Full length black mayoral ceremonial robe with centre front opening. Silk grosgrain with dark brown ermine fur edging on centre front opening and cuffs. Cream silk lining in sleeves. The cuffs are also trimmed with cream coloured machine made net and lace. Gathered/puckered detail at back. Black ribbons attached to shoulders.mayoral robe, robe, ceremonial wear, mayor, bayside, brighton, sandringham, mayoral regalia

Donor believes items were completed by her great aunts Lydia, Rosa, Olivia and Isabelle Pollard when the sisters were young girls. They were completed in Country Durham, England. The items have been passed down through the family by the girls mother or aunt.Two handmade embroidered laundry bags. 6575.1 Red flowers with green leaves and white foliage embroidered on a cream cotton front, back of bag is undecorated. Hand and machine stitching evident. 6575.2 Gold flowers, green leaves and some white foliage. Four rings attached with gold and cream stitching on top of bag for hanging.A L 4 embroidered in top left hand corner of 6575.1 in yellow thread. A L embroidered at top L H corner of 6575.2 in red thread.late victorian needlework, handmade embroidery, lingerie bag, garment bags, cleary

Nippon dolls were made by Noritake in Japan. This example is referred to as a China glazed doll. They were made about 1915. The shoulder plate bisque dolls were usually under 10inches tall.Stuffed doll with ceramic face, decolletage, hands and feet. Dress machine sewn from cream and brown printed material. Arms and legs made from browncolored linen type material. Eyes (blue), eyebrows (brown), hair (black) rouge (pink) and lips (red) painted on. Dress tied at back with pink embroidery cottontoys, dolls, sewing

The Fashion & Design collection of Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants' clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. While the collection includes some examples of international fashion, most items were handmade or purchased in Melbourne. Camisole comprised of three types of machine lace and an embroidered cotton joined together to form a fabric and backed with fine netting. There is a band of narrow lace at the square neckline, this is attached to a band of insertion lace with ribbon holes and then wide bands of insertion lace. At the upper midriff level there is a band of lace interspersed with embroidered butterflies. Garment is buttoned at the front.lace, women's clothing, lingerie, underwear, undergarments, chemisettes

This skirt belonged to Olga Black, a long-time Brighton resident. The linen used for the skirt were woven by Olga's great-grandmother Efstathia in the late-nineteenth century with flax grown on the island of Ithaca. In the 1950s, Olga made the fabric into a skirt, embellishing it with hand embroidery. Olga Maria Black was born in Melbourne in 1930, the daughter of Ithacan migrants Constantine and Toula Mavrokefalos. Constantine first emigrated to Australia in 1902, returning to Greece circa 1912-13 to serve his home country in the Balkan Wars. Toula's family had left Ithaca for Romania when she was only six months old, but she happened to be visiting the island at the very time that Constantine arrived, fresh from the war. Within three weeks they were married, and when Constantine returned to Melbourne in 1914 his new bride came with him. Constantine had trained as an accountant, but his qualifications were not recognised in Australia. Changing his surname to the Anglicised "Black", he started off working in his older brother Dionysios's cafés before going into business on his own. In 1917 he opened the Paris Residential Café at 54-56 Swanston Street, which offered both dining and accommodation. The business saw some years of success, but did not survive the Great Depression. Constantine died in 1944. Olga's mother Toula learned to sew as a child, while growing up in the Romanian village of Brila. She developed her skills making lace and embroidering items for her trousseau. Some of the linen she embroidered had been woven from flax on Ithaca by her own grandmother, Efstathia. During the Depression, when money was scarce, Toula embroidered at home, doing work for a factory in Flinders Lane. Using a cotton reel, a threepence and a sixpence she created and embroidered designs on hundreds of blouses. Olga spent her preschool days sitting at the table where her mother worked. Toula would involve Olga by allowing her to help choose the colour combinations. Toula lived with Olga in Brighton until her death in 1976. Olga inherited her mother's sewing skills. She re-invented some of Toula’s trousseau nightdresses and skilfully altered other clothing, making dresses which she wore around Brighton for many years.Ankle-length full cream linen skirt with multi-coloured cross stitch embroidery featuring mountains, birds and trees. Fullness is pleated into wide waist band. Left side opening. The fabric widths have been whipped together by hand probably at the time the cloth was woven in the late-nineteenth century. The skirt is machine stitched.skirt, linen, hand woven, embroidery, ithaca, migration, greek diaspora, olga black

Card covered in purple cloth with 5 badges mounted on it. 1. NZ Army hat badge. 2. NZ Army colour badge. 3. NZ machine gun unit badge. 4. 4th Regt NZR. 5. Button brass inscribed New Zealand. 6. x1 loose Returned Service Association red poppylnumismatics-badges-military, passchendaele barracks trust, nz

