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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Fern hook
Metal curved blade with a long wooden handle.rural industry, agriculture -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Miner's Safety Hook, c1920
Used to support bucket on a windlass rope.mining, equipment, trades, blacksmithing -
Unions Ballarat
Under the hook : Melbourne waterside workers remember working lives and class war, 1900-1980, Lowenstein, Wendy et al, 1982
An oral history of rank and file wharfies - history of working on the Melbourne waterfront.Relevant to the history of trade unionism and especially waterfront workers.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of two men; red and white text.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, oral histories, wharfies, waterfront workers, unions, maritime workers' union, maritime workers' strike, class wars -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - History, Wandinong Sanctuary Advisory Committee, The Wandinong Story (2023), October 2023
The book describes the origins of Wandinong Sanctuary, Blackburn as a home for the Hookes family from 1913 and its transformation into a public park in 1973.Color Reprint of 110 pp, with a new front page and new color photographs of the vegetation. non-fictionThe book describes the origins of Wandinong Sanctuary, Blackburn as a home for the Hookes family from 1913 and its transformation into a public park in 1973.wandinong sanctuary, hooke janet, hooke arthur -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Shorts, Mike Hooks
The book is a collection of photographs and information on the Shorts company, focusing on its aircraft.The cover is a artistic rendition of a transport seaplane flying over the sea. The back is black with a sepia-toned photograph of planes in a warehouse.non-fiction The book is a collection of photographs and information on the Shorts company, focusing on its aircraft.shorts, short brothers, stirling bomber, aerospace company -
National Wool Museum
Bale Hook
Found by RC and J Lewis in laneway running south from Western Beach Road between Dalgety North building and Dennys Lachelles building (old Corio Tannery site). -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat School of Mines: Scrapbook of Newspaper Cuttings, Book 64, September 1994 to October 1994
Collection of newspaper articles related to Ballarat School Of Mines.They cover activities and advertisements for staff. The papers concerned are The Courier, Ballarat, The Australian, The Age over the period of 14 September 1994 to 22 October 1994.Book with yellow cover, front, spiral bound. teaching positions advertised, pre-employment courses, courses available, enrolment for smb courses, new secondary training program, uni awards presented, students play the streets, ben chaffey, revision program for vce students, sexual harassment, ann mccaffrey, pirates of the playground, war artist geoffrey mainwarring, joanne crosbie fitter and turner, welcome for vice chancellor, ron wild, john mcclure, pat hope, ballarat city commissioners, jan ince, gwenda mcmanus, gerry anderson, robert hook, dennis else, continuous learning improvement program, clip, challenge day contest, $6m complex for smb, courses help women on farms, smb riders on bay challenge, smb takes on the future, frank kitchen, taishan city, picnic race eating, emma-kate james, michelle loader, fiona carnes, paul armstrong, eureka and its meaning, shop ballarat this christmas -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Sure Grip Wire Strainer (long chain is missing), 1917 - 1953
The wire strainer was commonly used on Australian farming properties for putting fences up. Sure Grip Wire Strainers were advertised in Australia from 1917 to 1953. The distinctive grips were patented in Britain in 1913 (William Swann, (spring, hook and chain manufacturer, Walsall,in England).Improvements in or relating to means for gripping wire or the like: British patent 24,520/13. 29 October 1913.Steel bar with 2 interlocking grips for fastening the wire.Corroded marking about halfway along the lever. wire strainer