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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Sale The early years and Later, 1980
An account of the origin and development of the Sale, Victoria, Municipality and surrounding district. Includes photographs, maps.settlers, commerce -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1925 c
Also second similar view from distance 05275.1Black and white postcard showing two rowing boats on Lake Bunga remains of wooden bridge between tree covered banks Lake Bunga Victoriahotels -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1918 c
Black and white postcard showing township, roads and rail, bridges and barked trees with cultivated land beside Tambo River Bruthen VictoriaTambo River at Bruthenjetties, waterways, topography, boats and boating -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1910 c
on back of card Fish 32 Francis St Bairnsdale Hemmings were early Lakes Entrance familySepia toned postcard showing R Hennings Tea Rooms on Esplanade Cunninghame Group of ten adults and children outside shop with group of children outside next shop Lakes Entrance VictoriaCunninghame Gippsland Lakessettlers, buildings, genealogy -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, The chichester connection : the Florance family 1700-1997, 1997
The Florance family from 1700-1997, with particular reference to Mary Anne Florance and Arthur Benjamin Florance pages 40-43.non-fictionThe Florance family from 1700-1997, with particular reference to Mary Anne Florance and Arthur Benjamin Florance pages 40-43.florance family, florance> mary anne, florance> arthur benjamin, genealogy -
Clunes Museum
Book, BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA, 1903
BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.BOOK - "BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA.. NO. 6 THE CLUNES GOLDFIELD BY W M. BRADFORD.non-fictionBULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.local history, mining, geological survey -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - HYPODERMIC SYRINGE & BOX
.1 BOX : "INTERCHANGEABLE ORIGINAL RECORD SYRINGE EVERETT 1ML 20MIN RECORD SYRINGE .2 SYRINGE : INTERCHANGEABLE EVERETT BRITISH MADE 200CAS ABOVElocal history, medical -
Friends of Kurth Kiln
Pederic Gas Producer,1939
The Unit was picked up from a paddock on a farm in Bagshot, near Bendigo. It was donated to the Friends of Kurth Kiln Heritage Collection by the Family of Cyril H Peatling on 23 December 2006.Gas Producer Units are of significance to Kurth Kiln because they demonstrate the enduse of the charcoal that was created at Kurth Kiln. Considerable documentation has been made available to us on its history, including a picture of the truck is was mounted on. A Gas Producer Unit that converted charcoal into a gas suitable for the combustion engine. Used on motor vehicles during WWII petrol rationing restrictions. It consists of a hopper to hold the charcoal and a firebox to generate the gasNameplate missinggas producer, bagshot, wilma -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Frank S. Williamson, Purple and Gold (Poems) - Previously Cat No 3647, 1940
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Koorie Heritage Trust
Booklet, Blackfellows of Australia, 1936
Contents: The Aboriginal Environment - Birds and Reptiles; Whence came the Blackfellow. The Natural Man - Tattooing: ornamental scars. The Tribes of the South - Down the Darling. Tribes of Central and Northern Australia - The Aruntas; Wilderness vanishing; Untamed Tribes.The Tasmanian Race - Doomed people.Tribal Organisation - Public opinion; The Council of Old Men; Tribal Classification; Tribal Naming; Dual Classes; Totemism.Daily life of the Blacks - Making fire; Cooking methods - the native oven; Vegetarian diet; Miscellaneous foods. Weapons and Implements - Classes of Stone; Quarries; Weapons of wood - spears; The Boomerang; Shields; Water vessels and Carriers; Baskets and Dilly-bags.Medicine-men and medicine - Faith cures; Rain-making. Mia-Mias, Whurlies and Gunyahs - Tripod fires; Two-storey huts. The Aboriginal as an Engineer - Weirs and fish traps; Wells and Rockholes. Wild White Men; Dances and Games - Children's toys. Black Police and Tracking - Tribal Mixture; The Blacktrackers; Trained from infancy. Navigation - The Bark Canoe - Calm-weather Craft. Aboriginal Art - Animal Tracks; Old Camp-fires. Blackfellow Music and Bards; Death and Burial - Wailing Women; Relics of Lost Tribes; Decorated skulls; Creation myth pole. Language - Letter-sticks. Myths and Legends; Mission work among the Blacks - Spheres of Service; The Mission Stations.43 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Contents: The Aboriginal Environment - Birds and Reptiles; Whence came the Blackfellow. The Natural Man - Tattooing: ornamental scars. The Tribes of the South - Down the Darling. Tribes of Central and Northern Australia - The Aruntas; Wilderness vanishing; Untamed Tribes.The Tasmanian Race - Doomed people.Tribal Organisation - Public opinion; The Council of Old Men; Tribal Classification; Tribal Naming; Dual Classes; Totemism.Daily life of the Blacks - Making fire; Cooking methods - the native oven; Vegetarian diet; Miscellaneous foods. Weapons and Implements - Classes of Stone; Quarries; Weapons of wood - spears; The Boomerang; Shields; Water vessels and Carriers; Baskets and Dilly-bags.Medicine-men and medicine - Faith cures; Rain-making. Mia-Mias, Whurlies and Gunyahs - Tripod fires; Two-storey huts. The Aboriginal as an Engineer - Weirs and fish traps; Wells and Rockholes. Wild White Men; Dances and Games - Children's toys. Black Police and Tracking - Tribal Mixture; The Blacktrackers; Trained from infancy. Navigation - The Bark Canoe - Calm-weather Craft. Aboriginal Art - Animal Tracks; Old Camp-fires. Blackfellow Music and Bards; Death and Burial - Wailing Women; Relics of Lost Tribes; Decorated skulls; Creation myth pole. Language - Letter-sticks. Myths and Legends; Mission work among the Blacks - Spheres of Service; The Mission Stations.aboriginals, australian - social life and customs -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, My side of the bridge, 2002
