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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Australian Red Cross Society, 1939 - 1997
Australian Red Cross Society. Mitcham Branch. Papers and Memorabilia.Australian Red Cross Society. Mitcham Branch. Papers and Memorabilia. Contents: 1. Minutes of [ordinary] meetings. 1950 - 1990 4 vols. 2. Minutes of annual meetings. 1950 - 1988 3. Membership Book. 1959 - 1964. 1 vol. 4. Attendance Book 1971 - 1997 (1947 - 1959 bound with (6) 2 vols 5. Accounts Book. 1939 - 1941 1 vol. 6. Record book of materials issued and garments returned. 1941 - 7. Photos: 50th anniversary, 4 Aug 1989. 7.1 D.Oldham cutting cake 7.2 D. Oldham, Dot Faulkner, Rose Abbott, Joan Aitt, Joan Taylor, Dick Bryant, Lorne Vaughan, Joy Chivers, Judith Fry, Olive Williams, Ruby Jeffs, Jean Gorsuch, Phyllis Thiele 8. Certificates, Badges and Medals 8.1.1 Certificate presented by the A.R.C.S. Vic Division to Mitcham Branch for assisting the Red Cross March Appeal on Button Day, 1958.| 8.1.2 Certificate [issued with medal] to Mrs Edith Bryant in commemoration of Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee, 6 Feb 1952 : 6 Feb 1977| 8.1.3 City of Nunawading Community Award 1986 [Certificate] presented to Edith Mary Bryant 26 Jan 1986. [Framed] with plaque, wooden representation of Australia with engraved plate attached. Device missing. 8.2 Badges and Medals| 8.2.1 A.R.C.S. Twenty years service (Mrs E. Coles) in box with: 8.2.2 Membership badge A.R.C.S.| 8.2.3 Membership badge A.R.C.S. Victorian Division 9 Publications:| 9.1 Thirty-seventh Annual Report and financial statement. 1950-1951. Australian R.C. Society 9.2 A.R.C. Soc Bulk Catering Manual. 1990Australian Red Cross Society. Mitcham Branch. Papers and Memorabilia. australian red cross society. mitcham branch, bryant, edith mary, coles, e (mrs), oldham, d, faulkner, dot, abbott, rose, aitt, joan, gorsuch, jean, thiele, phyllis, taylor, joan, bryant, dick, vaughan, lorne, chivers, joy, fry, judith, williams, olive, jeffs, ruby -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Daryl Somers, 1997
The article in The Answer in April 1997 announced that Daryl Somers would be the personality of the year for the Badge Appeal for the second year. He was photographed speaking at Legacy House and with people including Hazel McKean. Hazel was the wife of a VC winner. Also in the photos are Elaine Ward and Lynne Scott who's family had been used to promote Legacy in a 1994. The article mentions the importance of widows helping raise funds by selling a "Card Pack" a small packet of badges which they sell to family and friends. A record of a way celebrities used their media profile to promote Legacy.Colour photo x 3 of an event with Daryl Somers and an article in The Answer.Printed on the back legacy promotion, answer, daryl somers -
Musculoskeletal Health Australia (now held by the Glen Eira Historical Society)
Photograph - Group photo, XX/11/1997
"Tai Chi for Arthritis" classes with Dr Paul Lam was an initiative of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) in the late 1990s. This photo depicts Dr Paul Lam leading the inaugural Tai Chi for Arthritis Leaders' Training workshop. The three day workshop, held at Arthritis Victoria in November 1997, was attended by 17 people from Melbourne and rural Victoria. Another photo from this event appears on page 13 of the 1998 Annual Report, accompanying a brief article on the event.Colour photo of a group of people, led by an instructor, practising Tai Chi on a grassy area. In the background, there is a wooden fence with a large tree behind it.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Tai Chi Dr Paul lam [sic]arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, tai chi for arthritis, leaders training workshop, dr paul lam, tai chi instructor, author, broadcaster, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, joint health, c2000 -
Musculoskeletal Health Australia (now held by the Glen Eira Historical Society)
Photograph - Group photo, XX/11/1997
