Showing 2765 items
matching australian open
-
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, c1944
Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 ā 27 September 1979) was an English actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall. When World War II was declared and whilst recovering from surgery she threw herself into her work and signed up for the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). Fields travelled to France to entertain the troops in the midst of air-raids, performing on the backs of open lorries and in war-torn areas. She performed many times for Allied troops, travelling as far as New Guinea, where she received an enthusiastic response from Australian personnel. In late 1945 she toured the South Pacific Islands. In 1979, seven months before her death, she was invested a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the entertainment industry.Reproduced black and white photograph of female wearing army jacket with soldiers kneeling and standing in background. Handwritten on rear - Gracie Fields in Pacificgracie fields, ww2, new guinea, 1945, south pacific islands -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Display Box, The Australian Army
Proudly worn by soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Australian Imperial Force in both World Wars, the 'Rising Sun' badge has become an integral part of the digger tradition. The distinctive shape of the badge, worn on the upturned side of a slouch hat, is commonly identified with the spirit of Anzac. There are seven patterns of the Rising Sun. The Rising Sun has evolved over time and today Australian Army soldiers wear the seventh pattern Rising Sun.The Rising Sun badge, also known as the General Service Badge or the Australian Army Badge, is the official insignia of the Australian Army and is mostly worn on the brim of a slouch hat or, less frequently, on the front of a peaked cap for Army personnel filling certain ceremonial appointments.Timber look laminate box with gold colour metal "rising sun" badge on front. The box opens out flat and contains seven metal " rising sun " badges mounted on black felt on the right side. The left side below an image of the rising sun contains a written history of all seven badges from 1902 to the present.The Australian Armyrising sun, badge, australian army, anzac -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Badge, Unknown
Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women Life Member Badge awarded to Private Mervyn HARRIS. The Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women is an ex-service association. Formed in December 1944 from a number of existing organisations, membership of the legion is open to all ex-service personnel, including British Commonwealth and Allied personnel, and former members of the peacetime Australian regular and reserve forces. The legion has branches in each state, and sub-branches in major cities and towns, with its national headquarters located in Melbourne, Victoria.Gold coloured metal and blue badge with crown on top Australian Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women Life Memberaustralian legion of ex-servicemen and women, private mervyn harris, life membership badge -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - WW2 Telephone Set, Standard Telephone and Cables Pty Ltd, 1942
An example of a Telephone Set D Mk V which was used by Australian forces during the Second World War for verbal and Morse code communications over short distances via a telephone line.An example of a Telephone Set D Mk V which was used by Australian forces during the Second World War for verbal and Morse code communications over short distances via a telephone line. Rectangular aluminum green painted box with broad canvas webbing strap secured to the side of the body through metal loops. Two vertical webbing loops are attached to the rear of the body. Stencilled in black on top TELE. SET. D. MK. V.'. The housing opens by a hinged fold back lid that is secured by a hook and eye closure. Attached to the inside of the lid are two metal plates. The first is a circuitry diagram, the second is the instructions for use of the set. The interior contains the phone assembly and is divided by a metal shelf. On the left is a bell with two screw terminal in front. At the center is the telegraph key and behind that is the battery box with a small metal plate with, 'TELEPHONE SET. D.MK.V To the right is metal box with two terminals in frontAttached to the bottom of the shelf is a slide out metal key Below the shelf is a compartment in which is stowed a black metal headset with provision for a bakelite handset with attached cord and four-prong plug.Tele Set stamped on outside of unit. Inside lid plaque - Telephone Set D MK V -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - WW2 Telephone Set
An example of a field Telephone Set which was used by Australian forces during the Second World War for verbal communications over short distances.Rectangular aluminum green painted box with metal loops secured to the sides of the body. . The housing opens by a hinged fold back lid that is secured by a hook and eye closure. Attached to the inside of the lid is a metal plate with instructions for use together with a circuitry diagram. The interior contains the phone assembly and is divided by a metal box with a pull up button in front. There are two terminals at the front right hand side in line with an external winder. Attached with a cord to the left side is a black bakelite telephone handset.YAA856 Telephone Set āLā No2 (Aust) -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, P. Collis, Postal History of Internees & Pows, after August 1991; photocopy 1991