ix-xii; 189 P.; ports.; 21 cm.brodie, veronica. | women, aboriginal australian -- south australia -- biography. | ngarrindjeri (australian people) -- biography. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Letters from Victorian pioneers : being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc., addressed by Victorian pioneers to His Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of Victoria, 1899
The letters record events which will recall to many persons still living old Vctorian memories, and will have a great value for the future historian of Victoria, as narrating the experiences of actual movers in the early scenes of our colonization, while they will also possess interest as incidental contributions to the biographies of the men who half a century ago beagan to encounter the hardships and perils which beset the pioneer in every part of this continent. These papers also contain interesting contributions to our knowldge of the aborigines-their languages, customs , and conflicts with the white men; and although some of the incdents narrated have found their way into print before, they are now for the first time given in their entirety to the public.xiii, 325 p. : figs., map. index; Barabool dialect list; names of the tribe, about 1841-43; ; 22 cThe letters record events which will recall to many persons still living old Vctorian memories, and will have a great value for the future historian of Victoria, as narrating the experiences of actual movers in the early scenes of our colonization, while they will also possess interest as incidental contributions to the biographies of the men who half a century ago beagan to encounter the hardships and perils which beset the pioneer in every part of this continent. These papers also contain interesting contributions to our knowldge of the aborigines-their languages, customs , and conflicts with the white men; and although some of the incdents narrated have found their way into print before, they are now for the first time given in their entirety to the public. frontier and pioneer life -- victoria. | victoria -- history -- 1834-1900 -- sources. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Australian Aboriginal Art, 1929
Issued in connection with the Exhibition of Australian Aboriginal Art, National Museum, Melbourne.39 p.; plates; ill.; 21 cm.Issued in connection with the Exhibition of Australian Aboriginal Art, National Museum, Melbourne.national museum of victoria-exhibitions-aboriginal art., artifacts, aboriginal, australia., victorian aboriginal art. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, British colonization and coloured tribes, 1838
the whole aborigines subject must soon be taken up by the best statesmen in this country. National efforts alone will turn mischievous squatters into useful settlers, and lead aright the tens of thousands at this moment bursting through every frontier we occupy in Canada, in South Africa, and in all the Australias. without national effforts to correct present oppression, buccaneering in every remote sea must spring out of the indulgence now permitted with impunity to the violent passions of uncontrolled men; and witout national effforts now put forth, to follow up and crown those of the admirable missionaries, the possession of unwatched power will corrupt even them; and the whole work, now calling for your aid, must be done hereafter with lessened means of success and infinitely increased obstacles.p.323; appendices; 19 cm.the whole aborigines subject must soon be taken up by the best statesmen in this country. National efforts alone will turn mischievous squatters into useful settlers, and lead aright the tens of thousands at this moment bursting through every frontier we occupy in Canada, in South Africa, and in all the Australias. without national effforts to correct present oppression, buccaneering in every remote sea must spring out of the indulgence now permitted with impunity to the violent passions of uncontrolled men; and witout national effforts now put forth, to follow up and crown those of the admirable missionaries, the possession of unwatched power will corrupt even them; and the whole work, now calling for your aid, must be done hereafter with lessened means of success and infinitely increased obstacles.colonization. | indigenous peoples. | indigenous peoples -- british colonies. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, VI th British Empire & Commonwealth Games, 1958
A 64 page book of the 1958 Empire & Commo9nwealth Games held in Wales including games history and eventsA 64 page book of the 1958 Empire & Commonwealth Games held in Walesnon-fictionA 64 page book of the 1958 Empire & Commo9nwealth Games held in Wales including games history and eventssport, competitions -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Certificate, 1899 (Exact)
