Whisky came in bottles sold at licensed premises either locally or in larger cities visited during shopping expeditions. The shape of bottles varied. Bottles were recycled remaining the property of the manufacturer who paid for their return. History of James Dickson Co. Pty. Ltd.Historical: Change of Bottles - shape, glass, embossing. Collected by bottle collectors. Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shapeClear glass whisky bottle with heavy embossing on one side where the maker's name and details is printed in capital letters longitudinally. Heavily embossed zig zag pattern at the top of straight sides that go three quarters of the way up. The sides taper to the neck which has straight sides to the screw top opening. The tapered section is grooved with ridges of straight lines to a lip which is between it and the neck. Side (longitudinally): 'This Bottle is the Property of / James Dickson & Co. Pty Ltd / Established 1854 / Melbourne Aust. / And Cannot Be Legally Used By Others' Base: 'A' above 'F892' and 'M' beneath. Reading from the inside of the bottle on the base is 'E41' whisky, bottle, spirit, james dickson co. pty. ltd

Gin came in bottles sold at licensed premises either locally or in larger cities visited during shopping expeditions. The shape of bottles varied and were re cycled remaining the property of the manufacturer who paid for their return. Sealed with a cork. History of H & A Gilbeys Ltd.Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, embossing. Collected by bottle collectors. Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shape.Clear glass bottle with a mottled pattern except on one side where there is a clear rectangle and above it the shape of an elongated heart. The other side is heavily embossed with manufacturer. The first 2 lines across the bottle printed in capital letters below which is the manufacturer written as a signature and Ltd underneath. The shape bulges from the base one third of the way up then tapers gently for the second third to a straight neck. The top third finishing at the lip before the opening. At the bottom there is a short taper to a smaller base. the opening is for a cork seal.Side: 'This Bottle Always / Remains The Property of / J & A Gilbey / Ltd.' Base: centre: '2'gin, spirits, bottle, h & a gilbeys ltd

Spirits came in bottles sold at licensed premises either locally or in larger cities visited during a shopping expedition. The shape of bottles varied and were re cycled remaining the property of the manufacturer who paid for their return. History of Thomas Hardy & Sons Pty Ltd.Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, embossing. Collected by bottle collectors. Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shape. Clear dark brown glass bottle used for storing whisky or rum. the base is oval shaped. The sides are straight three quarters of the way up then tapers quickly to the neck and then a lip near the opening. the fort & back sides have smooth rectangular shapes bordered by heavy embossing of grapes. On the sides heavy embossing of horizontal ripples. embossed front and back print at bottom and at base. Strip of metal around the bottle at the top of the neck (remainder of the seal).Base, front and back sides: 'This Bottle is the Property of / Thos Hardy & Sons Pty Ltd'glass bottle, whisky, rum, spirits, thomas hardy & sons pty. ltd

Medicines were stored in bottles and sold by chemists either locally or in big cities that were visited on shopping expeditions. The shape of the bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it. Bottles were re cycled remaining the property of the manufacturer. History of Wyeth Inc. Sydney.Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, stopper, embossing, use. Bottle collectors. Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shape.Clear brown glass bottle with straight sides three quarters of the way up tapering as shoulders to a wide screw top with a short opening. Base is rectangular slightly indented with faint embossing. heavier embossing on the 2 narrow sides - in print and read from the top of the bottle to the bottom (sideways) of the bottle.Sies: 1. 'This Bottle is the Property of' 2. 'Wyeth Incorporated Sydney' Base: Common Seal - 'A' with G and M inside. Middle 'LS 106'. Underneath '3' glass bottle, chemist, wyeth inc. sydney, medicines

These Victorian Almanacs were published from 1859 to 1916. They contained information of interest to all Victorians, especially historians, businessmen, farmers and gardeners and must have sold many copies in Warrnambool, particularly before the local Warrnambool Standard Almanacs began publication in 1875. These booklets are of interest as examples of 19th century almanacs published in Victoria. They are also somewhat similar to the Almanacs published annually by the Warrnambool Standard newspaper from 1875 to 1930. The 1869 Almanac is of particular interest as it has on the front cover the printed name of James Hider, stationer and bookseller of Warrnambool. James Hider had been a carpenter, a land agent and a rate collector before opening a shop in Timor Street, selling books and stationery and operating a Circulating Library. In 1865 Hider set up as a photographer and was still operating this business in 1878. He was active in community organizations, including the Mechanics Institute, the Fire Brigade, the National School, the Musical Group and the Benevolent Society. He was also a Councillor and a Mayor in the 1860s. It is interesting to note that his name does not appear to have been been added to the 1869 Almanac cover but is part of the original printing. These are two soft cover booklets of 60 pages each. The back covers of both are missing and the 1868 booklet has some back pages missing. The 1868 Almanac has a black and white cover with ornamental scrolls and the 1869 booklet has a red, green black and cream cover with an ornamental border and images of flora and fauna. The 1869 Almanac cover has a Coat of Arms with Advance Australia printed at the bottom of it. The 1869 Almanac also has a map of Victoria as an insert. Both almanacs contain an historical calendar, Victorian Parliamentary information, data on Victorian cities, postal regulations, farmers’ and gardeners’ guides etc. Both contain advertisements relevant to Melbourne. Both have been bound with string. victorian almanacs, annual journals, james hider, bookseller and stationer,, warrnambool.