. Salient part of the book as already refereed too. Donated to the society by a keen philatelist Charles Lawlor. Articles collected by Charles Lawlor. Supplementary. at the back of the folder are letters of reference 1857 John Montgomery Maud Lynch 1897 Wm Holden 1913, 1912, 1917 and 1927.Red open fronted folder with plastic sleeves.Type written heading "Postal History of the Internees and Prisoners of War", on the bottom of the page handwritten "Pages from the Postal History of Internees and Prisoners of War in Australia during WW2. P Collis MBE FRPSL. The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoriap collis, postal history of internees, postal history of pow's, philatelic society of victoria -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Excerpts from Documents
Material copied from Australian War Museum archives.Red open fronted foolscap sized folder with printed material in plastic sleeves. documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Prisoners of War and Internees in Australia. A Select Bibliography
... Tatura the-murray Prisoners of War and Internees in Australia ...Blue open fronted foolscap sized folder containing seven A4 roneoed pages of printed materialPrisoners of War and Internees in Australia. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Money of the internment camps, 1980
Material printed in Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Guide, 1980.Blue open fronted foolscap sized folio with printed matter in plastic sleeves.Money of the Internment Camps.documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Diary, Repatriation of POW's- Diary
Original diary photocopied by his son, Ross McGann. Australian Army Guards diary of repatriation of German POW's on the Orontes in 1947 together with letters from ex POW's.Black open fronted black folio containing photocopied material in plastic sleeves.Repatriation of POW'sdocuments, biography, ross mcgann, german pow's, repatriation of german pow's, camp 3 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder
Material photocopied from original books. Extracts from various books on POW's and Internment Camps both in Australia and oversea. "From Hell to Eternity" contains reference to Rod Wells, of TaturaBlack open fronted folio containing photocopied material in plastic sleeves.Contains photocopied extracts from variious books (Behind Barbed Wire; From Hell to Eternity: Toku Tai; 58/59 Batn News.australian internmnet camps, australian pow camps, overseas internment camps, overseas pow camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Garrison Guards, 1940's
Australian Army Garrison Guards at Dhurringile Internee German Internee Camp. (later POW camp for German Officers)Black and white photograph of 3 soldiers in front a tent. To left of photo open tent with floor.dhurringile garrison, army soldiers, australian pow camp guards -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp Teachers, 1940's
Front row right Dr Sturzenhofecker and child, Mrs Weiberle (Sarona Palestine), Mrs Dehnel (dressmaker, Austria), Mrs Vollmer (Palestine), Mrs Lippmann (Sarona Palestine), Mrs Kollat (Australia), Dr Reitmeair (Australia). Back row Mrs Wurster (Haifa Palestine), Mrs Kuebler (Sarona Palestine), Mrs Boerner (New Guinea Mission) and Mr Boerner (New Guinea Mission). Third row Dr Rubitschung (Jaffa Palestine).Black and white photograph. 12 adult school teachers, with a pre school boy standing in front right hand side, standing in front of an Army tin hut with double doors open. sturzenhofecker, weiberle, dehnel, vollmer, lippmann, kallat, reitmaeir, wurster, kuebler, boerner, rubitschung, camp 3 internees, camp teachers, camp schools -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. Australian-American Memorial, Canberra, ACT, c1953 (opened 1954). (Architect: Richard M Ure.)Made in Australia / Encircled 105F (Handwritten)caberra, slide, robin boyd -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Programme - Opening and dedication, Methodist Church Centre opening and dedication program, 1967
The Methodist Church Centre, whose Architects were Bates Smart & McCutheon and F. C. Armstrong, was opened and dedicated on Wednesday 20 September 1967.Folded order of service with dark blue text for the opening and dedication of the Methodist Church Centre 130-134 Little Collins Street, Melbourne.the methodist church centre melbourne -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 14 October 1956
The United Protestant Church at Woomera was built at a cost of 10,000 pounds. It was opened on 14 October 1956 by the Governor General Sir Robert George. The church was dedicated by Chaplain General A. Brooke and Principal Air Chaplain R.C. Russell. B & W exterior view of the United Protestant Church at Woomera, South Australia.united protestant church, woomera, governor general sir robert george, chaplain general a. brooke, principal air chaplain r.c. russell -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 14 October 1956
