Australians from every branch of our armed forces in WWII found themselves captives in Hitler's notorious prisoner of war camps.Cover - soft cardboard,black, cream & white print on front, spine & back. Background photo in black, white & red of soldiers in uniform sitting & standing. 523 pages, cut plain white paper. Illustrated with black & white photos & maps.books-military-history, pow's, reich

From back cover: World War I in Photographs is an astonishing visual account of the Great War recounting the loss, the tragedy, the courage and the horror of military action in vivid detail.Soft, lightweight cardboard cover, white print on black background front, spine, & back. Sepia & black & white photos of WWI scenes, six on front, one on back. 159 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated. Black & white photos.books-military-history, photography-photographs, photographs ww1

From back cover: World War II in Photographs is an innovative visual account of the major events of the greatest conflict of the twentieth century, the Second World War.Soft, lightweight cardboard cover. White print on black background, front, spine & back. Sepia & black & white photos of WWI scenes, six on front, one on back. 159 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated, black & white photos.books-military-history, photography-photographs, photographs ww2

Book, soft card cover, orange coloured background on front with 3 Soldiers standing & several on the ground. Blue back cover with description of contents by Norman Stone, Tes & Arthur Marwick. 239 cut edged pages, black & white illustrated.Inside front cover: Handwritten study notes Other study notes in pencil in margins & passages underlined in chapters 1 - 4 In ink on top of page 3: “Bruckmann” books, the great war

Details the story of Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of a massacre of Australian nurses by the Japanese during WWII.Orange buckram hardcover book with title in gold on cover and spine. Red dust cover with image of nurses and inset colour picture of Vivian Bullwinkel in red, grey and white nurse's uniform. 239 plain paper pages with cut edges and illustrations.On front end paper "John W Bill Toon OAM. 8th Div AASC. Ex POW. VX30397. Siam Burma Death Railway Slave 1942-45" and "Donated by Bgo YMCA" books, military history

RUPERT GOODMAN - author - specialized in writing military history.Hard cover cardboard, red, black and purple print on cover. Colour photograph of women in Voluntary Aid Detachments uniform on front cover. Australian Red Cross emblem on front. 281 pages cut plain. Illustrated black and white photographs.Owners label on title page (top) "FRANCIS W. DEAN. BEMbooks-history, societies-benevolent

Hard, black coloured buckram cover, gold print on spine, 189 cut plain pages, illustrated, black & white photo of author, black & red map. Autobiography - an account of Charles McCormac's escape from a Japanese prison camp in Singapore.Front fly leaf in black ink: RSL Stampbooks, military, history, imprisonment

Navy Blue Wool Felt Beret with RAAOC (Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps) badge. Black polyester/cotton edging and adjustment tape. (inner lining has been cut out) Grey felt badge backing inside beret.Nilheadgear, beret

Cut out from the Bendigo Advertiser of Monday May 28, 1984. ''Pipe work obstacles'' An old gas pipe has been renewed between the main along the Bendigo creek and Camp Hill primary and Bendigo senior high schools.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, gas related item

Clothing. Child's cream coloured linen petticoat. Round neckline with embroidered scalloped edge. Short kimono cut sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges. Body of petticoat widens to hem. Edge of front hem has two brown printed stripes.costume, children's, child's cream coloured linen petticoat

Cream coloured cotton baby's jacket. Cut in one piece. No seams. Round neck. Front opening. Continuous hand crocheted trim around all edges. 14cm X 1cm ribbon ties attached on either side of front opening.costume, children's, baby's jacket

B&W oval photograph pasted on cardboard and cut out from original board and a negative copy. The picture is of the Reverend J.G.Mackie who was on the Board in 1888. He was a Reverend at St. Georges Presbyterian Church, East St. Kilda, from 1884. deaf children australia, dca, victorian deaf & dumb institution, board member, john gordon mackie

Small light blue pocket dictionary.Spine damaged and torn. English section page edges have been cut and alphabet A - M written in pencil to mark change of letter. Some pages loose. Whole book unstable could be easliy damagednon-fiction

Made by Roland Frank and drwan and coloured by Gudrun Frank-Heider-Gollong at Camp 3, compound BIn box of 3 ply - On left Snowwhite and one of the 7 dwarfs shaking hands. No. 2 has a lantern, 3 a shovel, 4 gunny bag, 5 axe and carrying front end of a cross cut saw with 6 and 7 carrying firewoodfrieze, gollong h, frank r, snow white, 7 dwarfs, vollmer h, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodcarving

The stone bridge was the only entry into Sunbury on the eastern side of the town and was in use until the road was re-routed and widened in the 1970s.A coloured photograph of the roadway over the Macedon Street bridge which spans Jacksons Creek. There is a grassy area in the foreground with trees growing either side of the bridge. The narrow asphalted surface of the road across the bridge is cut off by a low stone wall.stone bridges, jacksons creek, macedon street road bridge, george evans collection