"Tai Chi for Arthritis" classes with Dr Paul Lam was an initiative of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) in the late 1990s. This photo depicts Dr Paul Lam leading the inaugural Tai Chi for Arthritis Leaders' Training workshop. The three day workshop, held at Arthritis Victoria in November 1997, was attended by 17 people from Melbourne and rural Victoria. Another photo from this event appears on page 13 of the 1998 Annual Report, accompanying a brief article on the event.Colour photo of a group of people, led by an instructor, practising Tai Chi on a grassy area. In the background, there is a wooden fence with a large tree behind it.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Tai Chi for arthritis with Dr. Paul lam [sic]arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, tai chi for arthritis, leaders training workshop, dr paul lam, tai chi instructor, author, broadcaster, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, joint health, c2000 -
Musculoskeletal Health Australia (now held by the Glen Eira Historical Society)
Photograph - Group photo, XX/11/1997
"Tai Chi for Arthritis" classes with Dr Paul Lam was an initiative of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) in the late 1990s. This photo depicts Dr Paul Lam leading the inaugural Tai Chi for Arthritis Leaders' Training workshop. The three day workshop, held at Arthritis Victoria in November 1997, was attended by 17 people from Melbourne and rural Victoria. Another photo from this event appears on page 13 of the 1998 Annual Report, accompanying a brief article on the event.Colour photo of a group of people, led by an instructor, practising Tai Chi on a grassy area. In the background, there is a wooden fence with a large tree behind it.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Tai Chi with Dr. Paul lam [sic]arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, tai chi for arthritis, leaders training workshop, dr paul lam, tai chi instructor, author, broadcaster, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, joint health, c2000 -
Musculoskeletal Health Australia (now held by the Glen Eira Historical Society)
Photograph - Group photo, XX/11/1997
"Tai Chi for Arthritis" classes with Dr Paul Lam was an initiative of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) in the late 1990s. This photo depicts Dr Paul Lam leading the inaugural Tai Chi for Arthritis Leaders' Training workshop. The three day workshop, held at Arthritis Victoria in November 1997, was attended by 17 people from Melbourne and rural Victoria. Another photo from this event appears on page 13 of the 1998 Annual Report, accompanying a brief article on the event.Colour photo of a group of people, led by an instructor, practising Tai Chi on a grassy area. In the background, there is a wooden fence with a large tree and a two-storey house behind it.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Tai Chiarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, tai chi for arthritis, leaders training workshop, dr paul lam, tai chi instructor, author, broadcaster, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, joint health, c2000 -
Musculoskeletal Health Australia (now held by the Glen Eira Historical Society)
Photograph - Group photo, XX/11/1997
"Tai Chi for Arthritis" classes with Dr Paul Lam was an initiative of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) in the late 1990s. This photo depicts Dr Paul Lam leading the inaugural Tai Chi for Arthritis Leaders' Training workshop. The three day workshop, held at Arthritis Victoria in November 1997, was attended by 17 people from Melbourne and rural Victoria. Another photo from this event appears on page 13 of the 1998 Annual Report, accompanying a brief article on the event.Colour photo of a group of people, led by an instructor, practising Tai Chi on a grassy area. In the background, there is a wooden fence with a large tree behind it.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Tai Chi for arthritis with Dr. Paul lam [On the same sticky note, archivist's note handwritten in black ink] (Different roll)arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, tai chi for arthritis, leaders training workshop, dr paul lam, tai chi instructor, author, broadcaster, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, joint health, c2000 -
Musculoskeletal Health Australia (now held by the Glen Eira Historical Society)
Photograph - Group photo, XX/11/1997