The United Protestant Church at Woomera was built at a cost of 10,000 pounds. It was opened on 14 October 1956 by the Governor General Sir Robert George. The church was dedicated by Chaplain General A. Brooke and Principal Air Chaplain R.C. Russell. B & W exterior view of the United Protestant Church at Woomera, South Australia during the opening ceremony held on October 14 1956united protestant church, woomera, governor general sir robert george, chaplain general a. brooke, principal air chaplain r.c. russell -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 14 October 1956
The United Protestant Church at Woomera was built at a cost of 10,000 pounds. It was opened on 14 October 1956 by the Governor General Sir Robert George. The church was dedicated by Chaplain General A. Brooke and Principal Air Chaplain R.C. Russell. B & W photograph of defence forces officers standing in front of the United Protestant Church at Woomera, South Australia during the opening ceremony held on October 14 1956.united protestant church, woomera, governor general sir robert george, chaplain general a. brooke, principal air chaplain r.c. russell -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 14 October 1956
The United Protestant Church at Woomera was built at a cost of 10,000 pounds. It was opened on 14 October 1956 by the Governor General Sir Robert George. The church was dedicated by Chaplain General A. Brooke and Principal Air Chaplain R.C. Russell. B & W photograph of a crowd standing outside the new United Protestant Church at Woomera, South Australia on opening day October 14 1956.united protestant church, woomera, governor general sir robert george, chaplain general a. brooke, principal air chaplain r.c. russell -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Obstacles of Promise
Discussion of opportunities (or lack of opportunities) open to creative and talented Australians. Asserts main obstacles to promise and progress are conservatism and lack of vision.This appears to be a talk or a speechTypewritten, quarto, (carbon copy), 8 pages. Second copy has pages 3-5 missing. (Two copies)kingsley henderson, australian creativity, new architecture, colour, shapes, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Something Wrong with our Cities
Makes comparisons between Australian cities and American and European cities. Melbourne and Sydney are heading in the same direction as Los Angeles. A possible future the city containing entertainment and culture, with the suburbs having open space and gardens but with access to city life.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 3 pagescity, cities, suburbs, melbourne, sydney, american cities, european cities, urban planners, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, The Shape of Parliament House, 1964
Boyd advocates that Canberra's proposed permanent Parliament House needs to be a vital symbol and suggests an open national competition should be used to select the architect.Original manuscript of an article published as 'Young Australia in Steel and Concrete', published in 'The Australian'.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 5 pagescanberra, parliament house, national competition, robin boyd, manuscript, national capital -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 10 Ghost Town, 1963
After the fire was distinguished and the flood subsided, on his way flying home, the Dogtor heard voices repeatedly on his radio "Calling Flying Dogtor". A sick voice asked for the Dogtor's help in the main street of Ghostville, the old mining town across Dry Gulch Gully, now a ghost town. He got to the abandoned address, 13 ("unlucky number") Spook Street. The Dogtor is about to open the door...The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesPage 1: Left hand side has been amended and is attached with tape. Written corrections on right hand side.the flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 11 Unlucky Number, 1963
The Dogtor knocked at 13 Spook Street and a faint voice said "Come in". Behind another door inside, came a faint child's voice "Help me" which led the Dogtor down a passageway. It was of course, Crafty Carson Carpetbag setting a booby trap to kill him by using a trick string and a huge stone. The Dogtor braced himself and pushed open the door...The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 12 Caught!, 1963
There was an enormous crash and Crafty thought he had finally squashed the Dogtor but he was not harmed when the great stone fell, using his stethoscope to open the door. Crafty was hiding behind a shed in the yard waiting for the dust to settle. The Dogtor used his teeth to catch Crafty by the end of his tail but Crafty twisted and escaped through an opening in the back fence. He slipped into an old mine shaft and planned his next trap for the Dogtor.The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 3 pagesthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Planning for Adelaide Common Sense, Begin Now' and 'Better Homes Service', Nov-53
... A Small Homes Service has opened in South Australia. Robin... melbourne A Small Homes Service has opened in South Australia. Robin ...A Small Homes Service has opened in South Australia. Robin Boyd who was the Director of Small Homes Service in Victoria came to the opening in Adelaide. This places this article between 1947 and 1953.walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Booklet, The Australian Opera 1973, 1973
This large presentation booklet was commissioned by The Australian Opera to mark the Company's first season in the Sydney Opera House. There is a forward by Mr Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia. The Sydney Opera House officially opened on 20th October 1973. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 34 The Bushranger, 1963