Adhesive labels for fitting to a Metcard machines to advise passengers how to purchase Metcard tickets. Shows a Metcard - 3 zone map, which buttons to use and fares effective 1/1/2001. Notes includes GST and provide a contact phone number - no web address. Has the Metcard logo in the top left hand corner.trams, tramways, metcard, metlink, signs, tramcars

Cloth bag - sewn brown canvas with a metal ring and cloth strip attached to one side and stencilled "16" on both sides of the bag. Used by Conductors to pay in their cash at depots following the introduction of ticket machines on the Z class trams. 2nd copy - "19" added 3/7/2019 from donation of Hugh Waldrontrams, tramways, tickets, cash handling, depots, revenue clerks, conductors

News paper clipping from The Age, March 1998 titled "A Melbourne Love Song", Saturday Essay written by Paul Bateman about the love affair with Melbourne trams, W class trams, ticket machines, how Melbourne people used them, conductors, passengers. Has a drawing by Spooner and mentions Roberto D' Andrea.trams, tramways, ticket machines, conductors, melbourne, behaviour, passengers

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of 131st Divisional Locating Battery, 1st Field Regt RAA. Gnr Cahill mans an M60 machine gun while his number two is at the ready with his SLR rifle, in one of the units' sandbagged bunkers, in the battery location on top of Nui Dat Hill, 1AFT BAse, (circa March 1967)photograph, 131st locating battery, 1st field regt, raa, nui dat, gibbons collection catalogue, gnr cahill, m60 machine gun, slr, nui dat hill, 1 aft base, denis gibbons

Plan drawn on heavy parchment. Written on plan Sandhurst Sheet No. 2. (See record 8300.58 for continuation of plan into city centre) Plan shows allotments with owner names, where applicable. Quartz crushing machines marked. On bottom lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne, by D. Henerson, March 12th., 1867. There is also a photocopy.bendigo, planning, sandhurst

Victoria Public Works Department. Sandhurst Boys Centre. Maintenance workshops plan, elevation & section, Scale 1:100. Elevation includes tea room, lockers bathroom; ladder store; glaziers workshop; paint shop & paint store; carpentry workshop; machine area; offices, store rooms; mechanical workshop. Location unknown 16.02.2023.bendigo, institutions, sandhurst boys centre, sandhurst boys centre site plans; maintenance workshops; loddon-campaspe regional service; victoria public works department

00080.1 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment White Metal 1900 - 1912 White Metal Hat badge. 00080.2 24th Australian Light Horse Regiment Hat Badge 1930 - 1942 Brass by K.G.Luke. Blackened ? 00080.3 25th Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Regt. 1930 - 42 Hat badge Brass.

Shirt - Khaki, polyester cotton, short sleeve with shoulder epaulettes and plastic buttons. Right shoulder patch parachute wings, dark red and white embroidery on khaki patch. Left shoulder patch - "THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY" Gold and red embroidery on khaki patch, Rising Sun and Crown. Cotton manufacturers label on back below collar with black print information and owner's label.Cotton label information - black ink print. "ADI/ 1992/^/ SIZE 44/ 8405.66.133.5959/ SERVICE NO/ NAME/ 65% POLYESTER/ 35% COTTON/ DO NOT BOIL OR WRING/ MACHINE WASHABLE/ DRIP DRY, IRON LIGHTLY/ WITH WARM IRON" Handwritten blue ink "SCOTT" uniform, army, shirt

Johann Elias Bleckmann (1784-1856) founded a steel goods shop in Ronsdorf near Dusseldorf Germany. After completing a business education in his father's business, his son Johann Heinrich August Bleckmann (1826-1891) gained further experience through travel in North and South America. When his father died, he took over the steel goods store and moved it to Solingen. He bought a hammer mill in Mürzzuschlag Styria (Austria) in 1862 and converted it into a modern crucible casting steel smelter. His "Phoenix Steel", which he produced himself, achieved worldwide renown. He then went on to establish a file and tool factory and later founded a steel and plate rolling mill. Apart from cutlery blades, the company's self-produced steel was also processed into tools, scythes, rifle parts, etc. His sons Eugen and Walter continued after his death in 1891 at the Phoenix steelworks. However, by the end of the First World War, the two brothers fell into economic difficulties as a result of eliminating a large part of their foreign trade. In 1921, the company was converted into a public limited company and merged three years later with the company Schoeller & Stahlwerke. Made by Bleckmanns a significant Austrian manufacture of cutlery and tools in a recognized area of Germany famous for the production of steel items. The item is giving a snapshot of early colonial and European trades persons tools and gives an interesting insight into the development and progression of European tool and steel development and innervation prior to the First World War.Drop hand forged steel wrench with unusual locking mechanism to size jaw opening made by J E Bleckmann, Solingen Germany.Machine stamped on handle of wrench LOTUS L R GEBRAUCHS under has MUNSTER, J E BLECKMANN, SOLINGEN Germany. [ Translated: LR Gebrauchs= use,usage, or custom application] [Lotos] Translated: Lotus ie flower] [Solingen =town in Rhine valley]manufactures, tools, engineering, blacksmith, workshop tool, dropforged, handmade, wrench, adjustable wrench, phoenix steel, j e bleckmann, solingen, murzzuschlag, steel mill, cutlery, steel foundery

