/california gully area -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Notebooks, Flexibound Books, 1970s
These notebooks were used by Charles and Vida Williams when they were Post Master and Post Mistress at the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century. Nullawarre is a small settlement 25 kilometres south east of Warrnambool and is a largely agricultural area. European settlement began in the area in the late 1860s. These notebooks are of minor interest as ones used by Charles and Vida Williams when they ran the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century. .1 This is a small notebook with a green cover bound with yellow tape. The pages are loose. They have handwritten material concerning car travel. Originally there were 100 pages but there are now fewer than this. .2 This is a small notebook similar to the one above except that it is bound with green tape and the pages are intact. It contains handwritten information on food expenses. .3 This is a small notebook with a blue cover and metal spiral binding. It contains handwritten material of a personal nature – addresses etc. Most of the pages are blank. ‘Pocket Notebook’nullawarre post office, charles & vida williams, nullawarre, history of warrnambool -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Bill hook, pre World War 1
A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. A billhook consists of a handle and a blade with a bevelled cutting edge. The blade is curved at the top end to form a hook shape. The handle is virtually always wooden.Rough pine handle with many borer holes. Commercially made (no ID) cast in socket one end, strap iron riveted other end. Cast blade.tools, hook, bill hook, churchill island, farm, iron -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Combination spanner
This instrument is a 'McKay Massey Harris Spanner P206'. These spanners were supplied with harvesters and other implements to be used by the farmer to maintain his equipment. The agricultural spanner was often of odd shapes to allow for use in confined spaces or because the one tool could be used for more than one function. Broken one end. Small box spanner and broken open spanner one end, square box spanner with two open spanners at other end. Rusted.1_06combination, spanner, broken, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SUBMISSION BY THE BENDIGO FIELD NATURALIST CLUB FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WHIPSTICK 1974, 1974
PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SUBMISSION BY THE BENDIGO FIELD NATURALIST CLUB FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WHIPSTICK 1974 The submission was sent to: the Minister for Local Government and the Town and Country Planning Board The Minisry for Conservation and its agency, the Forests Commission and Lands Department Federal Government Ministeries for Environment, Concervastion and Science, and the National Estate. Opening Paragraphs: This re-submission was compiled to bring to the attention of the authorities many aspects relating to the preservation of the Bendigo Whipstick which were not so apparent at the time of the earlier submission. In fact the 19721 submissions was mainly aimed at having reserved forest (which lie a opposite extremities to the Whipstick scrub) declared Forest Park. It is the central belt of Whipstick scrub that is of scientific interest and considered unipue and which we were primarily concerned in preserving and retaining as one viable ecological unit. The Submission consists of: INTRODUCTION Opening Explanation Whipstick Eucalyptus Cutting for Oil Distallation (Photographs) Agricultural Intrusions into the Whipstick (Photographs) CONTENTS Illustrations The Significance of the Bendigo Whipstick Diary of Whipstick Conservation Events Socialogical Implications Conservation policies and reccomendations Agricultural Aspects Eucalyptus Oil Situation Alternatives for the Eucalyptus Oil Industry Future Conservation of the Whipstick Reccomendation for Acquisition Programperson, individual, peter ellis oam -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, Borough of Ringwood Garden Competition - First Prize (1959)
Donated by Steven Spicer, Grandson of prize winner, Mr E.W. Acklom, who lived in 87 Wantirna Road, Ringwood.Gold lettering surrounding coloured photograph of floral arrangement painting by Albert J Sherman.FIRST PRIZE Awarded to Mr E.W. Acklom Signed by: Mayor R.O. Spencer, President of Horticultural Society, (illegible), Town Clerk F P Dwerryhouse. Date 14 March, 1959 Organised by the Ringwood Horticultural and Agricultural Society -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, City of Ringwood Garden Competition - First Prize (1961)
Donated by Steven Spicer, Grandson of prize winner, Mr E.W. Acklom, who lived in 87 Wantirna Road, Ringwood.Gold lettering surrounding coloured photograph of floral arrangement painting by John LextonFIRST PRIZE Awarded to Mr E.W. Acklom Signed by: Mayor R.C. Horman, President of Horticultural Society, (illegible), Town Clerk F P Dwerryhouse. Date 4 March, 1961 Organised by the Ringwood Horticultural and Agricultural Society -
Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association Inc.
