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Mont De Lancey
Socks
Pair of new brown infant socks. Special dye.socks, baby clothing -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Haeusler Collection Family Bible c.18th century, Sebastian Göbels, 1702
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This object is a German bible printed in 1702. It was published by Sebastian Göbels at the town of Schleusingen in the Thüringian Forest, and has 1770 pages. The bible was brought to Australia by the Haeusler-Klinge family when they migrated to South Australia in 1846. Ferdinand Haeusler came to Wodonga with other German families in 1866, bringing the bible with him. This item significant due to its age and rarity. It has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical Haeusler Collection, which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of European colonisation and settlement in Wodonga and north east Victoria in the mid nineteenth-century. A large bible printed in German and bound with brown leather. bible, christianity, german, germany, immigration, 1800s, 1700s, prussia -
Melbourne Legacy
Book, Blamey House 1939-1947 1949, 194
Blamey House was one of the residences used by Legacy as a home for Junior Legatees. The first few pages of this book explains the history and significance of the name Blamey House. Then it is like an honour roll and has pages to be inscribed with the name of each Junior Legatee that lives in the home plus their fathers name and service. There is a list of approximately 72 children in the book that lived in a Legacy home called Blamey House at some stage. The name Blamey House was transferred to three different homes run by Legacy until 1980. Blamey House was originally the name of a hostel set up in World War 2 for servicemen that needed short term accommodation and food. It was originally situated in Melbourne CBD on the corner of King and Collins Streets in the Robbs Building (since demolished). When the hostel was no longer required after the war, the trustees of Blamey House donated money - almost 20,000 pounds, to Legacy for a children and toddlers' home which was established in Balcombe Road Beaumaris. The condition of donation was that the name Blamey House be used and when the Balcombe Road property was sold in 1956 the name was transferred to Holmbush, another Legacy residence. When it was sold in 1977 the name transferred to Harelands until Legacy sold it in 1980.An ornate record of the home provided by Legacy to children in need and how the money to establish the home was acquired.Dark brown leather book with details of Blamey House.Gold embossed title on cover and spineresidences, blamey house, blamey, hostel, honour roll -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Atherton, Gertrude, Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton, 1906
Hardcover book with a decorative brown cover. 345 pages.fictiongertrude atherton, fiction -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Invitation, The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden, 1950
Invitation to the official opening of the Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden at the City Gardens, Blessington Street St Kilda (now the St Kilda Botanical Gardens) on 18 November 1950. Alister Clark was a foundation member of the National Rose Society of Victoria in 1900 and served as its president. He put great effort and skill into developing new varieties that were grown throughout Australia and were highly regarded in the USA. He supplied his new varieties without charge to State rose societies for propagation and sale and won many awards.Cream coloured card printed in brown on one sidealister clark, st kilda botanical gardens -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Souvenir
Brown, polished wooden carved jar with lid. VietnameseVietnamese characters on the jar with decorative carving on the jar and lidjar, vietnamese, wooden -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book - Handbook, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club Members Handbook 1985, 1985
Contains Club information, members' names and contact details and a calendar of events. Part of an incomplete collection of members handbooks from 1985-2015112 p., insert only, no brown plastic cover."1985" on front pageheidelberg golf club, members handbooks -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book - Handbook, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club Members Handbook 1989-90, 1989
Contains Club information, members' names and contact details and a calendar of events. Part of an incomplete collection of members handbooks from 1985-2015112 p., insert only, no brown plastic cover."1988-90" on front page, "1988-89" crossed outheidelberg golf club, members handbooks -
Working Heritage Crown Land Collection