Certificate presented to Stones, Samuel for voting at referendum re Constitution / July 1899. Colour: predominantly cream, blue and brown. Includes photos and names of six state premiers and picture of Parliament House"Royal Coat of Arms / Australian Referendum / Federal" "This is to Certify that the question of an / AUSTRALASIAN FEDERAL CONSTITUTION / was submitted to the Electors of Victoria on / the 27th day of July 1899 / and that out of a Poll of 163,783 votes / 152,653 WERE CAST IN FAVOR OF SUCH AUSTRALASIAN FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, / AND FURTHER THAT / Stones, Samuel / VOTED AT THE SAID ELECTION / C. GURNER [?] PREMIER."federation, referendum, australian constitution, stones family -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Book, Gardening Simplified, 1941
Gardening book from the mid 1900s titled: Gardening Simplified, by S.H. Huntgardening -
Unions Ballarat
Equality and authority: a study of class, status and power in Australia, 1970
Study of Australian society - "class, status and power in ... affluent industrial communities of today ...". Book is in five parts: 1. Introduction; 2. An egalitarian society? 3. Political authority; 4. Economy and society; 5. Nationalism, imperialism and militarism. Significant to economics, social structures, politics and way of life.Paperback book; 492 pages. Cover: black background; orange and white text; photographs of unknown persons.Front cover: title and author's name. Back cover: description of content.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, sociology, class - australia, bureaucracy, politics, economy, war -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1920 c
Hand tinted postcard showing Paddle Steamer 'Tanjil' passing upstream under the open Swan Reach Bridge on the Tambo River, East Gippsland, Victoria.New Bridge over the Tambo River Swan Reach Paddle Steamerships and shipping, waterways, jetties -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1941
Names of some students in schools drop file.Black and white photograph of forty one Grade 1A students from Bairnsdale State School No. 754, taken outside front entry. Lakes Entrance Vic 3909schools -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1925 c
Note with photograph says This is a view of the Tambo River about a mile and a half up from where I am staying. The river here is narrow owing to cliffs with love from Arthur. Maybe Archie MacArthers boat GowrieSepia toned postcard of a passenger launch on the Tambo River below the cliffs upstream from Swan Reach Victoriaboats and boating, waterways, tourism -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/04/1993 12:00:00 AM
Also a second colour photograph showing Mt Feathertop 04519.3 10 x 15 cmColour photograph of scene from Mt Hotham showing Alps in distance and road to Omeo Victoriatopography, roads and streets -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Box, Bandage, Maws, UNKNOWN
White cotton bandage in a blue paper wrapper. A yellow label with red and blue printing secures the wrapper around the bandage. No. 5 Bandage White Open Woves. maw, son & sons ltd, bandage -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book, LAST TIGER OUT, 1973
72-92689, true story -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Election pamphlet, "Shire of Ferntree Gully South Riding election. Support the sitting member Cr Violet B. Lambert OBE", Aug-59
Election pamphlet used in local government election to re-elect Violet Lambert 29 August 1959 as serving councillor. Retained by her family until donated to Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society.Three fold election pamphlet with photograph of Violet Lambert. Blue print on cream paper. Used in local government election to re-elect Violet Lambert 29 August 1959 as serving councillor. Retained by her family until donated.electioneering, 1959 -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Map, Dandenong Ranges Area Sheet 28, Jan-56
Owned by David Walker, previously of Menzies Creek. Given by him to Rex Breen in 2001 for donation to society.Aerial survey map of parts of Gembrook, Monbulk and Naree Worran parishes (Victoria). Scale: 10 chains to 1 inch, contour interval 20 feet. Shows Menzies Creek and parts of Kallista, Clematis, Selby and Belgrave South. Ringwood D2C or 849D2C, Zone 7"16563" in pen on top left corner of reverse. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book, Father of Supersonic Flight: Theodor von Karman, 1965
Blue hard covernon-fiction -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - THOSE FIRST AUSTRALIAN FLIGHTS, 1993
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, BTM's celebration of 100 years of Electric Trams, 22/09/2005 12:00:00 AM
Ticket printed on 200 gsm white cardboard featuring ESCO opening postcard ticket (Reg. Item 608) for the BTM's celebration of 100 years of Electric Trams on 25/9/2005. Ticket No. 0001. Eight hundred were printed. On the front of the ticket has spaces for fare type and charge, electric tram and horse tram and on rear has BTM logo, validity date, purpose, ESCo postcard ticket history. Other Tickets collected are: 3148.2 - No. 600 (folded and punched) - used by WAD trams, tramways, btm, esco, tickets, postcards, 100 years of electric trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Comic play
Booklet owned by Arthur Baggaley, Fruiterer, who lived at 15 Forest Street, Bendigo. His business 'C.A. Baggaley & Son' was at Covent Garden, Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Arthur was born in Bendigo in 1903 to Charles Arthur Baggaley and Ada (Mallon). He married Evelyn May Grigg. Arthur died in September, 1993.Seven page booklet. On front cover: 'Laughable Dialogues. For School and Public Entertainments, social gatherings &c, &c., free from objectionable language and incident, No. 36, 'Love in a Cottage, for sic males and four females' Baggaley Collectionfruiterer, confectioner, business, mitchell street, covent garden, entertainment, play script