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Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1920-1929
A sepia photograph of a soldier's memorial at sunbury at the intersection of Macedon Street, Barkly Street and Stawell Street before it was moved. Stawell Street was closed off and now forms part of the Village Green precinct. Unmounted postcardmonuments and memorials, soldiers, armed forces, returned servicepeople, returned servicemens league, gregor, alex, billinghurst, beryl, francey, sandra, world war 2, world war 1, sunbury, macedon street, stawell street, village green, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1920-1929
Mrs Hayes worked at the Asylum as a nurse.A black and white photograph of Mrs Dorothy Hayes walking down the road at the Sunbury Asylum. Unmountedsunbury asylum, hospitals, sunbury mental hospital, hays, dorothy (mrs), wilson, dorothy (miss), nurses, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1920-1929
A black and white school photo taken at Sunbury State School in the 1920s.education, schools, sunbury state school, fletcher, l., photographers, shepherd, len, seibler, george, schnedier, max, baylis, charles, syd, dunn, robert, mitchell, ron, mann, keith, gregor, douglas, lewis, jock, bert, noonan, emily, smith, hannah, beryl, ingram, mary, sleeth, marie, watts, marjorie, bowman, grimmet, nellie, munro, grace, roper, jack, chrissie, oats, dorothy, fisher, freda, forbes, margaret, boardman, joan, maud, rodgers, joe, straide, billie, noel, bragg, frank, bayliss, jimmie, staib, oswald, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1920-1929
This black and white photograph shows members of the Sunbury Swimming Club standing on the diving board at the swimming pool at The Nook. Identified in the photograph are Eric Boardman (second male from right) and Hilda Balfour (female in white dress).sunbury swimming club, the nook, sunbury swimming pool, boardman, eric, balfour, hilda, martin, w. (mrs), tweedle, a., a. f., chubb, percy, sport, sports and recreation establishments, george evans collection -
Brimbank City Council
Ledger, Arnall & Jackson, Sanitary Charges Cash Book, 1929
Local historical and research significanceLocal historical and research significanceSanitary Charges Cash Book, Shire of Keilor, Faded blue in colour, tan-coloured spine -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Map - Street Map, R L Jarrett, Map of Mitcham, Tunstall and Blackburn, 1929
Tunstall was originally the name of Nunawading Railway Station. Tunstall opened on 4 June 1888 and was renamed on 1 November 1945. An historically significant advertising map that can be used to ascertain the extent of urban development in 1929 in the areas of Nunawading, Blackburn and Mitcham.A map of Mitcham, Tunstall and Blackburn found on the reverse of a real estate subdivision plan published by R. L. Jarrett of Elizabeth Street. This promotional street map is overprinted with the business address of the sponsors and advertising. Map overlaid in red print: "Drake & Co. / (N. Armstrong, Prop.) / Estate and Financial Agents / next Mitcham Station / Established 1914. Open all day Saturday. / Phones: Office, Box Hill 289 J. / Private, Vermont 10."real estate agents, mitcham, tunstall, blackburn, road maps, drake & co, new zealand insurance co ltd -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Female Staff, Kew Hospital for the Insane, c.1929
Following a Royal Commission in 1854, the building of a new Asylum at Kew began in 1864. It was built to replace the Yarra Bend Asylum on the Fairfield side of the Yarra River. Work started in 1864 and was completed in 1872 at a cost of ₤198,334. Operating over a period of 116 years, and often renamed to take account of public sensitivities, the ‘Kew Lunatic Asylum’ was one of the largest asylums built in Australia. ‘Willsmere’ was finally closed in December 1988 and sold by the Government of Victoria in the late 1980s.A rare and historically significant photograph of female staff of the Kew Hospital for the Insane, in front of the central wing. The photograph is one of a pair donated to the Kew Historical Society by Frances Dorothea Van Brummelen (1931-2011) in 1994. Following her graduation as a social worker, Fran Van Brummelen joined the staff of Kew Cottages in 1969, and became senior social worker there in 1971. She remained at the cottages until she retired in 1994. Earlier, In 1987, with psychiatrist Cliff Judge, she founded the Kew Cottages Historical Society becoming its president. In 2002, the pair collaborated on the book Kew Cottages: the World of Dolly Stainer, which was later commended in the Victorian Community History Awards. Panoramic photograph of group of female staff in north courtyard, in front of Administrative Wingkew lunatic asylum, kew mental hospital, kew hospital for the insane, willsmere -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan, Sydney Arnold Best & Co, Field Place, Kew, c.1929
Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.An unnamed subdivision in Studley Park including five lots for sale in Studley Park Road, Highfield Grove and Tara Avenue. Unidentified on the plan, but clearly existing, are the Henty family mansion of Field Place and Tara Hall in Studley Park Road. The first attempted subdivision of Tara Hall was advertised in 1927 in which Lots 5, 6 and 7 in this plan were also advertised. Unusually, Lot 2 in Studley Park Road was created from the northern part of the Henty mansion, rather than Tara Hall. In the subdivision, lots were advertised at varying prices, with the highest price for land being Lot 2 in Studley Park Road. The plan notes that only one villa is to be allowed on each allotment.subdivision plans - kew, field place subdivision -- studley park – kew (vic.), highfield grove – kew (vic.), tara avenue – kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Old Kew Golf Links Estate - Third Section, 1920-1929
Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.When the old Kew Golf Links was subdivided in the mid 1920s, the developers were able to break the sale into sections. The third section included eighty lots. The lots faced Kilby Road, Kodak Avenue, Belford Road, Baker Avenue, Mathers Avenue, and White Avenue. [Kodak Avenue was renamed Page Avenue at a later date].The ‘Kew Conservation Study (1988) notes that ‘On the subdivision plan, Kodak’s involvement is commemorated by the naming of the streets after Company directors, and their decision to not proceed with the construction of the factory is explained as a response to the increase in the value of the land. This explanation may have been Estate Agent’s hyperbole, as the Kodak Company records suggest that the land, with its wide creek gully, was unsuitable and too small for its purposes.subdivision plans - kew, old kew golf links estate - third section -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Senior Staff, Kew Hospital for the Insane, c.1929
The photograph in the Kew collection is undated and only three of the personnel identified. Based on information provided by Geoffrey Stephens, it is now possible to identify those present. His photograph belonged to his father who is pictured. The annotations include: Back Row L to R - E GOODYEAR (Farm), MATTHEW LYNCH (Junior Fireman), K DAVIS (Farm), C RICHARDS (Carpenter). Middle Row L to R - H HAMPSON (Store), S PATTERSON (***), D BANKS (Head Porter), F TAYLOR (***), J CARROLL (Engineer Machinery), A MEYER (Bootmaker), G HUME (Farm Manager), S STEPHENS (Soap), MATTHEW LYNCH (Senior Gardener), B GRAY (Tailor), F GALE (Carpenter), R **** (Painter), H JEWELL (Tinsmith), * JERRAM (Painter), T TAYLOR (Tailor), L MORAN (Farm), I SEVIN (Carpenter), E GOODWIN (Fireman), F WHEELER (Blacksmith). Front Row L to R - __ (Housekeeper MB), PUDDSPORT (Matron FB), J THOMPSON (Dispensary), Dr JOHNSON, Dr RYAN, Dr HOLLOW (Superintendent), G STUART (Secretary), W CHRISTIE (Chief Clerk), K PALMER (Clerk), K PALMER (Clerk), J BATHISCOMBE (Clerk), T FARRELL (Head Attendant MB), ? ELLIS (Head Attendant Children's Cottages), MOLLOY (Matron Children's Cottages), G AKERS (Upholsterer), G STEWART (Painter). It should be noted that it is sometimes difficult to read the handwriting. The names above have been verified through magnification but should be validated through research.A rare and historically significant photograph of the staff of the Kew Asylum in front of the main administration building. The photograph is one of a pair donated to the Kew Historical Society by Frances Dorothea Van Brummelen (1931-2011) in 1994. Following her graduation as a social worker, Fran Van Brummelen joined the staff of Kew Cottages in 1969, and became senior social worker there in 1971. She remained at the cottages until she retired in 1994. Earlier, In 1987, with psychiatrist Cliff Judge, she founded the Kew Cottages Historical Society becoming its president. In 2002, the pair collaborated on the book Kew Cottages: The World of Dolly Stainer, which was later commended in the Victorian Community History Awards. This photograph appears in the book.One of a pair of panoramic photographs donated by Fran Van Brummelen in 1994, and dating from c.1924. The photo is mounted on brown card and shows senior staff of the Kew Hospital for the Insane, posed in front of the main administration building. kew mental hospital, kew lunatic asylum, kew hospital for the insane, willsmere -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Equipment, The Econasign Co Ltd, The "Econasign" Bijou Super Outfit, 1929-1947