Certificate, Second Prize, 4 November 1950
Castlemaine and District Agricultural Society Annual Show, November 4th 1950 Second Prize Class 507, Section K, No. 2 Awarded to Patsy Delmenico for Sausage Rolls (Plate) H.J.S McIntosh, President L.J.T Stevens, Secretary -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Horticultural & Agricultural Society- Champion Floral Display. Royal Agricultural Show, Melbourne 1946
Black and white photograph and 2 Souvenir copies enclosed in folders. Photo by T.R.G. Williams.Attached to photograph: Champion Floral Display Royal Agricultural Show, Melbourne, 1946 Image shows a floral exhibit with a sign at the base of the display reading- "Display by Ringwood Horticultural & Agricultural Society. One souvenir copy includes the following names: J.W. Gillespie, B. Hubbard, H.D. Bott, E.C. Bolitho, Roger Webber, H.C. Howship, E. Maggs, L.W. Caterer, R.W. Wheeler, H. Sjogren, E.S. Murray, John ?, ?, E.M. Polson, Geo.W. Burns. Copy given by Mr Ron Burns. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Victoria And Its Metropolis, Past And Present, 1888?
This book was written by Alexander Sutherland from the discovery of Australia, through to the exploration of Victoria and the first settlers to the pioneers. It then continues on to discuss immigration, the era of gold, the development of government, agriculture, music and art, literature and the metropolis of Melbourne. There were two volumes. It was published to co-incide with the centenary of Australia's first settlement.This book is a history of Victoria and Melbourne to 1888 and is useful resource for all local and social historians of Victoria and the metropolis of Melbourne.A very large book. It has no cover. Pages are gold edged and there is string in the binding.history-victoria sutherland-alexander melbourne-history -
National Wool Museum
Pamphlet, Western Wool Warehouse
"Western Wool Warehouse, Geelong, 12 July 1881." This advertising circular was produced by George Hague and Co., stock and station agents. It promotes their services and gives an account of the state of the wool and agriculture industry. The 'Western Wool Warehouse' is pictured on the front cover; it stood formerly on Western Beach but is now demolished.Front page (page 1) of George Hague and Co.s pamphlet depicting the Western Wool Warehouse and outlining their operations and services, 12-7-1881. Page 2 of George Hague and Co.s pamphlet depicting the Western Wool Warehouse and outlining their operations and services, 12-7-1881. Page 3 of George Hague and Co.s pamphlet depicting the Western Wool Warehouse and outlining their operations and services, 12-7-1881.WESTERN WOOL WAREHOUSE, / GEELONG, 12th July, 1881. / To Wool Growers and Others interested. / GENTLEMEN, / [multiple inscriptions follow]wool brokering wool sales sheep stations wool stores, george hague and co. pty ltd, western wool warehouse, geelong, victoria, wool brokering, wool sales, sheep stations, wool stores -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Scythe, 1930-1960
A Scythe was one of the most important of all agricultural hand tools, consisting of a curved blade fitted at an angle to a long, curved handle and used for cutting grain. In modern scythes the handle has a projecting peg that is grasped by one hand, facilitating control of the swinging motion by which grass and grain are cut. The exact origin of the scythe is unknown, but it was little used in the ancient world. It came into wide use only with agricultural developments of the Carolingian era (8th century AD) in Europe, when the harvesting and storing of hay became important to support livestock through winters. Scythes can still be found in use today by hobby farmers and permaculturists. ( producing food, by using ways that do not deplete the earth's natural resources) to cut grass in a more eco-friendly way as opposed to using a machine.A hand tool used for the cutting of crops and grain, modern versions are still being produced today in Europe. The subject item gives us a snapshot into agricultural practices in times past.Scythe with long wood Snath (curved handle) with 1 hand holding piece & curved blade. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Scales, Nullawarre PO tray & 6 weights, Early 20th century
These scales come from the Nullawarre Post Office. Nullawarre is a small settlement 25 kilometres south east of Warrnambool. The area was settled in the late 1860s and 1870s and the first school was opened in 1878. The main agricultural pursuit in the Nullawarre district is dairying. The Nullawarre Post Office still operates in the General Store building. This set of scales is of interest as it is a memento of the equipment used in country Post Offices one hundred years ago or more. Scales such as these may still be in use but electronically-operated scales are more likely to be used today.This is a set of metal weighing scales with two trays, one oval in shape and one round, on a balancing mechanism. This mechanism has two ornamental upright metal pieces. The scales are affixed to a wooden base in a rectangular shape with the front edge shaped into two curves. The wooden base has three slots for holding the weights. There are six brass weights with this item. The metal is a little tarnished and the wooden base is stained. nullawarre, history of warrnambool -
Brown Hill Progress Association Inc.