Navy cotton, white pinstripe. Straight cut, short set-in sleeves, patch pocket on left breast. Front closure to midriff with two black four-hole buttons. Soft shirt-style collar. Shirt tail longer than front.Nonecostume, sunbury asylum, george evans collection

Used at the Sunbury asylumHalf-petticoat in heavy brown (with green and red threads mixed in) wool (flannel?). Cut from two uneven sized pieces of cloth and suspended from waistband of unbleached canvas. There are three rows of puckering (one deep, two narrow) in the fabric.Nonecostume, sunbury asylum, george evans collection

Charles Hunt Smith (Court House Residence). This photograph taken around 1914 belongs to the Smith Family. Donated to the society by Mr. Bill Smith. The photo is of his father who was a builder and lived at Pleasant Creek Court house.Photograph of an elderly man dressed in jacket, waistcoat & tie. He is standing in front of a brick building and below 3 steps. The original photo is a sepia colour and cut down just to include the gentleman with an enlarged black and white copy on card with the photo.Dad's father Charles Hunt Smith.stawell

Tea pot would have had a thick tea cosy and this piece over the top as decoration.White tea pot cover - semi-circle in shape. hand made tatting and drawthread edging. Three cut out embroidery patterns with leaves embroidered around them on one side and one example of the sam pattern enlarged on the other side.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

This crystal goblet was presented to Mrs. T. O'Brien (Margaret O'Brien nee Leyden) on 26 January 1915 when the Starkie Memorial was unvieled by the then Shire President Cr. O'Brien. The memorial was erected in recognition of Cr. Joseph David Starkie's efforts in bringing the water supply to Sunbury.Engraved crystal goblet with diamond cut decoration on bowl of goblet. Stem and base plain. A black round wood base with three white clips for holding goblet. A clear glass dome shaped cover that is used to enclose the goblet on wood base.around rim - "PRESENTED TO MRS. T.O'BRIEN..."o'brien, margaret, 1910s, sunbury, starkie memorial fountain, starkie, joseph david, george evans collection

Colour photographs of Menzies Creek Hall damaged by a falling tree during a wind storm, 10th October 2016. In the first photo several cut logs in the foreground. The second photo shows a room bisected by the tree. Photos taken by Marian Matta.

Item used to pick up lunch orders from a nearby food outlet and deliver to the SEC Wendouree Parade tram depot - sandwiches, pies etc for the depot workers.Demonstrates a method of transporting pre-ordered lunches from a nearby shop to the Wendouree Parade Ballarat Tram Depot.Box or tray made from wood, plywood, strengthened with nailed aluminium corners and lettered "Tram Depot", with an accent over the O' with gold paint within a black outline for each letter, Carry holes have been cut into the short ends.secv, tram depot, ballarat, tramways, lunch hour

Newspaper clipping from The Age, Thursday May 18, 1972 reporting on the take over of the Bendigo trams by Buses. Has been poorly cut from newspaper, part of a section regarding bus transport in the newspaper. Has a photo of Bendigo 7.bendigo, buses, closure, tramways

Printed voucher/ticket for the Vintage and Classic Car Club of Ballarat event in the Gardens Reserve on 20/2/1999. Features tram 33 logo. Printed on light yellow paper, using photocopy process. Made by Peter Winspur. Cut by hand.trams, tramways, vintage car club, tickets, special trams

Demonstrates aspects of Ballarat's Tramway operations by the SEC in noting the days a person was on Annual Leave. Has a strong association with the SEC and tram operations in Ballarat.Rubber stamp and wood stamp base for stamping rosters and/or time sheets with the letters "A.L." to indicate when a person was on Annual Leave. Comprises a varnished shaped wooden section, cut from a preformed strip with a drawing pin to indicate the top of the stamp. trams, tramways, sec, rosters, times, crews

Demonstrates aspects of Ballarat's Tramway operations by the SEC in noting the days a person was on Sick Leave. Has a strong association with the SEC and tram operations in Ballarat.Rubber stamp and wood stamp base for stamping rosters and/or time sheets with the letters "S.L." to indicate when a person was on Sick Leave. Comprises a varnished shaped wooden section, cut from a preformed strip with a drawing pin to indicate the top of the stamp. trams, tramways, sec, rosters, times, crews

Yields information about some of the rail used in Bendigo and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways and made by the Lorain Steel Co. France.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, smooth finished - Stamped "BENDIGO" stamped into the foot of the rail. On the other side of the rail, "81LBS PERYD", stamped onto the head of the rail. and "LORAIN STEEL CO LORAIN" stamped into the web. FRONT - 8116/yd Morain Steel Co. Lorain BACK - Bendigo trams, tramways, rail, bendigo, rail section

MERLE HALL COLLECTION: ROSALIND PARK CREATIVE VILLAGE BENDIGO PROJECT ARTIST PROFILE Marey Hall The article describes how Mary started as an artist in 1972 in the art of tesserae (four sided cut pieces of stone, glass, ceramic etc.)