The curator of the relaunched Ballarat School of Mines Museum was Gael Ramsay. Photograph of a metal plaque located in the Ballarat School of Mines LibraryThe School of MInes and Industries Ballarat Established - 1870 This plaque commemorates the official opening of the E.J.T. Tippett Learning Resource Centre on 4th July, 1986 by His Excellency Dr. Davis McCaughey Governor of Victoria P.R. Shiells K.F. Flecknoe Director Presidentballarat school of mines museum, launch, e.j. tippett library, smb library, e.j.t. tippett learning resource centre, david mccaughey, peter shiells, ken flecknoe

Front cover has two photographs. On of a treed valley leading up to snow covered mountains and on of a water reservoir surrounded by bushland.non-fictionA book that outlines the importance of irrigation and water usage used in various industries in the Goulburn Valley and North Eastern Victoria.water, industry, irrigation, australia

The Item is a pictorial time piece of the valley and usage, farms,industry,town area, vegetation and winter snow levels Historical and the social-economical development at circa 1995 of land usage and residential buildings style.Major social events e.g. Festival of the Bogong Moth and the Mt Beauty Mardi Gras. It is also a good historical record of tourism campaigns of the Alpine Shire and Mt Beauty Chamber of Commerce. Also see "KVHS 0125"Brochure folds out from a 20.5cm x 29.5cm to 82cm x 29.5cm poster type documentinside panoramic photo of snow tipped alpine mountain range incorporating the Mount Beauty township, farming area of the Kiewa Valley and relevant tourist orientated informationtourism mt beauty tawonga photographs, victorian alps

Used in the timber and sleeper-cutting industry. Used to square sleepers. This axe was possibly used by the donor John McMahon.Used in the timber and sleeper-cutting industry in the Orbost region.Timber sleepers were superceded by concrete sleepers in c. 1970s. broad-axe sleeper-cutting timber-industry An iron axe head with a very long cutting blade and a long wooden handle. broad-axe sleeper-cutting timber-industry

Letter from A L B Lefroy to W R Lang 29th July, 1939, discussing the wool industrywool - research wool - testing sheep breeding - history peppin-merino sheep world war ii, gordon institute of technology, lang, dr w. roy lefroy, mr a l b, wool - research, wool - testing, sheep breeding - history, peppin-merino sheep, world war ii

Booklet about improving shearing efficiency produced by the National Rural Industry Training Committee and the Australian Wool Corporation."Improving Shearing Efficiency"shearing, national rural industry training committee australian wool corporation, stuart, mr david - south australian college of advanced education

"Wolstatistiek: Wool statistics" - South African Wool Board. Statistics up to 1988 for the South African wool industry.wool marketing

In 1970 Turner Industries were taken over by Stanley Works. They manufactured hardware for doors and windows, lawnmowers and tools.Two prints (a & b) of a black and white photograph of the Stanley Staff in front of the Quality Hand Tools building, Nunawading. People in front holding the Australian flag.tools, manufacturing industry, stanley works pty ltd

In 1970 Stanley Works took over Turner Industries in Nunawading. They manufactured hardware for doors and windows, lawnmowers and tools.Black and white photograph of a man standing to the left of a large machine called a vibratory finisher. Stanley Works Pty Ltdstanley works pty ltd tools machinery

Statement from Brian Stegley, Chairman of Stegbar, to Shareholders recommending acceptance of the F&T Industries takeover offer.Typewritten, foolscap, 2 pages.

This is a souvenir vase produced for the tourist trade in Warrnambool. The vase was made by Victoria China in Czechoslovakia and the image of the Warrnambool War Memorial has been added for sale in Warrnambool. Similar items with suitable illustrations would have been produced for the tourist industry for other towns and places in Australia. Tourism has been an important industry in Warrnambool since the late 19th century. This vase is of interest as an example of the souvenirs available to tourists in Warrnambool in the 1930s. It is both a decorative and a useful item. This is a white china vase with an elliptical-shaped body and a circular neck with a wider opening at the top. There is a faint brown-gold colouring on the neck of the vase and this colouring is stronger on the under-side of the top opening, There is a colour illustration of the War Memorial at Warrnambool on the side of the vase. The maker’s name is on the base of the vase. ‘Soldier’s (sic) Memorial, Warrnambool’ tourism in warrnambool