Newsclipping, Image if medallion for flax at Brown Hill, 1857, c1857
The Port Phillip Farmers Society was instituted in 1848. It was reported by the Ballarat Agricultural Society in 1859 that flax was grown in the Ballarat district. Flax was sown at Brown Hill on 04 October 1858, the seed saved, and the flax beetled on 28 February 1859. The exhibitor was T. MCKenna who was the first flax produced in the colony. 'Sample of Flax Plant First Prize Awarded to Mr T. McKenna 1857"port phillip farmers society -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photograph, Keith and Kathleen Hamilton
Keith and Kath Hamilton at Blythwood Grange chapel, the former St Joseph's Home. Keith Hamilton, born 9 May 1936 in Ballarat was the MP for Morwell for the Labour Party. He was Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Minister for Agriculture for some years. See more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hamilton_(politician)Digital photograph pf Keith and Kathleen Hamilton. keith hamilton, kath hamilton, ballarat, morwell, member of parliament, minister for agriculture, minister for aboriginal affairs -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Calendar
This calendar has been distributed as a advertising item for Earl’s agricultural machinery and oil depot. The business was situated at the corner of Lava and Kepler Streets in Warrnambool. The name, Acmino’ stood for Allis-Chalmers, Mitchell’s Implements, Neptune Oils’. Distributing calendars at Christmas time for the following year was, and still is, a popular advertising tool for businesses. This calendar is of minor interest as an example of the use made by businesses in the 1940s of calendars as advertising tools. It also has a local Warrnambool connection, the agricultural machinery business of F. Earl. This is a 1946 calendar with a buff-coloured sheet of crinkled paper with a brown border. It has a coloured photograph of two men droving cattle near a river and it ispasted on to the paper with a brown border around the photograph. The calendar for 1946 is printed on to the paper and also in monthly sheets pasted on to the paper on top of each other. The printing on the calendar is brown. On the back of the calendar is written in black ink, ‘French Bros’. The calendar has a red piece of string at the top for hanging the calendar up on a wall or cupboard. The calendar is torn at the edges and somewhat stained.‘With Compliments from the “Acmino” House, F.Earl (Prop.)Warrnambool Phone 484 Private 75’ ‘Allis-Chalmers Tractors Mitchell’s Implements Neptune Oils’ ‘Sales, Service and Satisfaction Guaranteed’ ‘French Bros’ ‘acmino’ house, warrnambool, f. earl, history of warrnambool -
Orbost & District Historical Society
magazine, The Weekly Times, September 1994
The Weekly Times was first published on September 11, 1869, by a group of Melbourne businessmen who owned the now-defunct Daily Telegraph, with the stated aim to be a “journal of literature, sport, agriculture, science and politics”. It is Australia’s oldest rural newspaper, and is known far and wide as the Bible of the Bush. (ref Weekly Times web-site)This magazine is a useful reference tool on the history of the Royal Melbourne Show as well as The Weekly Times.A souvenir edition of The Weekly Times dated Wed. Sept 7 1994. Price $1.10. It marks the anniversary of the first Weekly Times, Sept 11 1869. Inside is a special preview of the Royal Melbourne Show, a history of the show and a history of The Weekly Times. It also contains a brief history of 125 years of rural news. On the front cover is a colourful picture of an older man sitting on a tree stump outside a bark hut. He is reading an early edition of The Weekly Times.weekly-times souvenir-newspaper magazine royal-melbourne-show rural-history -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Adze
The adze is an agricultural tool, similar to an axe, but the blade is affixed perpendicular to the handle. Used primarily for smoothing or carving wood, the adze can also be used as a hoe. This adze is missing its wooden handle, which may vary in length depending on their particular purpose and can be designed for one handed or two-handed use. Rusted, well worn, blacksmith made with bias on blade. No handle. An adze is a tool similar to an axe.adze, churchill island, farm, axe, tool, tools, blacksmithing, smithing, blacksmith -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Map, Lerderderg District Proposed Irrigation and Water Supply Trust (C). Plan showing overlap in boundaries of the Trust District
The 1886 Irrigation Act in Victoria introduced the first legislation in Australia designed to enable the creation of a detailed scheme for agricultural irrigation. Part of the legislation saw the use of government funds for local irrigation projects. These local projects were managed by local irrigation trusts. The Lerderderg Irrigation and Water Supply Trust was formed in 1890. Printed paper map of the proposed Lerderderg District Irrigation and Water Supply. Plan showing overlap in boundaries of Trust District referred to in Mr Burke's report. The Lerderderg District lies within the Parishes of Korkuperrumul and Merrimu in the County of Bourke. At the top of the map above its title is the letter 'C; in capital lettering. A note on this map states: 'Portion of Bacchus MarshUrban District included in area of proposed Trust District shown by hatched shaded lines thus /////////////irrigation, water supply, lerderderg irrigation and water supply trust -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, Borough of Ringwood Garden Competition - Second Prize
