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8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - Soldier beside armoured vehicle
In this exercise A Squadron 8/13 VMR operated under command of 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Trooper MacDonald later was commissioned as a Lieutenant commanding 2 Troop ( Cobram ).Colour photograph of soldier standing in front of M577 Armoured Command Vehicle ( ACV ) of 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles during annual exercise in Ivanhoe NSW area, 1980. Trooper David Macdonald was the ACV driver.military, vehicle, soldier -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Blotter flyer and business card
In 1917, this was called the Bendigo Frankfurt, Sausage and Bacon Company operating from the Rex factory on the corner of Mitchell and Hargreaves St, where W G Webb was the proprietor.W. G. Webb, Ham and Bacon Depots, 305 Hargreaves & 224 Mitchell Strs, Bendigo Blotter flyer, includes B&W photo of The Old Boat-House Business card - gold writing on purple card, rear has Railway Time-Table (unknown date)w.g.webb, business card., ham and bacon depot -
Port of Echuca
Certificate (Item) - Certificate of Competency - Master, William Tomas Mansfield Freeman, 16-8-1910
From the 1870s Captains were required to sit a steamship competency exam to operate a vessel on the Murray River. William Tomas Mansfield freeman was born in Echuca in 1888.Valid on River Murray & Tributariescaptains, murray river, marine board of victoria, certificate of competency, marine act 1890, master -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, Nyerimilang Park Kalimna West Victori, 1/04/1995 12:00:00 AM
opening Gatehouse Shop at Nyerimilang Park Kalimna West Victoria. Nyerimilang Park under management of Parks Victoria, shop built and operated by Friends of Nyerimilang volunteersBlack and white photograph of Minister of Environment Mark Birrell parks, social history -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "Electric Traction", Oct. 1971
October 1971 issue of Electric Traction, Vol XXVI No. 10 - featuring Ballarat No. 13 and Davis Bus Lines new bus, both showing destination of Victoria St. on front cover. Note the bus destination uses "Victoria 7" , while the tram has "Victoria St." Sixteen pages, orange banner on front cover. Articles feature closure of Ballarat, Lightweight Electric Intra-City Transit systems and in Search of Gold (Gold minifying traction railways) by A.L Be Bee. On page 8 is an article written by K.S.Kings on the closure of Ballarat, giving details of last services, trams operated, and dates. Features two photos, No. 40 approaching the depot on the final run, 19/9/1971, photo of last tram from Sebastopol at Rubicon St., photo of No. 36 operating in Melbourne during tourism week. Details of this are given in Melbourne news on page 2. See images for these photos. See magazine for photographer details etc.trams, tramways, closure, ballarat, melbourne -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Calendar, Carolyn and Lindsay Monaghan, Pharmacists, Monaghans' Amcal Pharmacy Calendar 1984, 1983
This calendar has been produced by Monaghans' pharmacy in Fairy Street Warrnambool for the year 1984. It would have been handed out to regular customers and business contacts. Monaghans' Pharmacy in 1984 was operated by pharmacists, Carolyn and Lindsay Monaghan. The building at 140 Fairy Street formerly housed the bakery business of Henry H. Smith and his successors (from the mid 1880s) and one of the photographs on the calendar shows the building when it was a bakery. Today Monaghans' pharmacy at 140 Fairy Street still operates.This calendar is of interest because of its photographs of historical note and because it is a memento of a long-standing business in Warrnambool.This is a buff-coloured sheet of thickened paper with two sepia photographs and brown printing on one side and black printing on the other. It has a hole punched at the top centre and is stained and creased.monaghans' pharmacy warrnambool, henry h.smith baker warrnambool, chemists in warrnambool -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Opening Assembly in Eltham Christian Church Hall, 2 February 1982, 1982
Opening Assembly for the Eltham Christian School in the Eltham Christian Church Hall, 2 February, 1982. During its first year the school operated out of the Eltham North Soccer clubrooms. Photos show students and people from the community seated. From series of photographs from a magnetic photo album relating to the staff, students and activities of the Eltham Christian School which operated as part of the Eltham Christian Church at Nyora Road, Eltham. See also entries for each photograph.Two colour Photographseltham christian school, nyora road, gavin phillips, assembly -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, undated