Econasign kits were aimed at small businesses who could use the transparent stencils for the manufacturing of “showcards, price tickets, posters, labels, etc…..by a simple operation of printing by means of transparent stencils.Intact printing kit used in a notable Kew pharmaceutical business.A kit of printing equipment for commercial small display signage. Box and contents produced by the "Econasign" Co. Ltd. 137 Victoria Street, London S.W.1. The box includes a booklet, sample blank paper signs, a brush, and a book of plastic templates. The latter indicates that the kit was distributed by an Australian Agent - J. Raeburn Miller, 8 Bank of NSW Chamber, 280 Castlereagh St., SydneyTyped label on interior: "Donated by the descendants of Charles Gilbert Wood (1891-1948) Pharmacist of 235 High Street, Kew, Vic, / and / Donald Charles Wood (1920-1948) Pharmacist of 283 Doncaster Road, North Balwyn, Vic."econasign, pharmacy printing equipment, charles gilbert wood, donald charles wood -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Equipment, ACME, The ACME British Made Wringer, 1920-1929
A large device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle. American English uses the term 'wringer' whereas UK English uses the term 'mangle'. Later devices were typically electrified.Intact item of household (laundry) equipment.Domestic laundry equipment. Wringer of Mangle. Two rollers in Metal frame. Hand operated."ACME M 14 A WRINGER / ROLLS 14" / ROLLS 14" "THE ACME BRITISH MADE WRINGER / THE WRINGER WITH THE FIVE YEARS GUARANTEE" "USE THIS BOARD FOR MANGLING ONLY / IT FITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WRINGER / CLOTHES SHOULD BE FOLDED CAREFULLY AND MANGLED SLIGHTLY DAMP. EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO IRON IT WILL SAVE HALF THE LABOUR IF YOU MANGLE FIRST." "TESTED AND APPROVED SERIAL No.166 / GOOD HOUSEKEEPING INSTITUTE LONDON / Conducted By GOOD HOUSEKEEPING INSTITUTE MAGAZINE." acme wringer, mangle, laundry equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Hill 60 Estate Tunstall, 23/02/1929 12:00:00 AM
Sales Brochure of Hill 60 Estate, Tunstall of 37 residential sites.Sales Brochure of Hill 60 Estate, Tunstall of 37 residential sites by Frank Fisher & Co, Auctioneer.Sales Brochure of Hill 60 Estate, Tunstall of 37 residential sites. hill 60 estate forest hill, hill 60 estate tunstall, fisher, frank, frank fisher co -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard, c 1929
Black And White postcard of a steam ship. Hand written on front is "SS Nestor", Blue Funnel Line 23.12.1923. Card Has Been Cut Smaller. (Sh 206.4 Ships M - R)Hand written on front is "SS Nestor", flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ss nestor, blue funnel line, post card, postcard -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Voice Recorder, Thomas A. Edison, Edison Laboratory, 1916-1929
This Edison Ediphone voice recording electronic business machine is manufactured to suit a small office and is light enough to carry between work and home for use outside normal business hours. It is a dictation machine, also called by the competitor’s brand name ‘Dictaphone’, and is used for recording spoken words that would later be transcribed and typewritten. A wax cylinder would be installed onto the machine’s drum and the Reproducer on the machine would be lowered onto the cylinder. The user would speak a message into a microphone and the reproducer would then convert the sounds to scribed marks on the cylinder. Later, the cylinder could be played and the Reproducer would enable the sound to be amplified through an attached speaker. This machine is currently without its power cord, microphone and speaker horn. Thomas A. Edison extended the technology of the telegraph to his phonograph machine, invented in the late 19th century. It could record and play back sounds of music and voice on a manually operated mechanical machine that used wax cylinders to store the sound. He envisaged the