Ceramic - Ceramic shard, Mint ceramic shard
Ceramic shard with brown and white design with a glazed finish -
Working Heritage Crown Land Collection
Ceramic - Ceramic shards, Mint ceramic shards
Three pieces of ceramic shards with brown glaze finish pottery, ceramic, archaeology -
National Wool Museum
Book - Book of Newspaper Cuttings, Book I, 1932 - 1934
First in a set of two books containing newspaper cuttings relating to the wool industry, which include topics such as wages, cost of living, shearing tallies, court cases, exports, horse riding, taxation, union matters, wool price, wool classing and women in industry. Bound brown covered book containing newspaper articles. Spine [printed]: NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS – BOOK I.wool, wool industry, wages, cost of living, shearing, legal cases, exports, horses, tax, union, women at work, newspaper articles -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - INDIGENOUS STONE TOOL COLLECTION: SCRAPER STONE
Brown stone scraper or knife , very sharp edge. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - LEATHER DOCUMENT WALLET
Brown leather document wallet with handle and 2 buckles.personal effects, travel goods, wallet -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Michael Rutter, Thru the Eyes of a Regular Bloke, 2010's
Autobiography of Michael RutterLight brown cover containing three photos of the AuthorThru the Eyes of a Regular Bloke By Michael Rutterstawell biography -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Ceramic - Jug, Emu Jug by Albury Pottery, c1980s
Albury Pottery was established in the late 1970s to supply pottery for the party plan company Cooperware, a spin-off from Faberware. Located in Hudson Crescent, Lavington, the pottery was managed by Rudolph Dybka until 1983, then by Ron Petch, who had previously worked as sales manager for Cooper Pottery, one of Cooperware's UK suppliers. By the mid-1980s, the pottery had four throwers and a further 5-6 employees, and was specialising in stoneware with distinctive ribbed forms and light blond glazes. In 1985, the pottery was sold to the NSW Government as a workers' cooperative, and Petch moved to Old Ballarat Pottery as production manager. In 1987, the Petch's bought back into the business with partners Pat and Ken Snape, moving to slip casting, doubling the operating area, opening a terracotta plant in a separate location and establishing a tourism presence in the Old Cheese factory between Albury and Wodonga. As the business grew it took on more partners and this proved problematic in a declining market for production pottery. The Petch's pulled out in 1991 and the pottery closed shortly afterwards. (CC BY NC SA Judith Pearce, accessed https://www.flickr.com/groups/1281707@N21/discuss/72157629392131982/, 15 October 2024.)A ceramic jug with a brown top, and an emu on a white ground.albury pottery, emu -
Vision Australia
Equipment - Object, Telesensory Systems, TSI Speech Plus calculator, 1975
This speaking calculator was designed to perform several functions as well as memory, in synthetic voice. With two modes - visual or visual plus voice - it was powered by a nickel cadmium rechargeable battery or by a special adaptor from mains supply voltage. Dark brown rectangular box with numerical and mathematical keyboardTSIassistive devices, audio equipment, office equipment and supplies -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Milk Skimmer
Used by Cassie McBeath, then by Marjorie McBeath (her sister-in-law) on the farm at Mannibadar. Used for skimming cream off the top of scalded milk.Brown metal scoop-shaped scalded-milk skimmer.mcbeath, dairying -
Clunes Museum
Document - LETTER
THIS LETTER DATED 26TH MAY 1950 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES, TREASURY GARDENS, MELBOURNE C.2 CONFIRMS THE FIRST UNOFFICIAL DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN VICTORIA BY DR. G. H. BRUHN. J W ESMOND WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT THE DISCOVERY OFFICIALLY ON JULY 1ST 1851PHOTOCOPIED LETTER IN BROWN WOODEN FRAME WITH GOLD ACCENTSeureka, gold, esmond, bruhn -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Dice
Found in Bank N.S.W. attic with Independent Order of Rechabites materials.Long octagonal brown wooden die with yellow lettering."How's That?-1-3-6-How's That?-2-5-4".games and activities, dice -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Trophy, Verdoorn Cup, School Sports, 1974, 1974
Presented to Linton Primary School as an award at the Linton District School Sports, 1974.Chrome-plated cup with handles, on brown plastic stand."Linton District School Sports / Verdoorn Cup / 1974 Linton 1974".sports trophies, linton primary school, verdoorn cup -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Bottle, c. 1840s - 1870s