The Gipps Street Wesleyan Methodist Church of 1874 and the adjoining school hall, were built in the Collingwood Flat area - one of the municipality's poorest areas. In 1903, the Collingwood Methodist Mission was established with its headquarters in the Gipps Street Church. Six Methodist Missions were created in inner Melbourne. Three churches were operated by the Collingwood Mission. They were: Sackville Street Collingwood, Elizabeth Street, North Richmond (demolished), and Gipps Street Collingwood (demolished). The Mission operated until approximately 1930.B & W exterior view of the Gipps St. Collingwood Methodist Church. The image is a street view of a group of children and an adult standing in front of the brick church.gipps st. methodist church, les gorrie, collingwood mission -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Ledger, B.R. Gowan & Co, Lavers Hill Cheese Factory, 1910-1913, 1910-13
Lavers Hill Cheese Factory operated from 1906 until about August 1913. It consisted of a factory and a residence, with the managers B. Philbrick, D. McRae and D. McDonald. The ledger, covering the period 1910 until 1913 when the factory closed, deals with cheese sales, local sales, milk purchases and journal entries for this period, as well as wages, cartage and other operating expenditure. The Lavers Hill Cheese Factory closed when it became more advantageous to send their cream into Colac. Ledger. Lavers Hill Cheese Factory, 1910-1913.Loose leaf: Lavers Hill Cheese Factory; Purchases Butterfat, 1910-11; contents; Manufacturing A/c.lavers hill; cheese; factory; butter; -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Demolition of Tower House Day and Boarding School, Surrey Hills in 1932 (1)
This building dated back to the 1880s and had previously operated as Delany's Hotel and then the Royal Hotel. It was built near the site of the original Delany's Hotel, built in 1856. The Royal Hotel closed in 1921 after the area voted to be a 'dry area' in the local option poll. Tower House Day and Boarding School operated from 1921 until 1932. Norman Carter took many photos of Surrey Hills and Mont Albert from the 1920s; many were associated with events and activities of the Church of England.Black and white photo of a partially demolished building. The roof and part of the second storey are missing. What remains indicates that it has been a large building in the Victorian style. Along one side at ground level there are 4 arches, perhaps entry to a covered veranda, above which is a colonnade, and perhaps an open veranda on the upper level. There is a mixture of treatments to the surrounds of the windows. On the corner, within an arch which may have once been a doorway, is a sign reading: "TOWER HOUSE / DAY / & / BOARDING SCHOOL". There is a car with a retractable hood in the lower RH Corner of the photo.Rear top centre in blue biro "1932" (crossed out); top RH corner "498" in red biro; centre "Demolition of / Tower House Day & Boarding / cr Canterbury & Broughton Rds / previously Tower House Hotel / originally Royal Hotel / See partner photo."; bottom RH cnr "demol (in red biro) / 20-8-32". All in Jocelyn Hall's handwriting.tower house day and boarding school, schools, education, royal hotel, hotels, construction and demolition, dry area, licensing polls, temperance movement, delany's hotel, norman carter -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Demolition of Tower House Day and Boarding School, Surrey Hills in 1932 (2), 20/08/1932
This building dated back to the 1880s and had previously operated as Delany's Hotel and then the Royal Hotel. It was built near the site of the original Delany's Hotel, built in 1856. The Royal Hotel closed in 1921 after the area voted to be a 'dry area'. Tower House Day and Boarding School operated from 1921 until 1932. Norman Carter took many photos of Surrey Hills and Mont Albert from the 1920s; many were associated with events and activities of the Church of England.Black and white photo of a partially demolished building. The roof is missing and there is a pile of rubble along the front wall. What remains indicates that it has been a large building in the Victorian style. There is a mixture of treatments to the surrounds of the windows. On the RHS part of a truck can be seen.Original: Top LH corner in blue biro "see matching photo"; top RH corner "498 / spare"; bottom LH corner in lead pencil "N Carter"; bottom RH corner in blue biro "20-8-32" - all Jocelyn Hall's handwriting.tower house day and boarding school, schools, education, royal hotel, hotels, construction and demolition, dry area, licensing polls, temperance movement, delany's hotel, norman carter -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Bus takes Over as Tram Route Shortened", July 1957
Photo and caption reports on the cutting back of the St Kilda - Brighton tram line to Elwood depot on 1/7/1957. Photo shows Victorian Railways tram No. 35 at St Kilda Railway station with the privately operated bus behind. The service was operated by the Brighton St Kilda Bus Lines Pty Ltd. using some half-cab buses. The service to Elwood depot was replaced by buses on 1/3/1959 See item 7195 for a print of the actual photo.Yields information about replacement of trams on the St Kilda Brighton line by buses in July 1957. Newspaper clipping titled - "Bus takes Over as Tram Route Shortened" - The Age 2/7/1957"Age" Tu 2 July 1957 p16trams, tramways, vr trams, brighton - st kilda bus lines, st kilda brighton electric tramway, closure, buses, bus replacement -