way this technology could be an asset in the office, and he was right! However, most of his phonograph machines were used for entertainment, some for playing lessons, and some for-teaching languages. In 1916 Edison introduced the Ediphone, which grew in popularity after the First World War and into the late 1920s until flat round records replaced the wax cylinders. This Edison Ediphone is significant for improving the way business administration was carried out in the early 20th century, freeing up precious time for professionals and administrative personnel. It was the forerunner of audio tapes and digital technology. The Ediphone enabled letters to be dictated when the time and place suited and reduced the time professionals needed to spend with their secretaries. Secretaries were able to type the letters as they played the recording and they could replay the message if necessary.Voice recorder; a dictation machine; desktop model Edison Ediphone. The electronic machine is in a medal case with remnants of the original grey colour. It has a rectangular base with an A4-sized footprint and a domed hood that retracts halfway into the back of the base. The corners of the base have metal reinforcing, and a short metal bar is on the front centre edge of the lid and the base. A long metal drum is mounted inside the machine. A round device called a ‘reproducer’ is mounted above the drum. There is a folding handle on the left front of the machine and an angled stand with paper guides in front of the drum. A rear cover has the maker’s name stamped on it. An electrical socket with eight pins is recessed beside the cover. Made by Edison.In white letters; “EDISON”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, edison, ediphone, dictating machine, office equipment, voice recorder, usa, dictation, communication, office machine, dictaphone, speaking phonograph, thomas edison, ediphone voicewriter, voice writer -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Photocopy, C 1928/1929
School Christmas PartySchool Christmas Partyeducation, schools, halls gap -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Postcard - B/W, C 1929
The back of Warren's/Greer's Bakery on the far right side, with the back of Warrens/Greer's house adjacent (and at right angles to the bakery). The cottage on the left side was rented out. The bed of the Stoney Creek is in the foreground.Postcard shows three buildings with trees and a hill in the background. There are numerous fallen/felled trees and a fence in the foreground. Robert Greer was the baker. He married Ida Warren.media, advertisements, people, warren -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1929 - 34
The Knight's Tea-Rooms, which were known as "Coonarah". See "Victoria's Wonderland" p. 103-104 for further information.Photo shows a house with a smaller building to the right (Knight's tea-rooms at the Wannon).There is a car parked in front of the house and an unsealed road runs through the foreground.buildings, tea rooms -
Orbost & District Historical Society
gramophone record, circa 1929
John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee (7 January 1900 – 10 January 1969) was an Australian operatic baritone. For most of his professional career he was based in Europe and then United States. He married former Countess Donna Carla Oddone di Feletto in Paris on 29 November 1928, and the couple had a daughter and two sons. He died in New York and was buried in Ferncliff cemetery, Hartsdale. (ref. www.operafolks.com)The phonograph disc record was the primary medium used for music reproduction until late in the 20th century, replacing the phonograph cylinder record—with which it had co-existed from the late 1880s through to the 1920s—by the late 1920s. Vinyl records were still the most popular medium even when new formats such as compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the late 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the vinyl record left the mainstream in 1991. This item is an example of the music popular in the the first decades of the 20th century.A black phonograph record - "His Master'sVoice". On the A side is Passing By (melody by Edward Purcell)) sung by John Brownlee, a baritone, accompanied by piano. On the B side is King Charles (music by Maude Valerie White) also sung by John Brownlee,E 483gramophone-record brownlee-john music -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, 1922-1929
