The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.The Tales of Hoffmann (Record 3). LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: LXT 2584, Record cover, no sleeve, 1 vinyl disk, back cover notes (no author listed). Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, the Sadler's Wells Chorus and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Don Giovanni. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set , Catalogue Number: 79321, 1 cardboard box cover with hinged lid, 3 paper record record sleeves (with inscriptions), 3 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto.. Composer: Mozart. Orchestra and Chorus of the National de L'Opera Paris.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.La Fanciulia Del West. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: 2740186, 1 cardboard box cover with hinged lid, 2 paper record record sleeves (with inscriptions), 2 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto. Composer: Puccini. Carol Neblett, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Chorus and Orchestra The Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Chorus master: Robin Stapleton; Director Zubin Mehta).lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Verdi La Traviata. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: 212D 2 D212D 3, 1 cardboard box cover with hinged lid, 3 paper record record sleeves (with inscriptions), 3 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto. Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manguerra and other artists. Composer: Verdi; Conductor Richard Bonynge; The National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Die Fledermaus. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: D277 D2, Unopened with plastic wrap intact. Composer: Johann Strauss, Australian Opera; Conductor: Richard Bonynge; Australian Opera Chorus (Chorus master: Martin Hadley) The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra (Concert master Ladislav Jasek).lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Living French. A complete language course. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: 23727, 1 cardboard box cover with hinged lid, 4 paper record record sleeves, 4 vinyl disk, 2 booklets (dictionary and conversation manual). Ralph Weiman.lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Charpentier: Louise. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: S3BR 220614, 1 cardboard box cover with hinged lid, 3 paper record record sleeves (with inscriptions), 3 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto. Cover notes, Paul Myers. Composer: Charpentier. New Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: George Pretre; Ambrosia Opera Chorus.Side 1 - Side 6 the paper record sleeveslp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.La Rodine. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: CBS D2 37852, 1 cardboard box with hinged lid, 2 paper record record sleeves, 2 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto. Composer: Puccini.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Lucia di Lammerrmoor. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: ZAL11087, 1 cardboard box cover with lid, 3 paper record record sleeves, 3 vinyl disk, 1 booklet with libretto. Composer: Donizetti.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Le Roide Lahore. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: 210D 1, 1 cardboard box cover with lid, 3 paper record record sleeves, 3 vinyl disk, 1 booklet. Composer: Jules Massenet. lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.The Australian Opera. LP 33RPM vinyl - Commemorative set, Catalogue Number: 2XS 4606, 1 cardboard box cover, 1 internal box cover, 1 paper record cover, 1 plastic record sleeve, 1 vinyl disk, 1 cardboard portfolio of prints cover, 6 prints of costume design (various artists).lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Verdi: Nabucco. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: SLS 5132, 1 cardboard box cover with lid, 3 plastic sleeves, 3 vinyl disks. Ricardo Muti with Philharmonia Orchestra.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischutz. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, Catalogue Number: 2720 071, 1 cardboard box cover with lid, 3 double paper and plastic sleeves, 3 vinyl disks, 1 booklet. Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber conductor.lp, sound recording, opera

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Bolero - 79 rhapsodic light-classical favourites. LP 33RPM vinyl - Box set, 1 large cardboard box - package still intact, unopened.lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.78 RPM vinyl, 1 vinyl disk, plastic sleeve, no cover, contents unknown.lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.The Roaring 20s - Vol III. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: GA-33-353, 1 vinyl disk, plastic sleeve, no cover.John Gray' and 'GRAY' handwritten on side 1lp, sound recording

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.West End Revue - Fox Trot. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: 401816 A 2964, 1 vinyl disk, plastic sleeve, no cover. Louie Armstrong.J. Albert & Son Royalty Stamp on both sideslp, sound recording

Newspaper item written by Joe Rollo of The Age, about the closure of the Ballarat system interviewing Mr James Leggo 82 and recording that Herb Knight drove the last tram.Yields information about the closure of the SEC operated tram system.Newspaper cutting from The Age 20/9/1971tramways, closure, ballarat, last tram, tram 40

Melbourne transport map - dated August 1989 - zone ticket system, has a photo of the front of B2 2004, includes a map of the ticket zones, and The Met contact details.Yields information about Melbourne public transport services in August 1989.Fold out map (36 sections 9 across x 4 deep), "Public Transport Map of Melbourne", coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, detailed for the central part of Melbourne and the outer Metropolitan services.tramways, melbourne, tram services, bus services, railways, maps, zones