Orbost & District Historical Society
Orbost Playgroup Collection, 1986 -2011
Orbost Playgroup operated from 1986 until 2011. This collection of records was donated the Orbost & District Historical Society in 2011 after the playgroup ceased to exist in July 2011.These records are of immediate interest and value to the children and staff who have been part of the Orbost Playgroup. The record also has a much wider significance, to the community in which the group was situated, as a record and research tool.A collection of records of the Orbost Playgroup - 1986-2011. The collection consists of minute books, financial documents and attendance records.documents orbost-playgroup records -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photo Collection - Don Pollock, With DVD Mt Beauty Homestay
1. Photos cover features and events in the Kiewa Valley especially Mt Beauty. 2. Business 'Mt Beauty Homestay' 1990s to 2020 operated for 25 years iDon Pollock lived in the Kiewa Valley and ran a business for 25 years. Mt Beauty Homestays invited overseas students to live in their home, experience life in rural Victoria and to improve their English speaking skills. 1. Grey covered photo album holding 2 or 3 prints on each of 50 pages with clear vinyl pockets. The album is bound by a gold spiral ring. 2. DVD - Title 'Mt Beauty Homestay" on front cover and on the back 'Verbatim' on blue background. 1. First page only 'Ryder's Lane' 2. With title - Donor: Don Pollockkiewa valley, mt beauty homestays, don pollock, mt beauty -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Card (item) - Betting Tickets
These betting tickets belonged to Tom Egan, a Warrnambool bookmaker operating in the district before World War Two. He had his own betting tickets printed locally.These cards are of interest as mementoes of horse racing in Warrnambool over 70 years ago. T.Egan Warrnambool Modern Print Warrnamboolwarrnambool racing club, warrnambool bookmakers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Eltham Community Centre April 1979, 17/04/1979
A photograph of the Eltham Community Centre. The Eltham Community Reception Centre is owned and operated by Nillumbik Shire. It retains the unique character of the original iconic mudbrick building, it was refurbished in 2017.1 colour photograph.peter graham, eltham, eltham community reception centre -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Gilding group 1, 1893c
Photograph of wedding group from Gilding family. The Gilding family lived in Greensborough. They operated a bootmaker's shop located on the west side of Main Street, north of the rail line.Digital copy of black and white photograph.gilding family, gilding -
Cheese World Museum
Plate, SAC Braun & Blanchard
Part of the Uebergang Collection. Braun & Blanchard were a shipping line which operated out of Chile. A photograph of the remains of their wharf in Puerto Natales, Chile was posted on-line in 2013.White china plate with navy decorative edge of leaves and flowers and a logo in the centre. The logo has a belt with the company name circling a red flag with a white star.S.A.C. BRAUN & BLANCHARD '022 Patent' (on base)crockery, plates, allansford, uebergang, shipping companies, chile, braun & blanchard -
Puffing Billy Railway
Railway Sign - Victorian Railways - Terminal stop Board - End of electrification
Victorian Railways - Terminal stop Board - End of electrification sign This ‘star’ sign signified that beyond this object there was no further powered overhead to operate on the Melbourne suburban rail network.Historic - Victorian Railways - Terminal stop Board - End of electrification signRailway Sign - Victorian Railways - Terminal stop Board - End of electrification sign metal star shaped enamel sign with Black dot in centreBlack Dotpuffing billy, victorian railways, terminal stop board, end of electrification sign -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio Tape, Side "A" Leonhard Adam Exhibition Side "B" Two radio interviews with Haakon Nilsen
Side "A" Leonhard Adam Exhibition at Tatura Museum.|Side "B" Two radio interviews with Haakon Nilsen, Norwegian seaman who operated an illegal radio in Camp 1.leonhard adam, haakon nilsen -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image - set of 4, Peter Knife, Museum operations in Wendouree Parade, 5/9/2023
Set of four digital images of tram13 being operated in Wendouree Parade and at St Aidans Drive including the tram controller. Photo by Peter Knife 5/9/2023.Yields information about BTM Operations.Set of four Digital images,tramways, tramcars, btm, tram 13, tram controllers -
Clunes Museum
Accessory - RUBBER STAMP