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather was a British humourist and cartoonist. This booklet, Fragments from France contains a collection of his cartoons. The Fragments from France was extremely popular and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The drawings display a wry humour of the terrible situation of the first world war. This item has strong historical artistic and social significance.Dark green soft card cover with black text. Illustration in black and white tones and white text is pasted on front cover. It shows two soldiers in dugout with explosions bursting around them.Advertisements inside front and back covers. 48 pages with monochrome illustrations with captions underneath each .Capt Bruce Bairnsfather. "To dear father from jean " written in black pen on first page. Two stamps Warrnambool and District Historical Society. Mussell & MacDonald newsagents & stationers Henty.warrnambool, fragments from france, captain bruce bairnsfather

Item used in offices earlier part of the 20th century, waste baskets were sold in great numbers with many differing designs from the 1830s most from this time were made of willow or bamboo. Later wire mesh and pressed steel were used.An early example of a wire mesh industrial type of waste basket used in office situations.Basket metal waste paper with wire mesh joined to iron ring at top and flat round cork base.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

This site was promised to the Ballarat School of Mines for a University site, but due to inaction it was sold before the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education came into existence. Eventually a property was purchased at Mount Helen, and a campus for high degrees was established. Alfred Reid is associated with Reid's Coffee Palace.Black and white photograph of a rural property, then belonging to Alfred Reid. mount clear, mt clear, alfred reid, ballarat school of mines, ballarat institute of advanced education, mt clear campus, reid's coffee palace

This Land was owned by one the pioneers of Bentleigh Mr John Logan Smith (1860-1932), who owned J. L. Smith Hay & Grain Store, on the corner of Jasper and Centre Road, Bentleigh. The family sold the property after Mr Smith passed away.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinAdvertising flyer for auction of real estate sales - plan of building blocks for sale - PhotocopySmith's Estate, Bentleigh 13 Home Sites and 13 Business Sites Auction Saturday 4 may 1935 - W. H.Wood, T. A. Butters, H. Lordjohn logan smith, centre road, jasper road, bentleigh, aution, real estate

People in the industry would come in for sales at the Wool Museum and not pay to see the exhibits. Turnstiles were installed to stop entrance. The tokens were sold on ground floor and turnstiles installed outside the exhibit upstairs. The token had to be inserted into the turnstiles to gain entrance to the exhibit.93 Large child tokens 67 Large adult tokens 6 Large guest tokens 17 Large concession tokens 55 Small adult tokens 36 Small child tokens 15 Small guest tokens 34 Small family tokens Gold and bronze in colour

Albert Geal, a builder found good quality clay at Tunstall. In 1903 Geal Brothers of Nunawading began making agricultural pipes for orchardists, then moved on to make bricks and tiles. The Geals pottery was on 11 acres at the corner of Springvale Road and Miton Street. It was sold in 1973Coloured photo of tombstone on grave 1390, Church of England section, Box Hill Cemetery Geal, Albert died 1922 aged 63 years Geal, Alice died 1937 aged 75 years Geal, Albert died in action on 12 July 1916, aged 28 years Geal, George died of wounds on 2 June 1917, aged 24 years Beecroft, Mabel died 12 April 1937 Beecroft, Harry died 14 November 1958tombstones, geal bros., geal, albert, alice, albert jnr., george, beecroft, mabel, harry

St Joseph’s was built between 1869 and 1874 to the design of amateur architect E. Shepardson, who was a schoolteacher at Eganstown. Modelled on St Peter's Catholic church, Daylesford, a Gothic Revival church designed by William Wardell. The church on .81 acres was sold in 2021 for $965,000.Colour photographs of a bluestone church - St Joseph's, Blampied. .st joseph's blampied, st joseph's mount prospect, catholic church, bluestone, church, e. shepardson