This brown glass bottle has been handmade from about the 1840s to 1870s. The bottle, possibly used to store ale or soda or mineral water, was found in the coastal waters of Victoria. It is part of the John Chance Collection. Glassblowers made bottles like this one by blowing air through a long pipe into the molten glass blob at the end of the pipe. The glass was blown out to fit into the shape of the cylindrical dip mould. Once it hardened, the glass was removed from the mould and the glassblower would continue using the pipe to create the neck while carefully using a tool to hold the base. The base may have been part of the dip mould, otherwise, a 'ponty' tool would have been used to flatten the base. A tool would have been used to cut off the bottle from the blowpipe and a piece of soft glass would be added to the mouth to then formed into the double collar lip. Bottles like this would usually be sealed with a cork, which may have been held in place with wax or wire and tape. Although this bottle is not linked to a particular shipwreck, it is recognised as a historically significant example of handmade, 1840s to 1870s beverage bottles imported for use in Colonial Victoria. The bottle is also significant for its association with John Chance, a diver in Victoria’s coastal waters in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Items that come from several shipwrecks have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value.Bottle, brown glass, wide body, cork-top style. Applied double collar, straight upper, flared lower. Short bulbous neck, wide shoulder with seam, body tapers inward to base. Shallow base with wide uneven heel. Bubbles, disculouration and creases in glass. Sediment in bottle. Inscription in base.Embossed in base [indecipherable]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, john chance, glass bottle, antique bottle, handmade, mouth blown, blown bottle, collectable, bottle, dip mould, soda bottle, ale bottle, beverage bottle, brown glass -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Album - Family photo album, Photograph album, Circa 1954
This album shows a collection of photographs some of which are labelled as Munster Services Club. Some show the Bookshop at the TOC H building. There are photos of soldiers in parade drills and in training exercises as well as social events. One is labelled D Craven & Rab, Munster 1954. Another is labelled London bus 2 RTR Munster. The 2 RTR was a tank regiment in the British Army and was stationed at the Swinton Barracks in Munster from 1952-1959. There are also a number of loose photos showing local scenes such as London Bridge and Needle Rock at Childers Cove. Others depict floats in a parade showing Peace Woollen Mill. Others are small postcards of MaryBorough and Brisbane Queensland. There is also a photograph of the Nestanglo basketball team, Victorian champions circa 1940’s. This collection of photographs has limited local relevance as there is limited provenance. However it depicts quite well the activities of the RTR and their activities in Munster in the post WW era.Brown and fawn snake skin patterned card cover with fawn cord binding. Photographs written in gold on front cover. Pages are brown card. Photographs are black and white.Munster Services Club.warrnambool, swinton barracks munster, munster services club 1952-1959, 2rtr munster -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Cooking x2, Centenary Cooking, 1980
The Tawonga School was a weatherboard building built on 8 acres of land catering for children from the surrounding grazing farms to ride their horses to school. It opened on 27th July 1880. The original school building and records were erased by fire in 1900. The Tawonga hall was used until 1910 when 3 acres of land was donated by Frank Cooper. It still operates today (2015) with its numbers having fluctuated over the years with the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, tobacco farming and now tourism. The Tawonga community published a cook book to celebrate the school's centenary.This book may have also been used as a fund raiser.The Tawonga school celebrated its centenary with a cookbook with contributions from the community. This indicates that the school was very proud of reaching its centenary and the community co-operated with each other to develop this book.This book is a good source of the names of people who lived in Tawonga in 1980.Yellow book with brown writing and sketch of school held together with brown hard plastic binding. It has 90 pages of recipes most of which give the contributor's name.Tawonga State School Centenary 1880 - 1980 (stamped on front & back cover) In pencil on front cover: Ada Ryder An advertising for Kelvinator sticker has been stuck on the inside front cover with 18-3-92 written on it & on the inside back cover and 'Energy Rating' sticker.tawonga school. centenary of school. 1880-1980. cooking. food. kiewa valley -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Certificate - Brownie certificate, mid 20th century