Melbourne transport map - dated December 1989 - scratch ticket system, has a photo of the front of B2 2004, includes a map of the ticket zones, and The Met contact details.Yields information about Melbourne public transport services in December 1989 following the introduction of Scratch tickets.Fold out map (36 sections 9 across x 4 deep), "Public Transport Map of Melbourne", coloured of Melbourne's Tram and Bus routes, route numbers, rail lines, detailed for the central part of Melbourne and the outer Metropolitan services.tramways, melbourne, tram services, bus services, railways, maps, zones, scratch tickets

Advertisement from "Selected recipes from "The Leader" small corner books" (1930s). This advertisement is for Fowlers Vacola and shows a variety of bottles and caps used in the Fowlers Vacola system.An example of early 20th century advertisingDigital copy of advertisement from a bookhistoric advertisements, "the leader" small corner books, fowlers vacola

The two semaphore flags were used as a pair for visual signaling by hand. The semaphore system is an alphabet signaling system based on the waving of a pair of handheld flags in a particular pattern to compose words to be communicated to passing ships. The system was introduced by the Royal Navy in 1880 and was later adopted in Australia, with the first School of Signaling opening in Williamstown in 1890. The system was superseded in the 1970s by more sophisticated methods of communication. Information on the Cape Nelson flags indicates that they were made by Evan Evans P/L, Flag makers, 690 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Evan Evans (d.1927) started a tent‐making business in 1877 and by 1920 Evan Evans P/L maker of canvas goods, was located at 680 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. In 1924 it acquired land at 632 Bourke Street and built a new factory. His son Ivor continued the business after 1927 and in 1938 opened a bulk store in Carlton.271 In 2016 the firm was located at 673 Spencer Street, Melbourne. Another pair of white semaphore flags made by Evan & Evans is held at Gabo Island, and Wilsons Promontory also has a pair. Cape Nelson’s white semaphore flags have second level contributory significance. They have historical importance as flags formerly used at the lightstation for visual signaling, a system that is now rarely used in navigation, and contribute to the importance of the lightstation’s large collection of flags.A pair of white flags made of white canvas/heavy cotton, the square flags are attached to dowel poles with staples.

Journal of Australian electric Traction Association. Volume XX, No. 9, September 1965, 16 pages. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller Collection'. Cover picture shows 400 class trams pass at Valley Jct. Brisbane, during the mid-day peak period on a Saturday. Questioned how much longer will Brisbane depend on its tramway system?Publisher: Australian Electric Traction Asscn. Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, NSWdocument

Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association. Volume XVII No. 12, December 1962. 16 pages. Cover picture of a bogie car 24 and two single truck trailers of the Eastern Goldfield Transport Board on a miner's special running between Kalgoorlie and Boulder, W.A. shortly before the system closed in 1952. History of document:Part of 'Basil Miller Collection'.Pub: Australian Electric Traction Asscn. Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty Ltd., Sydney NSW.document

A door latch that has a small bar with handle hold by an omega plate with texts: "Ashwells System".Above the latch is plate with text "Presented by CPO Jim Britz" and below latch is plate with text "lock from four deck officers' heads HMAS Sydney. Why were offciers able to lock their heads when the remainder of the crew could not".Presented by CPO Jim Britz. Lock from four deck officers' heads HMAS Sydney. Why were officers able to lock these heads when the remainder of the crew could not !!!door latch, hmas sydney

The kit is designed for the general public, teachers and students, to give an understanding of Australian Indigenous people and culture and to break down stereotypes that are common in the school system and the wider community. The information presented is about the cultural, spiritual, economic and religious aspects of pre-contact societies. The impact of invasion on traditional societies and the post-colonial history of Australian Indigenous people is explored.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, colour photographsculture, history, john batman, batman treaty, coranderrk mission, koorie culture, lake condah mission, kinship systems, aboriginal art, dreaming stories, kulin, gunai/kurnai, mara, wotjobaluk, wudjubaluk, koori

Yields information about the Sebastopol terminus and tram operations in 1971.Digital image of photograph of trams in Ballarat during 1971 prior to closure of the system by Graham Parry. All images from the scanned negative. .1 - tram 33 arriving at the Sebastopol terminus with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. There is a Fosters Lager sign. and a number of parked cars. The tram has a Twin Lakes sign. .2 - ditto with the driver turning the poletrams, tramways, sebastopol, trolley poles, tram 33