This item has been identified by David Nixon as the workbook of George Henry Douglas Russell (Doug) of Bete Bolong. He was the second son of John and Elizabeth Russell. John Russell wasblacksmith in Orbost. His family were Jack, Doug, Dave and Billy. Doug was in WW! where he was a Veterinary Sergeant. After the war he came bach to Orbost and his father gave him the farm at Bete Bolong to work. This farm is on the corner of Birkins Lane and Buchan Road (presently owned By Ginger and Helen Johnstone). He started farming tgere in 1920 and married Hilda Raymond in 1922. The slatted barn and house still exist. David Nixon, the donor, married a daughter of Doug and Hilda Russell and worked the farm from 1947-1973. He found the diary at the farm. This item is a valuable record of agricultural practices in the Orbost district during the 1920's.An exercise book with a worn black cover and a faded red spine. It contains hand-written records of farm accounts. russell- bete-bolong diary-farming agriculture -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, The Traders' & Bankers' Guide, 1929
This item is a useful research tool.A black cloth covered 46 pp book containing information on how to deal with banks. It contains advertisements for banks and insurance companies. It is held together with metal screws through the spine.Inside cover - hand scribbles in red and blue penbook-finance-banking -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bottle, after 1929
Dross Drossou established a cordial factory in Orbost in the 1930s. He sold his cordial manufacturing business to Phillips and Stone, a Bairnsdale company, in 1948. Glass bottles were refillable until the 1960s, creating a demand for their collection and onsale back to beverage manufacturers via ‘bottle merchants’. A deposit on the bottles was added to all sales as they left the factory. The returned bottles were washed and the old label removed. The inside was cleaned by pushing the bottle onto a revolving brush. The reusing of the bottles went on until the bottle was broken or the top became chipped.This bottle is an example of a product manufactured by a local industry which no longer exists.A clear glass bottle which has a broken top. The bottle is seamed.Base - AGM F516 Front (written sideways) - A DROSSOU ORBOST Bottom (written around whole bottle) This bottle is the property of A Drossou Orbost M bottle drossou container soft-drink -
Orbost & District Historical Society
box camera, 1924-1929
They were made from 1913 and they probably weren't very expensive cameras. The Hawk-Eye No. 2 model C of 1913 was a simpler model with just one viewfinder, and no choice of aperture. This version was reissued in 1930 for Kodak's 50th anniversary: For this, the company offered a free Hawk-eye camera to any child of 12 in that year. Approximately 550,000 of these were issued.[A box camera is a simple type of camera, the most common form being a cardboard or plastic box with a lens in one end and film at the other. They were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The earliest Kodak's were simple box cameras which were sent to a local dealer after all the shots on the film inside were taken. The dealer developed the film and sent the photographs and the reloaded camera back to the photographer. While introducing a wide range of innovative features two designs dominated Kodak's cameras. The most famous of these was the Box Brownie, designed by Frank Brownell, and introduced at the cost of one dollar in 1900. Brownie's were produced in one form or another up until the 1960s when the Kodak Instamatic was introduced. A Cartridge Hawkeye No. 2 Box Camera. It i has a cardboard body and the body is covered in black leatherette. The camera is designed to be used with Kodak No 120 film. It is a rectangular box with a hole at the front (no lens). The shutter control is on the right side. The film winder is below the latch. The film window is at the back and there is a leather carrying handle at the top. Back - Made in Great Britain Use Kodak No.120 film Kodak Handle - No. 2 Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model Cphotography kodak camera box-camera -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bottle, 1929
A flat brown glass bottle with a threaded top. The front and back are flat and the sides are curved.AGM F1262glass bottle container australian-glass-manufacturers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, The Pleasant Career of a Spendthrift and his Later Reflections, 1929