"Tai Chi for Arthritis" classes with Dr Paul Lam was an initiative of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) in the late 1990s. This photo depicts Dr Paul Lam leading the inaugural Tai Chi for Arthritis Leaders' Training workshop. The three day workshop, held at Arthritis Victoria in November 1997, was attended by 17 people from Melbourne and rural Victoria. Another photo from this event appears on page 13 of the 1998 Annual Report, accompanying a brief article on the event.Colour photo of a group of people, led by an instructor, practising Tai Chi on a grassy area. In the background, there is a wooden fence with a large tree behind it.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Tai Chi with Dr. Paul lam [On the same sticky note, archivist's note handwritten in black ink] Different rollarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, tai chi for arthritis, leaders training workshop, dr paul lam, tai chi instructor, author, broadcaster, arthritis, osteoporosis, bone health, joint health, c2000 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EDITH LUNN COLLECTION: BENDIGO BANK FROM SANDHURST CLUB
Two views looking across the rear of properties on View Street Taken 28/08/1997 B8A looking across to the Bendigo Bank from the veranda of the Sandhurst Club Bendigo Bank building at Charing Cross 8Brear of the National Australia Bank building and into the entrance of the Samdhurst Club, on View StreetEdith Lunn -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
B & w photo interior Belgrave Post Office, 1997. Photo shows counter area. Postpaks, boxes and envelops are displayed on the wall. Two CRT computer monitors and desktop boxes are visible. A notice on the counter reads, 'This counter closed'. The open hatchway into the private work area space is visible. -
Glen Eira City Council History and Heritage Collection
Scrapbook
One of three similarly presented scrapbooks that came from the Public Relations Department. They were created by PR as an historical chronological record of the publication of the advertisements. They are significant as the only complete sets of council advertisements for the periods outlined in the description. Large cloth bound hard cover scrapbook, red colour. The pages inside the scrapbook have black and white cut out newspaper clippings adhered to the cream colour paper pages. Title of publications and dates have been hand written adjacent to the clipping. July 1990 - August 1997Hand written in texta on cover of red book (smaller): "ADVERTISING 11.7.90" and typed on white label below: "COPIES OF ADVERTISEMENT". -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Album - Robert Thomson Slide Collection, "Melbourne 14/9/91 to 21/9/91 16.11.1997 to 23.11.1997"
Photo - see pdf file for further information. Number Brief Description RT229 1997, Carlisle St, tram 129 - "Kew - Cotham Rd" - route 69 & tram 905 - "St Kilda Beach" - route 16 RT230 1997, Dandenong Rd, tram 86 - "Melbourne" - route 69 RT231 1997, Victoria Pde, tram 856 - "City Circle" - route 00 RT232 1997, Spring St, tram 909 - "City Circle" - route 00 RT233 1997, Swanston St, tram 982 - "University" - route 72 RT234 1997, Swanston St, tram 949 - "Glen Iris" - route 6 & tram 852 - "St Kilda Beach" - route 16 RT235 1997, Swanston St, tram 845 - "University" - route 16 RT236 1997, Swanston St, tram 951 - "?" - route 8 RT237 1997, Flinders St, tram 925 - "City Circle" - route 00 7 tram 2034 - "City La Trobe St" RT238 1997, Tram Defect, tram 98 RT239 1997, Flinders St Station, tram 785 - "?" - route 8 RT240 1997, Flinders St Station, tram 211 - "Moreland" - route ? RT241 Bourke St, tram 2059 - "City Spencer St"- route 87 RT242 St Georges Rd Preston, tram 1003 - "Preston" via St Georges Rd"- route 9 RT243 West Preston Terminus - tram 943 - "St Kilda Beach" - route 10 RT244 Princes Bridge , tram 950 - "City" - route 72 RT245 1997 Port Melb Ter, tram 265 - "Mont Albert" - route 109 RT246 1997 Port Melb Terminus RT247 1997 Port Melb Terminus, tram 285 - "Mont Albert" - route 109 RT248 North Balwyn Terminus, tram 244 - "City Lonsdale St" - route 48 RT249 1997 Bourke St mall, tram 2127 - "Bundoora RMIT" - route 86 RT250 1997 Bourke St mall, tram 2028 - "St Kilda Beach" - route 96 RT251 1997 Batman Ave, tram 239 - "Princes Bridge" - route 70 RT252 1997 Batman Ave Ter, tram 233 - "Wattle Park" - route 70 RT253 Princes Bridge , tram 960 - "City" - route 64 RT254 Swanston St at Flinders St, tram 776 - "Glen Iris" - route 6 & tram 809 - "Toorak" - route 8 RT255 Swanston St at Bourke St, tram 978 - "City" - route 64 RT256 Bourke St at Swanston St, tram 112 - "City" - route 86 RT257 South Melbourne Beach terminus, tram 818, - "East