The bush children, exploring an old mansion, were chased by 'spooks' into a cellar. Beside the cellar, they found the room where Danny O'Canny, the famous bushranger, used to hide from the police 100 years ago. Meanwhile, the Dogtor was looking for the children and called at the front door of the mansion. When the door opened, an extraordinary show of ghostly apparitions greeted our hero, The Flying Dogtor.The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
Ruyton Girls' School
Magazine, Ruyton Reporter, 1993
The Ruyton Reporter (formerly known as Ruyton Reports) captures the essential Ruyton Girls' School experience for the broader school community. It has been produced since 1986.The record has strong historic significance as it pertains to one of the oldest girls' school in Victoria, Australia. Ruyton was founded in 1878 in the Bulleen Road, Kew, home of newly widowed Mrs Charlotte Anderson (now High Street South). Thus, the record can be used as a reference example for research into Victorian school history. It also gives insight into the types of activities and events undertaken at Ruyton Girls' School during the period of its production. The record's significance is further enhanced by its exceptionally well-documented provenance, having remained the property of Ruyton Girls' School since its production.Colour publication printed on paper with staple binding. 12 pages.Front Page: THE R RUYTON / RECTE ET FIDE LITER / Reporter / AUTUMN EDITION 1993 / Yes, Dick Hamer / was a dab hand / at knitting in / 1922. But then, / so too was his / brother, Alan, / (who became / The Managing / Director of ICI / Australia). / PRE-PREP / PROVES / GREAT / SUCCESS / Yes, that's young Rupert, a future Premier / of Victoria, and his brother Alan at Little / Ruyton in 1922. Now Sir Rupert will / return to officially open the new 'Little / Ruyton' in May. Photograph courtesy of / The Herald-Sun. /ruyton girls' school, ruyton, school, students, newsletter, ruyton reports, ruyton news, kew, victoria, melbourne, girls school -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Periodical, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian Aboriginal studies : journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2008
Mawul Rom Project: Openness, obligation and reconciliation Morgan Brigg (Universtiy of Queensland) and Anke Tonnaer (University of Aarhus, Denmark) Aboriginal Australian initiatives to restore balanced relationships with White Australians have recently become part of reconciliation efforts. This paper provides a contextualised report on one such initiative, the Mawul Rom crosscultural mediation project. Viewing Mawul Rom as a diplomatic venture in the lineage of adjustment and earlier Rom rituals raises questions about receptiveness, individual responsibility and the role of Indigenous ceremony in reconciliation efforts. Yolngu ceremonial leaders successfully draw participants into relationship and personally commit them to the tasks of cross-cultural advocacy and reconciliation. But Mawul Rom must also negotiate a paradox because emphasis on the cultural difference of ceremony risks increasing the very social distance that the ritual attempts to confront. Managing this tension will be a key challenge if Mawul Rom is to become an effective diplomatic mechanism for cross-cultural conflict resolution and reconciliation. Living in two camps: the strategies Goldfields Aboriginal people use to manage in the customary economy and the mainstream economy at the same time Howard Sercombe (Strathclyde University, Glasgow) The economic sustainability of Aboriginal households has been a matter of public concern across a range of contexts. This research, conducted in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, shows how economically successful Aboriginal persons manage ?dual economic engagement?, or involvement in the customary economy and the mainstream economy at the same time. The two economies sometimes reinforce each other but are more often in conflict, and management of conflicting obligations requires high degrees of skill and innovation. As well as creating financially sustainable households, the participants contributed significantly to the health of their extended families and communities. The research also shows that many Aboriginal people, no matter what their material and personal resources, are conscious of how fragile and unpredictable their economic lives can be, and that involvement in the customary economy is a kind of mutual insurance to guarantee survival if times get tough. Indigenous population data for evaluation and performance measurement: A cautionary note Gaminiratne Wijesekere (Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra) I outline the status of population census counts for Indigenous peoples, identifying information on Indigenous births and deaths, and internal migration estimates. I comment on the ?experimental? Indigenous population projections and question the rationale for having two sets of projections. Program managers and evaluators need to be mindful of limitations of the data when using these projections for monitoring, evaluating and measuring Indigenous programs. Reaching out to a younger generation using a 3D computer game for storytelling: Vincent Serico?s legacy Theodor G Wyeld (Flinders University, Adeliade) and