Morning Star Tent was formed in Clunes 27 June 1865 and was still operating in August 1902. Tent No.28 was located at the Primitive Methodist Schoolroom and the secretary was Thos. Williams.1 Oval rubber stamp with tent emblem .2 A4 sheet with typed provenance by Catherine Jenkins.1 Morning Star Tent, No. 28 V.D. 82 8 U rechabite, morning star tent, 1865 -
Vision Australia
Memorabilia - Object, Candlelite, Carols by Candlelight candle, 2001-2009
A battery operated illuminating candle which lights up a small red flame when the red button is depressed. This candle was most likely sold at the Carols by Candlelight concert.1 plastic candle with lightcarols by candlelight, royal victorian institute for the blind, fundraising -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Machine - Cash register and ticket machine
This Cash Register was used for the sale and production of lift tickets, lessons and packages during the 1990s at Falls Creek. The employees who operated the machine were called 'Ticket Tarts'. This item is significant because it was a critical part of the everyday operation of the chair lifts at Falls Creek.A large square cash and ticket machine with buttons and slots for the production of lift tickets. Long cable connected to the back. snow, ski season, ski pass, ski lessons, ticketing, sales -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image - set of 9, Peter Winspur, Tram 38 - Boxing Day 1974, 26/12/1974
Set of 9 digital images of BTPS tram 38 operating in Wendouree Parade on the first day of public services, 26-12-1974. All images by Peter Winspur.Yields information about the first day of public operations in Wendouree Parade by the BTPSSet of nine digital images.trams, tramways, btps, tram 38, wendouree parade, museum operations, opening, first tram -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Furniture - School Teacher's Desk, Early 20th century
This is a teacher's desk which came from Woodford State School. The school began in 1854 in a private dwelling with a new building constructed in 1874. The school still operates today.This is a very fine example of an early 20th century school teacher's desk. As it comes from one of the earliest schools in the district, it is of considerable significance.This is a wooden desk, now varnished, with a lift up, slanted lid with brass hinges and a brass key hole. On the top right hand side is a brass insert with a porcelain ink well. The desk has four turned legs with end struts. The desk lid may be made of pine but the rest of the desk seems to be made of a different wood. There are signs of old borer on the left hand front and the curved part on that side is missing.woodford state school, teachers desk, wooden teachers desk -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Oil Can, Rega Australia
Oil can which was standard equipment with the QF 25 PDR field gun. Also used with 2 PDR and 6 PDR field guns. This can held 1/2 pint of lubricating oil and has a thumb operated pressure pump incorporated in the design. The can is made of galvanised steel plate and is lead soldered. Used throughout World War 2 and into the 1960s when the 25 PDR was phased out of service.ww2, 25 pdr, field gun, oil can, 6 pdr, 2 pdr -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - JOURNAL 'ELECTRIC TRACTION', September 1963
Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association. Volume XVII, No. 9, September 1963, 16 pages. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller Tramways Collection'. Cover picture: most of the tram services to Melbourne's South Eastern suburbs operate along tree lined St. Kilda Road. W4 Class car 672 is about to pass four inbound cars in this road during the weekend of the Royal Visit earlier that year.Pub: Australian Electric Traction Asscn. Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, NSW.document -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - FOSTERVILLE GOLD MINE COLLECTION: ARTICLE 'GOLD WIN FOR MINE'
Newspaper article, Friday 3, 2017, Bendigo Weekly. titled 'Gold win for mine' by Sharon Kemp. Fosterville Gold Mine has hit the jackpot intercepting some of the richest gold mineralisation in the world. Article describes richness of Fosterville deposit. Fosterville started operating in 2005 and has been mining underground for 10 years. 'At the current Australian dollar gold price, the three month haul is worth $70 million'bendigo, mining, fosterville gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BENDIGO POST OFFICE
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Bendigo Post Office: taken in 1900 this photograph also includes the law courts. The first Bendigo Post Office operated out of two tents on the creek bank in 1852. Inward mail was written on a list and nailed to a nearby tree. With the introduction of the telegraph in 1857 a new building was constructed. This sufficed until the impressive building in the photograph was opened in 1887. The largest outside Melbourne.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were