Coburg" - route 1 RT258 Carlisle St, tram 925 - "Kew Cotham Rd" - route 69 RT259 Acland St Terminus, tram 2018 - "East Brunswick" - route 98 RT260 St Kilda Rd Princes Bridge, "St Kilda Beach" - route 15 RT261 Batman Avenue Terminus, tram 24 "Special" & tram 22 - "Wattle park Elgar Rd" - route 70 RT262 Acland St Terminus, tram 646 - "City" - route 16 RT263 Bundoora Terminus - tram 2023 - "Bundoora" - route 86 Demonstrates the work of Robert Thomson in photography, collection and/or production of slidesAssembled album in a black presentation folder of 35 colour slides, collected or produced by Robert Thomson. All photographs have been scanned and placed on the Museum's G drive. A list of all photographs with details has been compiled. melbourne, tramways, trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "It's business as usual", 10/1997
Pamphlet titled "It's business as usual" issued to staff at the time of the splitting of Met Tram into two business units operating within the PTC, on 1-10-1997. This action formed Yarra Trams and Swanston Trams, later M>Tram when privatised. Provides a tram network map, depots and the routes they would be operating and names of Managing Directors and senior staff. Has a note on the future tram organisations, timetable for change and nominates the key performance targets. Provides the two logos that the companies commenced with.Yields information about the split of Met Tram into Yarra and Swanston Trams and the management of the two operators.Document - 3 fold A5 printed on gloss paper.yarra trams, swanston trams, ptc, managers, notices to staff -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Heatherlie Quarry with Historical Society Members enjoying lunch
Heatherlie Quarry Historical Society Members enjoying lunch.Colour Photograph of Stawell Historical Society's Visit to Heatherlie Quarry 1997. At Lunch A Group of Seated people. Left to Right John Van Leeuwen, Clive Cawthorn, Lorna Harris, Bill Cook, Carmel Loats, Marie Van Leeuwen, Jean Perry, Thea Tucker, Wal Perry, Eddie Harris.stawell grampians industry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MERLE HALL COLLECTION: BRIEF REPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING DAY 8/11/1997
Brief Report Strategic Planning Day 8/11/1997 attended by 18 people representing various arts groups. Two- paged report with attachments; Aims of Arts Bendigo (Mission Outline); 1.Major Arts Centre (Focus on 'Fortuna'; 2 Youth; 3. Linking; 4. Public Relations. -
Tennis Australia
Trophy, 20 Sep 1996-22 Sep 1996
A commemorative lead crystal trophy presented by the Croatian T.A. (H.T.S.) to the Australian Davis Cup team, during the play-off for a position in the 1997 Davis Cup World Group, between Croatia and Australia, played in Split, Croatia. Australia won 4-1, and advanced to the World Group. Materials: Lead crystaltennis -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Dorothy Williams, Monbulk: living in the Dandenongs, a social history, by Dorothy Williams, 1998_
History of Monbulk from early settlement in 1837 to 1997.Paperback, 325 p., black and white photographs, maps.monbulk, mount dandenong -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Dugga Beazley on board his craft, Volunteer, off Lagoon Pier, Port Melbourne, 1970s
Copied from Dugga Beazley photo collection in 1997Copy of B&W photograph taken on board 'Dugga' BEAZLEY's craft 'Volunteer' on Hobson's Bay off the Lagoon PierOn rear: 'D Beazley photo collection Neg Nos PM004/14'industry - fishing, sport - yachting, leonard george 'dugga' beazley -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Peter Libbis, Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades
Transcribed from handwritten Register by Peter LIBBIS 1997Blue plastic folder with typed transcript from handwritten "Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades". Contains details of rooming houses 1864 to 1892built environment - domestic, business and traders, built environment - commercial, industry - noxious, gerrit blankhart, spiro williams, john yapp, james john bartlett, henry laussen, susan litchfield, charles grosse, william abbott, john warne, caroline schilling, frederick barker, nina taylor, george charles scott, john japp, frederick fredrichsen, jane brunot, betsy backer, eliza leyden, june mclellan, henry aitkens, henry aitken, maria wilkinson, william anthony, elizabeth