Glass bottle with metal screw-capped lid, contains printing ink (black).Front: (Paper label with black printing) FT Wimble & Co Limited. Incorporated in New South Wales. Special black ink for hand numbering machines. Letterpress printing ink lithographic Gold silver and bronze medals. All Australian states and New Zealand.

QUASLARC Generator Built by the Quasi-Arc Co. Ltd. Victoria London SW.1, This generator is believed to have been used for welding purposes. The generator is driven by a belt from a nearby steam plant. The quasi-arc co ltd 6 kw. d.c generator 60/30 volts 0/200 amps 1200 rpm comp cont rating No 4696 Historic - Industrial Generator Large casting with a drive pulley on one end, cast aluminum covers, bronze makers plaque. The quasi-arc co ltd 15,grasyenor ????ens. Victoria,London,S.W.1 This machine is designed for use with ????? Arc electrodes 6 kw. d.c generator 60/30 volts 0/200 amps 1200 rpm comp cont rating No 4696puffing billy, generator, welding, quasi - arc

Small booklet (32 pages) titled "A Guide to Youth" A reliable sex education book for boys 12-14 years. Foreword by Professor Harvey Sutton O.B.E. The booklet was published by Father and Son welfare movement of Australia in January, 1959. Contents - Part 1 - The wonder of the human body: the marvel of modern machines, the greatest of all machines, factories within. Part 2 - Up to young manhood: taking on a new look, shooting up, fitness is fine, thinking of habits, leaving childish things behind. Part 3 - The miracle of birth: we grow from an egg cell; fertilisation takes place, commencing to grow, from an egg cell to a baby, being born. Part 4 - Building our lives: adventure unlimited, building to a plan, God has a plan, too.books, school, sex education

This Edwardian era mourning outfit was worn by a wealthy woman from the rural area of Willaura, southeast of the Grampians. It was inherited by the donor from his mother, who had purchased it from a clearing sale in the 1960s. The jacket has a peplum or flounce below the waistline, a fashion that was seen in the 1860s and is still around in the 1900s. The outfit represents the female mourning fashion and wardrobe from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Such garments were a necessary inclusion as death occurred often to the young, due to illness, accidents and hard work - it was a regular part of life in rural Victoria. Mourning outfits were a part of a person’s wardrobe and often passed from one generation to the next. This particular outfit appears to have been adjusted at some stage to allow for a wider waistline. The original skirt may have been replaced by the one that is now part of this outfit; the skirt is all machine-sewn, unlike the jacket and petticoat. The fabric of the skirt may be silk or it could be a synthetic fibre such as artificial silk or rayon; both were available in the 1800s,but nylon wasn’t invented until the 1930s. This skirt has sunray pleating, which was advertised on skirts for sale in the 1890s, and 1909, and was part of a fashionable bridal gown train in the 1930s. The mourning of death was part of both family and community life, particularly in rural and remote areas. People were bonded through work, religion, disasters, tragedy and social activities, supporting one another. They came together from near and far on such an occasion, giving each other the care that was needed and showing respect for the member who had passed away.This three-piece silk Edwardian mourning outfit is significant historically for its connection with rural Victoria and the social and religious customs surrounding the death of a family or community member. The high-quality outfit is also significant for representing the financial management of the times, being tailored by a dressmaker for a person of means and then adjusted to fit at least one different-sized person. The black silk tailor-made jacket is one of three pieces of a ladies’ Edwardian mourning outfit. It has long sleeves, a stand-up collar trimmed with appliqued black crochet lace, and pleated sashes on the left and right sides from front to back fastened at the shoulder and waist. The jacket has a peplum or flounce below the waistline. The front of the jacket has brass hooks and fabric eye fastenings. The back of the jacket has two tails. The jacket is lined and the shoulders are padded. It has been machine sewn and finished with hand stitching. A white card is tied with a ribbon inside and has an inscription. The poplin skirt on the jacket has been cut up to the waist at the side seams. There is an attached card with an inscription, handwritten in ballpoint pen.“Jenny” and “Mrs Sheila Handscombe, Wallaura, Jenny”flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, edwardian era, tailor-made, dressmaker, mourning outfit, handmade garment, mourning dress, death mourning, sunray pleats, sunburst pleats, western district victoria, mourning jacket

