Sample of the mix and match fabric introduced by Mr Fred Moylan (who later purchased a mohair farm).textile mills history, weaving, moylan woollens company, moylan, mr frederick halcomb a.m., textile mills - history

Egg whisk donated by Elsa McFayden; used by her grandmother in the 1920s on the family farm CLEBYARRA in Gippsland.Whisk. Steel wire.domestic items, food preparation

Found in an above ground rubbish pile at Days Mill & Farm. This bottle would have contained poison.Small bright blue glass bottle. The bottle have several sides with vertical ridges and a raised inscription."NOT TO BE TAKEN"william day, ann day, joseph day, robert day

Found in the above ground rubbish pile at Days Mill & Farm. Possibly contained 'Vicks Vapor Rub".Small blue jar with rusted on screw top lid. The round jar has straight sides. william day, ann day, joseph day, robert day

Early settlement of the Mitcham area is detailed in the farm outline sketched by Arthur Schwerkolt between 1936 and 1959.,Schwerkolt original cottage site included on the sketch.A sketch of the Schwerkolt property drawn from memory by Arthur Schwerkolt who lived on the property from 1936. It includes a photo of his mother sitting in front of the ruins of the original stone cottage.schwerkolt arthur, schwerkolt cottage original, map

Type of sickle used by Mr. Slater at his property 'Mitcham Grove' North Blackburn. A lavender farm.Large curved sharpened steel blade with a wooden handle.Austriarural industry, agriculture

This is a can used for storing milk at a dairy farm for transport to the local butter, milk or cheese factory. It comes from a farm (number 16) in Dennington, a settlement and now a suburb west of Warrnambool. It may have been supplying milk to the Nestles factory at Dennington by a truck or taken to a Nestles depot nearby. The Nestles factory was established in Dennington in 1907 and closed in 2005. This can is an interesting memento of dairying practices in the early to mid 20th century.This is a metal can with a circular base tapering to an open top. It has two handles on the side and a circular lid with a handle. It has a stencil on the side. The entire can is rusted.Den 16milk can, dairying in warrnambool district, nestles factory dennington

The photos in this album show the carefree, adventurous spirit of the young men soon to be ANZACS Many young men from the market garden, dairy, poultry and fruit farms as well local businesses enlisted c 1914 at the beginning of WWI. The older men, women and children then had to manage the farms while they worried about the dangers facing their beloved family members. A record of some of the experiences of men from Moorabbin Shire who enlisted c1914 and were sent to Egypt at the beginning of WW1 1914-19A thick cardboard album of 24 pages with inserts for 2 small black and white photographs per page . Scenes from Egypt c 1914 - 1918 showing Australian soldiers, naval vessels, horses, carts, pyramids, houses, buildings, camels, local inhabitants and countryside. Inscriptions on the back of some of the photographs mention Arthur (Ebsary), Clarrie (Burgess), Reg (Marriott), and a horse named Nell.Front cover KODAK Inside back cover KODAK LTD. / SERIES D / ALBUM Some photographs have inscriptions on the backww1 1914-1918, photographs, australian light horse battalion, egypt, 1st australian infantry force, war horses, kodak ltd, wwi, moorabbin, burgess, marriott

Black and white photograph. Hand tinted photograph of farm buildings, hill in background. 1960's station wagon next to building. Windmill in centre of photo. Two tanks in centre (L) of picture. Gate swung open. Chicken wire fence. History: With note 'Photographs from Mrs Ella Bourke, 131 Barnard St, Bendigo, Ph 438269', Photographs Francis (Frank) Thomas Kennedy:.Francis (Frank) Thomas Kennedytopic, farming, see also 2001.152.01, 2001.153.01, 2001.154.01, 2001.157.01, 2001.158.01, 2001.160.01, 2001.161.01, 2001.162.01

Yields information about tram 11 following its disposal and how it was placed at the Daylesford Museum.Set of 1 Kodachrome cardboard slides and 5 AGFA blue and white plastic mount 27mm sq slides of former Ballarat tram 11 at the Daylesford Historical Society yard. .1 - view from the roadway .2 - late view with other farm machinery placed around it. .3 - interior view .4 - interior view .5 - view showing how the tram was placed. .6 - interior viewed.Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, closure, tramcars, disposal, daylesford, tram 11

Under the Western Australia 'the Homestead act 1893' an Occupation Certificate, Homestead Farm No. 15/939 for David Williams of Bendigo for 160 acres (near Woolkabunning near Bunbury WA); at a cost of one pound. Signed by order of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Dated 25 September 1897. The land is marked and distinguished in the maps and books of the Department of Lands and Surveys of the said (WA) Colony as Williams Location No. 702.