tyrrell, francis jose, james forrester, lois jordan, john dennis, cassandra davis, robert carey, william frederick bevan, sarah duross, martina frederickson, lena salfinger, jeremiah tohey, henry d aitken, james riley, catherine carey, eliza connor, frederick jacobite, mary ann pittman, mary stevens, rose clara lee, eleanor smith, amy mcphee, mary gibbs, jane mclellan, john dunn, george rolland, john lolato, peter cleary, may christian christiansen, george rolfe, antonia bruno, john bennett, david macintosh, desera pardon, antone bruno, henry hamilton, minnie long, john fries, elizabeth powell, alice greenough, louis warner, hannah black, salvadore robinson, sarah tracy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Peter Libbis, Register of Noxious Trades
Transcribed from handwritten Register by Peter LIBBIS 1997Blue plastic folder withtyped transcript from "Register of Common Lodging Houses and Noxious Trades". contains details of noxious trades1884 to 1889industry - noxious, built environment - domestic, business and traders, built environment - commercial, thomas hester & sons, thomas hester, arthur hester, hester & hart, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, h hanson, morris & ludwig, james kerr, p nettleberg, martin gotz, p brown, john smith, apollo candle co, james quinn, denis quinn, james mulcahey, john brown scott, thomas kelly, james elworthy, caleb amos kennett, charles yills (?), cockbill & mulling, george seward, australasia sugar refining company, n j butcher & co, i hill & sons -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Album - Photo Album, Michael Schrader, General tramway photos, 1995 - 1997
Album - comprising 23 plastic photo holders in a interleaved pack glued to a heavy plastic sheet covered folder. Matching image and sheet numbers .1 - overhead issue at intersection of Riversdale and Glenferrie Road with parked trams. .2 - University terminus under construction (Dec. 1995) showing track layout and Bendigo tram 808 on City Circle outside Spencer St station and Bourke St. - 1995. .3 - New Exhibition Centre (Jeff's Shed) and trams 852 and A292 in Clarendon St. - Feb. 1996 .3a - Y469 on Zoo Tourist tram - 2/1995 and at the zoo. .4 - Y469 and Z3 200 at the zoo cross over and 469 using the cross over. .5 - Y469 crew photo and overhead work following trackwork in Domain Road at Domain Junction. .6 - Short shunts and bus replacements for Domain Junction works - Z69 and buses. .7 - Volvo bus 89 in Swanston St (replacement) an a view of the Burke Road overpass of the Freeway at Gardiner nearing completion. .8 - ditto showing the new widened level crossing at Gardiner and trams in the distance. Opened Dec. 1995. .9 - Photos showing widening of the freeway at Gardiner and relocation of the creek. .10 - Photos showing the construction of the turnout into the new Southbank Depot - cFeb. 1997. .11 - Photos of four trams and others at South Melbourne depot (closed 8/2/1997) including 981, 954, 923 and 1005 prior to fan trip to move the trams to Malvern Depot. .12 - Photo of one of the trams leaving the depot and two on Queensway Prahran. .13 - Trams 843 and 920 at South Melbourne and 843 and others at Whiteman St shunt. .14 - Tram 843 at Southbank depot entrance on the Port Melbourne Line. .15 - Restaurant trams 442, 937 and 939 at Southbank and tram 114 in Swanston St at Batman Ave. .16 - Z8 leads a fleet of Z class trams in Swanston St and Batman Ave and a large number of buses lined up in Spencer St - Grand Prix tram strike - 1997 .17 - buses buses - Latrobe St and Swanston St. .18 - ditto .19 - Relaying Hawthorn Bridge and relaying Dandenong Road .20 - Track relay Dandenong Road - centre median reserved track with rail wagons .22 - ditto .23 - lifting track into place. Two loose photos - Bundoora terminus, Grand Prix services and Grand Prix information booth.trams, tramways, mmtb, overhead, riversdale rd, glenferrie rd, university, spencer st, city circle, clarendon st, y class, z3 class, a class, trackwork, domain junction, swanston st, burke rd, gardiner, southbank, south melbourne depot, queensway, restaurant tram, dandenong rd, grand prix, bundoora, tram 808, tram 892, tram 292, tram 920, tram 200, tram 69, tram 981, tram 954, tram 923, tram 1005, tram 843, tram 442, tram 937, tram 939, tram 114 -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Booklet: Undecided? Have you considered Northern TAFE?