This card is a certificate of enrolment stating that Edith Hagley is a Brownie. A Brownie is a junior member of the Girl Guide movement, a girl aged between seven and ten. Edith Hagley is believed to have been a Warrnambool girl, a relation of the donor of the card, Annette Levett. The Girl Guides have a group in Warrnambool today.This card is of minor interest as a memento of a local group some time pastThis is a small buff-coloured card with brown-coloured illustrations of a young girl, trees and bushes, animals and birds. The card has brown printing and a handwritten name in black ink .This is to say that Edith Hagley is now a Browniegirl guides warrnambool, edith hagley, girl guides -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, FRAMED, Bartlett Bros, c.1914-18
Nothing is known about the persons identity except it is WW1.Photograph, sepia tone, portrait of a soldier with peak cap & same brown belt. Photograph is inset into a dark brown wood tone background. Frame is wood with grain through.“Yours Truly L”photography-photographs, military history - army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
Kenneth William Tweeddale BRIDGE DSC. Pre WW2 Kenneth worked in New Guinea from 1929 to 1941 as a Patrol Officer and then Assistant District Officer. He enlisted in the 2nd AIF No VX7794 on 10.3.1942 age 34 years 5 months. Initially posted too 3rd F.A Regt he was appointed A/Lieut on 26.5.1942 in “Z Special Unit”. Embarked for service in Aust mandated territory (NG) 31.8.1942, alloted to “M” Special Unit SWPA 7.5.1943, returned from special duties 11.9.1943, transferred to the retired list 8.10.1943. He was awarded by the U.S the “Legion of Merit” (Degree of Legionairre) for his work between Nov 1942 - July 1943 in the Sambare River and Salamaua area. He then joined the RANVR on 9.10.1943 in Intelligence and allotted to “Ferdinand Party” as a Sub Lieut. Embarcation dates are not listed but it appears he was in New Guinea in 1944 - 45. He was awarded the DSC for “Bravery and Enterprise in Recconnaisance Operations” on 16.2.1945. Appointment terminated in the RANVR on 8.1.1946. (SWPA) South West Pacific Area. (RANVR) Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve. (DSC) Distinguished Service Cross. Refer Book 46.Brown plastic frame, gold trim, glass front, brown paper backing. Sepia photo, head & shoulders, peaked cap with white top, mounted with maroon border.On back: Sub Lieutenant KENNETH W T BRIDGE DSC, Legion of Merit (US) RANVR - Coastwatcher, photography - photographs, frame accessories, military history - navy, united states -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Container - Hat Case, n.d
Hat case, round, brown cardboard, metal catch, brown plastic carry handle, attached to case by metal hinges. Stitching around top and bottom edges of case.accessory, clothing, headwear, hat case -
Orbost & District Historical Society
credit ledger, 1892-1909
This ledger was used by the Shire of Orbost from 1892 - 1909. The item was donated to Orbost & District Historical society from P.R.O.V. as a Place of Deposit (POD) item for safe keeping by a local history group or museum. The shire covered an area of 9,347 square kilometres and existed from 1892 until 1994 when it became part of the East Gippsland Shire Council. Orbost was at first included in the Bairnsdale Shire from 1882 and was later part of the Tambo Shire. Because of travelling distances the Croajingalong Shire was created in 1892 (name changed to Orbost Shire 17.2.1893 with James Cameron as the first Shire President. In 1994 it amalgamated to become part of East Gippsland Shire Council. This is a hand-written record of the accounts of the local government. The Orbost Shire Council no longer exists having been absorbed into the East Gippsland Shire Council.A heavy ledger with a dark brown cover and lighter brown binding. it has marbled end covers and marbled page edges. It contains accounts records hand-written in ink.on spine in gold lettering - on a red square : "Ledger" - on a black square : "Shire of Orbost"accounts ledger orbost-shire-council -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Black & white photo of a band, 29 men and 2 women taken with their musical instruments. Photo is mounted on light brown cardboard with a 2 mm darker brown edge.Bartlett Bros., Bendigophotograph, portrait, group, foster & wilson collection, photograph, band -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Sepia, bust portrait of a young woman. She is wearing a light blouse, necklace and a light hat. Oval photo is mounted on light brown cardboard with dark brown border.W. Vincent Kelly, Mitchell St., Bendigophotograph, portrait, female, foster & wilson collection, photograph