"A map on the wall of his parent's shop in country Victoria is what got Frank Hutchinson interested in the geography and early settlement of Victoria. He later moved to Ballarat where he spent most of his working life. Whilst there his interest in the early explorers continued until about ten years ago he began to compile the listing which developed into the present publication." (ref.Port Phillip Pioneers Group) When he commenced the research and writing of Beginnings, it was not intended for publication. It was a project of personal interest. A soft covered 122 pp book title Beginnings a brief account of the first Europeans to explore or settle in Victoria. On the glossy front cover is a rough map of Port Phillip Bay. Print is black. a chronological list of the earliest visits to Victoria and attempts to settle. The book contains: brief notes on the exploration and earliest settlement of the state, region by region and a summary of the early Murray River paddle steamer industry.hutchinson-frank history-victoria prahran-mechanics-institute

Tourist booklet.Soft covered book of eighty pages. Includes fold out map of Ballarat and illustrations such as Sturt Street, Ballarat Town Hall, Ballarat East Town Hall, Lake Wendouree, Botanical Gardens, statues, Ballarat Grammar School, Ballarat College, St Patrick's College, Ballarat Agricultural High School, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Bo Peep Falls, Cobb and Co., Lal Lal Falls.churches, education, schools, gold, ballarat, mining, tourism, railway, craig's hotel, cobb and co, wallace buter factory, the taffy king, eureka stockade, gordon brothers big store, ballarat east town hall, ballarat brewing company, lake wendouree, lake view hotel, ballarat botanical gardens, statues, boer war monument, club hotel, ballarat east gardens, new imperial gold mine, camp hotel, lal lal falls, bo beep creek

a. Minute Book - Bendigo Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1962 - 1975. Hinged hard-covered Minute Book with typed minutes of meeting of the Council of the Chamber - First meeting 4 Feb 1962; last meeting 12 May 1975. Label on inside cover - ''Volume 7''. b. 4 page list of members with handwritten heading of ''Bendigo Chamber of Commerce Book 1 1903, 1913, 1220, 194?''organisation, commerce, bendigo chamber of commerce

Copy of two photos on the page. The top one is a photo of the plaque with: The Bendigo Underground Miner. To acknowledge the contribution of the many hundreds of miners who lost their lives in the industry through accident and industrial disease. Many were Cornishmen and their descendants. The lower photo shows part of the poppet head with the plaque and another one below it. There are two men standing on one side of the plaques and a lady and a man on the other side.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo underground miner, teh cornish association of bendigo & district, george a ellis, robert lloyd

Advertising material promoting the City of BendigoOne pamphlet as at the top Bendigo for industry, Bendigo the northern capital of Victoria, with a drawing of a rising sun. Under a black and white aerial photo of Pall Mall with the soldier's memorial in the foreground and the words: City of trees and sunshine, distributing centre to the golden north at the bottom. The other Bendigo for holidays and health, Bendigo the northern capital of Victoria. An aerial view of the City and the words The city of sunshine and trees, the gateway of the north.advertising, bendigo

Pamphlet - DL size, three fold full colour printed on gloss paper titled "Tickets please - have the right ticket when you travel" Notes the need to produce a valid tickets, talks about on board ticketing machines, complaints, has the logos of connex, M>tram, M>train, Yarra and Vic bus industry on rear. Printed by Metcard - Dept. of Infrastructure. Two copies held.trams, tramways, metcard, metlink, m>tram, yarra trams, tickets

The item is a representative example of previously standard issue uniform and is in excellent condition. As a set alongside 0040.1, the uniform has aesthetic significance in its design, incorporating the Disruptive Pattern style of camouflage which has its roots in the 1980s and continues to be adapted into uniform design by the Defence Force.Field trousers in disruptive pattern colours of green, khaki and browns. Two pockets on either hip, two pockets on both thighs fastened by two plastic buttons and one pocket on the back right side, fastened by a single button. Five large belt loops encircle waist, held in place with a dark green khaki button. Trousers fastened with a zipper and button, and adjustable tabs around hip bones. camouflage, uniform, australian defence force, disruptive pattern

Shunde Polytechnic is in district of Guangdong, Chine. District has an age-old tradition of being the centre of trade, textile industry.Glass object with etching of a building and name of institution.Chinese writing: Shunde Polytechnic in English. Symbol of institution.shunde polytechnic, china, guangdong sheng, trade, textile industry, ornament, etched glass