Copies held: 1993, 1994X3, 1995, 1996X2, 1997/98. A4 size booklets of 14-20 pages, aimed at prosspective students.northern metropolitan college of tafe, northern melbourne institute of tafe, prospectus, students, manual, nmit -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
CD, Behind Barbed Wire, 2008
Interview with former Kormoran W. Elmecker on the 2 September 1997Green back, clear front CD cover. Green CD, silver text. White label, black textbehind barbed wire -
Unions Ballarat
Australian railway disasters (Don Woodward Collection), Pearce, Kenn, 1999
Short histories and pictures of train disasters in Australia - 1873-1997.History - railways.Books; 240 pages. Cover: colour photograph of a train accident at Black Mountain, Queensland, 1994; red lettering; author's name and title.In pencil, "D.H. Woodward".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, railways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF VICTORIA BENDIGO BRANCH COLLECTION: MINUTE BOOK
Red Universal Account Book Minute Series 200 containing the minutes of the National Council of Women, Bendigo Branch May 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. First entry May 28, 1991 and the last March 25, 1997. Book also contains a number of newspaper cuttings and Annual Report.organisation, women, national council of women, national council of women of victoria bendigo branch collection, minute book ncw -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Illustration, 9/11/1975
Illustration of Melbourne W7's 1035 and 1040 at the North Fitzroy Depot. Photo used in the 1997 Topmill Tram calendar, see Reg Item 490. Photo dated 9/11/1975. Trams have adverts for Invest with RESI and Modern Messengers. Has been pasted onto another sheet of paper.On rear in ink "W7 1040\1035, E\Brunswick Depot Melbourne 9/11/75"trams, tramways, w7 class, north fitzroy depot, tram 1035, tram 1040 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Seal, Port of Portland Authority Seal, 1980s
Used by Port of Portland Authority for sealing of documents between 1982-1997.256.1: Positive section (metal) of Port of Portland Authority seal. Logo and text at top and bottom plates. Port of Portland Authority (around outside) [image of lighthouse, cliff, anchor and ocean] (centre) 256.2: Negative section (bronze) of Port of Portland Authority seal. Logo and text at top and bottom plates. Port of Portland Authority (around outside) [image of lighthouse, cliff, anchor and ocean] (centre)Front: Port of Portland Authority * (around outside) [image of lighthouse, cliff, anchor and ocean] (centre) Back: - -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Chalice
Used as chalice in Presbyterian church. Donation to Society on closure of church in 1997Stemmed glass cup without handles. Silver grape and vine leaf decoration on gold background on bowl.linton presbyterian church -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - Video Tape, Collar the Lot
Video prepared in the studio of GMV6 for the Tatura & District Historical Society, 1997.DVD. Folder containing information about the research and documentation required for the video documentary.audio, collar the lot, gmv6 -
Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History Collection
Book - Illustrated Book, Betty Jeffrey 1908-2000 et al, White Coolies, 1954
In 1942 a group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya aboard the Vyner Brooke, a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two were taken prisoner. The book is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three grueling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival and deprivation in the harshest of conditions.Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a light green cover, with an image of a compass embossed in gold. on the front. The tile author's surname and publisher's name are embossed in gold on the spine. Dust jacket has multicoloured illustration by J.P.L Kickhefer on front and spine: group of women, some with head scarves walking behind a ?prison guard, barbed wire topped fence in front of and behind group. In the background is a hut and tropical plants. Title (white print) and authors name (red print) appear on a black background at base of front of dustjacket. Title, author's and publisher's names are printed in black on spinenon-fictionIn 1942 a group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya aboard the Vyner Brooke, a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two were taken prisoner. The book is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three grueling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival and deprivation in the harshest of conditions.world war 1939-1945 prisoners of war, betty jeffrey