Hand-made child's doll's house. Built by Mrs Yvonne Fitzmaurice and finished in 1979. This house was built as a 1:12 scale and is a model of a Californian house called Peppercorn farm. House was built by Yvonne and her family and took a period of three years. A lot of the furniture is handmade and the rest is collected from various shops. Catalogued books, manuals, repair kits etc used when building the house.house, dolls

Hand-made child's doll's house. Built by Mrs Yvonne Fitzmaurice and finished in 1979. This house was built as a 1:12 scale and is a model of a Californian house called Peppercorn farm. House was built by Yvonne and her family and took a period of three years. A lot of the furniture is handmade and the rest is collected from various shops. Catalogued books, manuals, repair kits etc used when building the house. house, dolls

Hand-made child's doll's house. Built by Mrs Yvonne Fitzmaurice and finished in 1979. This house was built as a 1:12 scale and is a model of a Californian house called Peppercorn farm. House was built by Yvonne and her family and took a period of three years. A lot of the furniture is handmade and the rest is collected from various shops. Catalogued books, manuals, repair kits etc used when building the house.house, dolls

Handmade and imported furniture for doll's house made by Yvonne Fitzmaurice for the daughter, Susan, on her birthday.Hand-made child's doll's house. Built by Mrs Yvonne Fitzmaurice and finished in 1979. This house was built as a 1:12 scale and is a model of a Californian house called Peppercorn farm. House was built by Yvonne and her family and took a period of three years. A lot of the furniture is handmade and the rest is collected from various shops. Catalogued books, manuals, repair kits etc used when building the house.house, dolls, tongue depressors

Guildo Fabbro, Falkiner Street, Eltham with Clydesdale horse with harness in field. The site of the Fabbro farm (Diamond Creek side land) is now called Barrack Bushlands. It is doubtful that Fabbro's farm holding was ever called Barrak Park, This title is fairly recent after the Shire of Eltham purchased the land, including the last section in 1993/94. About this time the area on the west side of Falkiner Street was purchased by a private developer and developed as housing. The area in Bell Street opposite the Eltham High School was purchased by the State Government is recent years and is called Fabbro Fields. The Fabbro Family operated their farm in Bell Street, Eltham. 1 black and white photographfabbro's farm, guido fabbro, bell street, clydesdale horse

This was probably used on a farming property and would have been attached to various horse-drawn farm implements and machinery.Horses were a vital part of the agricultural industry in Orbost before the mechanisation of farm machinery. This item is associated with that time.A heavy iron chain for attaching to a horse drawn implement. It has a strong hook at one end and a large ring at the other. It has several ring attachments and straps which have been added with wiring.chain farming

Educational book for teaching mathematics in Form 2 in Victoria. Kerrie Davies lived in the Kiewa Valley on a dairy farm.Historical: Comparison of the teaching of Mathematics in Victorian schools. Provenance: Davies family.Dark green hard covered book with sketch of power line, bridge, multi storey building and train in yellow and re. Writing in white.Education Department of Victoria (in white but coloured in) / Form Two / Mathematics / Technical Schools Branch Inside back of cover some scribbled maths. On first page: Kerrie Davieseducation. schools. davies family. mathematics.

Photograph of Tom Partington, born 1868. Lived and worked at Willis Vale on the farm and orchards. Married at age 34.Charles Partington and family came to Melbourne in the 1840s and moved to Greensborough where they farmed along the Plenty River. Descendants still live in Greensborough.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.tom partington, partington family

The Item is a pictorial time piece of the valley and usage, farms,industry,town area, vegetation and winter snow levels Historical and the social-economical development at circa 1995 of land usage and residential buildings style.Major social events e.g. Festival of the Bogong Moth and the Mt Beauty Mardi Gras. It is also a good historical record of tourism campaigns of the Alpine Shire and Mt Beauty Chamber of Commerce. Also see "KVHS 0125"Brochure folds out from a 20.5cm x 29.5cm to 82cm x 29.5cm poster type documentinside panoramic photo of snow tipped alpine mountain range incorporating the Mount Beauty township, farming area of the Kiewa Valley and relevant tourist orientated informationtourism mt beauty tawonga photographs, victorian alps

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of two men standing against a white clapboard building, leaning on a large wooden wagon wheel. They are wearing matching hats, white shirts, and vests.SALTY + HANK/(BLACKSMITHS) [written on reverse in pen]churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of two men standing against a white clapboard building, leaning on a large wooden wagon wheel with another to the side. They are wearing matching hats, white shirts, and vests.3 11:53 [timestamp on front of photograph] [catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of two men standing in front of a fire with wheels and picket fences visible in the background3 11:52 [timestamp on front of photograph] [catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of two men turning a roundel of wood on a green machine, with a FOCIS sign in the background4uob [written in pen, on reverse, on left] MCHIS/WOOD TURNING [written in pen on reverse in centre] 125% [written in pen, on reverse, on right] [catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of a man wearing a yellow plastic face visor turning a roundel of wood with a FOCIS sign in the background[catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of a man wearing a yellow plastic face visor turning a roundel of wood with a FOCIS sign in the background[catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of a woman wearing a mob cap and apron sitting and spinning wool with shelves of shells in the backgroundSPINNER AMESS HOUSE/C1990S? [on reverse in pen] [catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of a woman wearing a mob cap spinning wool, seated next to another seated woman in front of a wall display of birdsRIGHT EVE ROBERTS [on reverse in pen] [catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the modern day.Colour photograph of two seated women quilting and patchworking with a display of quilts hanging on the wall[catalogue number written on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, blacksmith, salty, hank