Coloured photograph of floral arrangement paintingSECOND PRIZE Awarded to - Mrs D M Holloway Signed by Mayor - A G Lavis. President of Horticultural Society - J Kirby. Town Clerk - Alfred Kelly. Date - 23rd March 1957 Organised by the Ringwood Horticultural and Agricultural Society -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, Borough of Ringwood Garden Competition - Second Prize
Coloured photograph of floral arrangement paintingSECOND PRIZE Awarded to - Mrs D M Holloway Signed by Mayor - A G Lavis. President of Horticultural Society - J Kirby. Town Clerk - Alfred Kelly. Date - 23rd March 1957 Organised by the Ringwood Horticultural and Agricultural Society -
Wangaratta Historical Society
Glass Plate Negatives, 1860 - 1960
WHS Inc were presented with 10,000 glass plate negatives from Thelma & Vine Photographic Studios, Murphy Street Wangaratta from the 1860's - 1950's. The glass plate negatives depict mostly portrait studies of families, weddings and special occasions; there are a few outdoor studies.These studies are invaluable as they provide a record of fashion, family structures, significant people and events, buildings, streetscapes, transportation and landscape of Wangaratta & district from the 1860's - 1950's. These glass plate negatives provide the historical, fashion, cultural anthropological context of society from the time frame they depict.WHS Inc were presented with 10,000 glass plate negatives from Thelma & Vine Photographic Studios, Murphy Street Wangaratta from the 1860's - 1950's. The glass plate negatives depict mostly portrait studies of families, weddings and special occasions; there are a few outdoor studies. An example of a glass plate negative is featured above, this is a goat race from the early 1900's. Goat races were common in rural towns as entertainment at agricultural shows, sporting events and other celebrations. This local jockey is Bob Sloan, who had a Men's Wear business in Wangaratta.glass plate negatives -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Cole, George Henry (1859 - 1919), n.d
Article on George Henry Cole - Methodist minister born 7/12/1859 at Mickelham, Victoria, son of William Cole, a selector who arrived in Australia 1849. Ordained 1886, served at Sale, Murtoa, Eaglehawk, Armadale and Geelong. He was a minister of the Primitive Methodist Church. Methodist Union, 1902 enabled him to implement his brainchild, a boy's training farm and gave agricultural instruction to complement spiritual reformation and general education. A tour of New Zealand raised funds to purchase land for Tally Ho at Burwood. He was Superintendent 1904 - 1919. Died 1919. Buried Burwood Cemetary.cole, george henry, cole, william, cole, elizabeth, walton, w.h. (rev), cole, mary euphemia, primitive methodist church, lygon street, carlton methodist mission, tally ho boys home -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, Barkla, Ian R, 1925
This is a photograph of Steam Engine K104. K104 was numbered as such in 1923. Engines were renumbered from K100-K109 to K140-149 in 1940. This one was renumbered as K144. The Bairnsdale-Orbost railway was opened in 1916 to serve the agricultural and timber industry. Because of the decline in traffic and heavy operating costs, the line was finally closed in August, 1987.This is a pictorial record of rail transport in the 1920s. This item is associated with the history of the Orbost-Bairnsdale railway line and therefore reflects the role that the rail line played in the social and economic history of Orbost. On April 10 1916, the first scheduled train service left Orbost for Bairnsdale. The Bairnsdale-Orbost railway was opened to serve the agricultural and timber industry. Because of the decline in traffic and heavy operating costs, the line was finally closed in August, 1987.A black / white photograph of a steam locomotive. on back - "Orbost 1924 Steam Engine K104"orbost-railway steam-locomotive-k104 transport-rail -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Adze, late 20th century
The adze is an agricultural tool, similar to an axe, but the blade is affixed perpendicular to the handle. Used primarily for smoothing or carving wood, the adze can also be used as a hoe. The wooden handles vary in length depending on their particular purpose and can be designed for one handed or two-handed use. This adze was made by Australian farming company, Hytest.Adze. Long, slightly curved wooden handle, with a steel arched blade perpendicular to the handle. Hytesthytest, adze, axe, tool, tools, farming, farm, churchill island