St Joseph’s was built between 1869 and 1874 to the design of amateur architect E. Shepardson, who was a schoolteacher at Eganstown. Modelled on St Peter's Catholic church, Daylesford, a Gothic Revival church designed by William Wardell. The church on .81 acres was sold in 2021 for $965,000.Colour photographs of a bluestone church - St Joseph's, Blampied. .st joseph's blampied, st joseph's mount prospect, catholic church, bluestone, church

Sold by the Bendigo Tramways following its replacement. Larger size for use with a heavier size span or support wire than normally used in tramway overhead. Designed on the basis that in the event the insulator failed or broken, the overhead would still be supported but there would be a loss of insulation.Demonstrates a larger size insulator used on tramway overhead.Insulator - known as an egg type - ceramic - fired clay (porcelain) finished with a brown colour with two holes for span wire with the holes offset to each other.tramways, overhead, trolley wire, span wires, insulators

Pair of spectacles made of small circular thick lenses and long silver bendable arms. Price of $43.70 handwritten on the inside of the box. These glasses were donated from the Kooyong Low Vision Clinic, who used and sold them to clients until the 1980's. Green cardboard box holding a pair of silver spectaclesassistive devices, association for the blind

Rectangular box of matches sold at Carols by Candlelight. White box with blue lighthouse logo on one side, with the words in blue lettering 'Please Support', and on the reverse side in black lettering 'Happy Christmas to your Family' with the Coles Myer Ltd. logo in red and blue.1 box of red headed matchesPlease support Royal Victorian Institute for the Blindcarols by candlelight, fundraising

New edition revised and adapted for the use of schools in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, by one of Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, Victoria. Articles of interest to the Colonies, written expressly by gentlemen of Colonial experience. Sold at George Robertson, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide, and all booksellers.Brown/beige cloth-bound hardcover book, worn extremities, small damage to upper spine. Embossed decoration to back & front covers. Cover stained with ?mildew to upper right front and upper left back covers. Binding a little loose but intact. Previous hinge repair back & front. Foxing to some front and back pages, otherwise clean. 408 pp. Fair condition.Front flyleaf, 'Leslie [indecipherable] Kilmore', inked cursive. Title page, 'Education Department' stamp.school reading text

Photo of some of the children that lived at Holmbush. The names are not known. Some are seen in other photos in the album. Holmbush at 1267 Burke road, was one of the properties that Legacy used for Junior Legatees. It was purchased 1942. In 1957 Holmbush was renamed Blamey House until it was sold in 1977.A compilation of photos of some junior legatees in the Legacy residences.Black and white photo x 2 of children posing at Holmbush pasted to the pages of an album.residences, holmbush, junior legatees

Photo of one of the children that lived at Holmbush. The name is not known. She is seen in other photos in the album. Holmbush at 1267 Burke road, was one of the properties that Legacy used for Junior Legatees. It was purchased 1942. In 1957 Holmbush was renamed Blamey House until it was sold in 1977.A compilation of photos of some junior legatees in the Legacy residences.Black and white photo a girl posing at Holmbush pasted to the pages of an album.residences, holmbush, junior legatees

The photograph was taken at a Sunbury Race meeting, when a sudden shower of rain caused the spectators to run for cover. Sunbury Race Course was situated along Racecourse Road about 2kms from the railway station. The land has been sold and it is now a housing estate. The race meetings in Sunbury were well attended with special trains running from Melbourne on race days.A noon-digital sepia photograph mounted on cardboard of a crowd of people caught in a sudden shower of rain and running for shelter at a race meeting.sunbury race meetings, racecourse road, races, stud farms

14 pages and 19.5 x 7 notenon-fictionThis account of "The Wattles" during the 1950's and 1960's has been based on memories of the 3 Stevens girls, Jennifer, Glenda and Dianneblue moon fruit cooperative ltd, mount pleasant methodist church, schwerkolt cottage & museum complex, stevens family

Sold as a souvenir of a Melbourne tram - 17 piece within a outer fixed part. Features SW6 914 (Route 3, City), MMTB colour scheme with adverts for VB Beer, 92.3 EON.FM, K L Dowling real estate and Statewide Building Society.Demonstrates souvenirs of Melbourne trams.Jigsaw puzzle - stamped featuring a photo of SW6 914, wrapped in a cellophane sheet. Has a label on rear "Made in Hong Kong" and a price label on the front "$1.80". Has "Melbourne Australia" printed in the bottom left hand corner.trams, tramways, jigsaw puzzle, souvenirs, melbourne, sw6 class, tram 914

Provides detailed information on the tramcars built for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust including the date in service, MMTB Number, class, controllers and motors. Includes those trams sold to the Footscray Tramways Trust and notes on motors and controller changes, and opening dates for both Trust lines.Yields information about the tramcars built for the Hawthorn Tramways Trust.Two page - ruled sheets with punch holes on the left hand side, detailing Hawthorn Tramways Trust tramcars - hand written in black inktramcars, htt, ftt, motors, controllers, hawthorn tramways trust, footscray tramways trust, fleet list, lists