Brett Leavy (CyberDreaming Australia) Sadly, Vincent Serico (1949?2008), artist, activist and humanist, recently passed away. Born in southern Queensland in Wakka Wakka/Kabi Kabi Country (Carnarvon Gorge region) in 1949, Vincent was a member of the Stolen Generations. He was separated from his family by White administration at four years of age. He grew up on the Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve in the 1950s, when the policies of segregation and assimilation were at their peak. Only returning to his Country in his early forties, Vincent started painting his stories and the stories that had been passed on to him about the region. These paintings manifest Vincent?s sanctity for tradition, storytelling, language, spirit and beliefs. A team of researchers was honoured and fortunate to have worked closely with Vincent to develop a 3D simulation of his Country using a 3D computer game toolkit. Embedded in this simulation of his Country, in the locations that their stories speak to, are some of Vincent?s important contemporary art works. They are accompanied by a narration of Vincent?s oral history about the places, people and events depicted. Vincent was deeply concerned about members of the younger generation around him ?losing their way? in modern times. In a similar vein, Brett Leavy (Kooma) sees the 3D game engine as an opportunity to engage the younger generation in its own cultural heritage in an activity that capitalises on a common pastime. Vincent was an enthusiastic advocate of this approach. Working in consultation with Vincent and the research team, CyberDreaming developed a simulation of Vincent?s Country for young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons from the Carnarvon Gorge region to explore Vincent?s life stories of the region. The use of Vincent?s contemporary paintings as storyboards provides a traditional medium for the local people to interactively re-engage with traditional values. Called Serico?s World, it represents a legacy to his life?s works, joys and regrets. Here we discuss the background to this project and Vincent?s contribution. A singular beeswax representation of Namarrkon, the Lightning Man, from western Arnhem Land RG Gunn (La Trobe University) and RL Whear (Jawoyn Association) Samples from a beeswax representation of Namarrkon, the Lightning Man, from western Arnhem Land were analysed for radiocarbon and dated to be about 150 years old. An underlying beeswax figure was found to be approximately 1100 years old. The Dreaming Being Namarrkon is well known throughout Arnhem Land, although his sphere of activity is concentrated around the northern half of the Arnhem Land plateau. Namarrkon is well represented in rock-paintings in this area and continues to be well represented in contemporary canvas-paintings by artists from the broader plateau region. We conclude that representations of Namarrkon in both painted and beeswax forms appear to be parallel manifestations of the late Holocene regionalisation of Arnhem Land. ?Missing the point? or ?what to believe ? the theory or the data?: Rationales for the production of Kimberley points Kim Akerman (Moonah) In a recent article, Rodney Harrison presented an interesting view on the role glass Kimberley points played in the lives of the Aborigines who made and used them. Harrison employed ethnographic and historical data to argue that glass Kimberley points were not part of the normal suite of post-contact artefacts used primarily for hunting and fighting or Indigenous exchange purposes, but primarily were created to service a non-Indigenous market for aesthetically pleasing artefacts. Harrison asserted that this market determined the form that these points took. A critical analysis of the data does not substantiate either of these claims. Here I do not deal with Harrison?s theoretical material or arguments; I focus on the ethnographic and historical material that he has either omitted or failed to appreciate in developing his thesis and which, in turn, renders it invalid. The intensity of raw material utilisation as an indication of occupational history in surface stone artefact assemblages from the Strathbogie Ranges, central Victoria Justin Ian Shiner (La Trobe University, Bundoora) Stone artefact assemblages are a major source of information on past human?landscape relationships throughout much of Australia. These relationships are not well understood in the Strathbogie Ranges of central Victoria, where few detailed analyses of stone artefact assemblages have been undertaken. The purpose of this paper is to redress this situation through the analysis of two surface stone artefact assemblages recorded in early 2000 during a wider investigation of the region?s potential for postgraduate archaeological fieldwork. Analysis of raw material utilisation is used to assess the characteristics of the occupational histories of two locations with similar landscape settings. The analysis indicates variability in the intensity of raw material use between the assemblages, which suggests subtle differences in the occupational history of each location. The results of this work provide a direction for future stone artefact studies within this poorly understood region.document reproductions, maps, b&w photographs, colour photographskimberley, mawul rom project, 3d computer game, storytelling, vincent serico, beeswax, namarrkon, artefact assemblages, strathbogie ranges, groote eylandt, budd billy ii