This book is an autobiography of George Meudell (1860-1936). He spent about six years in Warrnambool as a young boy when his father came to Warrnambool as the Manager of the Bank of Victoria. Meudell went to the Warrnambool Common School 646. He later became well-known in Melbourne in social, economic and political affairs. He was a company promoter, stockbroker and writer and an acquaintance of most of the influential and wealthy people of the time. In 1928 Meudell wrote an article for the Royal Historical Society of Victoria Journal detailing his memories of Warrnambool and this article is now a very important piece of local social history. He was enthusiastic about the benefits of living in Warrnambool in the 1860s and 70s. Meudell’s book, ‘The Pleasant Career of a Spendthrift, was an important publication as it gave a complete account of the commercial morality of the power brokers in the financial world - those concerned with the land boom and the banks’ crash of 1886-1893. The book was so inflammatory that it was initially withdrawn from sale. This book is of considerable interest as it was written by George Meudell who lived in Warrnambool in the 1860s and 70s and played a part in Warrnambool’s history by writing about these years. The book is also of wider interest as it has some information on people connected with Warrnambool’s history, including John Archibald and Thomas Bent. The signature in the front of the book is of no known relevance to Warrnambool.This is a hard cover book of 282 pages. The cover is red with black printing and the spine is very faded. The book has a foreword and twelve chapters of text. The first page contains a signature and notes written in pencil.‘Gordon Leitch Christmas 1942’ george meudell, victoria’s land boom (19th century), history of warrnambool -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Horse-drawn cart loaded with Velvet Soap, 1929
Brass framed black and white photograph of two horses drawing a cart loaded with Velvet Soap. Large "Velvet" sign on top of the load and driver at front.Label on back"Velvet horse-drawn cart, late 1920s"industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, velvet soap, horses -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Print - Print, Drawing of Unilever House under construction, "Construction : Unilever House", 1929
Print of black and white drawing of Unilever House under construction including four workmen, wheelbarrow, ladder and scaffolding; on yellow/brown paper.industry, manufacturing, built environment - industrial, workers, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Cheque book, J Kitchen & Sons, Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd, 28 Jun 1929
Pale khaki covered cheque book issued by the Bank of Australasia. Used by J Kitchen & Sonsindustry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, the bank of australasia -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Furphy Water Cart, 1929
The family-owned Furphy company has been manufacturing agricultural equipment in Kyneton and then Shepparton in Victoria from the 1860s to the present day. In the late 1800s the company developed the Furphy Water Cart to help farmers transport water to and from and around their properties - especially in time of drought. At the beginning of World War One, the carts were used to distribute water amongst the thousands of soldiers completing their basic training at Broadmeadows. They were also used for the same purpose in the camps and battlefields overseas. As the soldiers gathered around the water carts they would often chat, share information and gossip amongst themselves. These practices resulted in the term Furphy evolving in to the Australian vernacular as meaning a statement or fact that isn’t quite true or a little bit dubious.Furphy water cart, unpainted with traces of red on embossed endOn side of tank in black paint "CHURCHILL ISLAND" Embossed on end: Furphy water cart; makers Furphy & Sons, Shepparton and other inscriptions.farm machinery, water, furphy cart, horse drawn, furphy, churchill island, shepparton, kyneton -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, J Mounsey, Sanitary Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, 1923 - 1929
Sanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1905-1912. Detailing sampling food for tests, Pure Food Act, Test weights and measures incuding those of wood merchants (Coal and Firewood Act), Prosecutions, water supply problems.local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey - sanitary inspector