The Birney tram was named after its designer Charles Birney and was designated a "safety car". It was a type G tram that had a smaller wheel base and was designed specifically for routes with lighter traffic as it could only carry 50 passengers. It featured folding doors and steps and was the first tram that could be operated by the driver alone without a conductor. This particular tram was built in 1925 by the J G Brill Company in Philadelphia, USA. It was flat-packed to Adelaide where it was reassembled. It operator in Adelaide until 1935 when it was sold to Geelong before again being sold to the Bendigo Tramways in 1947. It continued to operate until the tramways closure in 1972. Each winter it becomes the Bendigo yarnbomb tram. Birney tram photographed at Charing Cross, Bendigo (probably tour with Association of Engineers on Thursday March 12th 1970). B&W photograph.burnie tram, tour at charing cross, bendigo 1973

McIlwraith McEacharn Line Pty.Ltd., reg. Melbourne. 1918: Commandeered as a troopship. 1919: Returned to owners. 1920: Resumed Australian coastal service. 1941: Commandeered as a troopship. 1942 Aug 4: Fired upon in the Great Australian Bight (WA) by a Japanese submarine. 1946: Returned to owners & sold to Compania Maritima del Este, reg. Panama. Refitted at Genoa and sailed under Greek Line flag. 1947: Chartered to French Line for Caribbean service. 1949: Refitted at Genoa & placed on Europe-Canada run. 1954: Neptunia Shipping Co. 1957: Laid up at Bremerhaven. 1958: Laid up at Piraeus. 1959 Sept.29: Arrived at Nagasaki, Japan having been sold to shipbreakers.Served with SS Duntroon leaving Melbourne on 12 February 1942, to join convoy MS5 to Colombo escorted by aircraft carrier HMS Enterprise. She then embarked 640 Second AIF troops to be redeployed to the South West Pacific after serving in the middle east.Brass name plate 'SS Katoomba'SS KATOOMBAwwi, wwii, passenger steamships, ss katoomba

This skirt was made by the Fletcher Jones company as part of the uniform of the Penleigh Grammar School, Essendon, Melbourne. David Fletcher Jones (1895-1977) setup as a travelling hawker in the 1920s selling drapery in Western Victoria. In 1924 he opened a store in Warrnambool, moving into a two-storeyed building in Liebig Street in 1931. He manufactured and sold men's clothing at this site, opening a store in Melbourne in 1946 and a factory in Warrnambool in 1948. The company of Fletcher Jones and Staff, established in 1951, opened more stores and factories and operated Australia-wide and became well-known firstly for its production of men's trousers and later men's and women's clothing. By 2011 the Warrnambool factory was sold and the company dissolved. This skirt is of interest as a fine example of the quality clothing made by the Fletcher Jones clothing company. This business commenced in Warrnambool and was a dominant one in Warrnambool (and Australia) during the 20th century.This is a woman's tartan skirt in green and navy tonings. The skirt is pleated at the back and sides and has a silver-coloured metal buckle at the left side. It has metal clips and buttons that adjust the waistline size and a green cloth folder designed as a wallet with a press stud closer inside the front waist.College Apparel by Fletcher Jones Australiafletcher jones clothing stores

Copies of correspondence with Mr K Crouch asking for the history of Blamey House. Plus a photocopy of the history pages from the Blamey House roll that is kept in glass display cabinets at Legacy House. Blamey House was one of the residences used by Legacy as a home for Junior Legatees. The first few pages of the book (item 02298) explains the history and significance of the name Blamey House - which was photocopied and sent to Mr Crouch. Blamey House was originally the name of a hostel set up in World War 2 for servicemen that needed short term accommodation and food. It was originally situated in Melbourne CBD on the corner of King and Collins Streets in the Robbs Building (since demolished). When the hostel was no longer required after the war, the trustees of Blamey House donated money - almost 20,000 pounds, to Legacy for a children and toddlers' home which was established in Balcombe Road Beaumaris. The condition of donation was that the name Blamey House be used and when the Balcombe Road property was sold in 1956 the name was transferred to Holmbush, another Legacy residence. When it was sold in 1977 the name transferred to Harelands until Legacy sold it in 1980.A record of the history known about the donation made to Legacy to establish Blamey House in 1947.Black and white A4 photocopy x 12 pages on history of Blamey House, part of it copied from the Blamey House roll and some of correspondence between K Crouch and Legacy.blamey house, blamey, residences, hostel