Cogan is a textile artist and her work is political in nature. 'War and Peace' is about the Vietnam War and a statement about patriotism in war, of lessons not learnt, of remembrance and never forgetting. This work is an expression of her feelings towards this time and of her husband's experience who fought in this war. The Republic of Vietnam 'Vietnam Campaign Medal' is from the former country of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam). Established in 1966, it was awarded to members of United States, Australian, and New Zealand military forces serving six months or more in support of Republic of Vietnam military operations. The medal is issued with a device known as the 1960 Bar. The bar displays the date of 1960 followed by a dash and a blank space. The unusual appearance was caused by the government of the Republic of Vietnam stating that the 1960 bar would show the dates of the Vietnam War from start to finish, with the ending date placed on the 1960 bar after the South Vietnamese had triumphed over North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam). Since South Vietnam fell, and the government ceased to exist, an ending date for the 1960 Bar was never established. The Vietnam Campaign Medal is considered a foreign award by the U.S., Australian, and New Zealand governments. The joint Australian and New Zealand campaign medal awarded for service in the Vietnam War is the 'Vietnam Medal'. The obverse of this medal shows the crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II, with titles, while the reverse has the inscription VIETNAM above a symbolic representation of the ideological war in Vietnam. The RSL poppy (the Flanders poppy) has long been a part of Remembrance Day, the ritual that marks the Armistice of 11 November 1918, and is also increasingly being used as part of Anzac Day observances. During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium. In soldiers' folklore, the vivid red of the poppy came from the blood of their comrades soaking the ground. The poppy soon became widely accepted throughout the allied nations as the flower of remembrance to be worn on Armistice Day. Today the RSL continues to sell poppies for Remembrance Day to raise funds for its welfare work. "War and Peace' is significant as it explores and highlights a period in history (the Vietnam War), which was contentious both socially and politically. Cogan and her family lived locally, in the Shire of Eltham during this time, and her work is a reflection of the experiences and sentiments of a section of the Nillumbik community. Textile piece. 'War": Cast muslin, machine embroidery onto white calico. Tanin dye, poly thread, side bust view (hand, shoulder and arm). Black machine stiching on shirt and shirt pocket with two vietnam medals. A replica of the 'Vietnam Medal' in muslin is shown reverse and has the inscription VIETNAM above a symbolic representation of the ideological war in Vietnam, which is of a male figure standing between two spherical shapes. The ribbon has a vertical central section of bright yellow which has centrally superimposed on it three thin stripes of red, (representing the South Vietnamese flag) flanked by two stripes of red (representing the Army). On the left is a dark blue stripe representing the Navy and on the right, a light blue stripe representing the Air Force. A replica in muslin of the second medal is the Republic of Vietnam 'Vietnam Campaign Medal' of the former country of South Vietnam. The ribbon has green and white strips with a device bearing the inscription ‘1960 – ‘. The medal is traditionally a gold and white enamelled star with a green, red and gold centre motif. Right hand is touching the medals/heart, while left arm is left resting to the left side over a crutch which ends in a rolled up bandage. 'Peace': Cast muslin, machine embroidery onto calico. Black dye, poly thread and RSL poppy. Side bust view (hand, shoulder and arm). Yellow machine stiching on black shirt and shirt pocket with RSL red poppy on shirt pocket. Right hand is reaching to touch the poppy, while left arm is slightly bent resting on its' left side. Nonetextile, muslin, embroidery, vietnam war, medals, vietnam medal, vietnam campaign medal, rsl poppy, war, peace, armistice, remembrance day, anzac

Yields information about the method that the State Electricity Commission of Vic undertook interviews for staff appointments. Gave advice of the era for such interviews and objectives of the interview.Thirty page book printed on heavy light brown paper, stapled with an folded card cover titled "The Automaticket Bell Punch System of Fare Collection and Control". Describes the Automaticket system, has samples of traffic tickets pasted in the book, diagrams, drawings, gives details of the components and method of operation in particular ticket inspection, ticket and checking back office functions. Published by the Bell Punch Company of London early to mid 1930's? Cover and each page headed "Confidential Information for Executives". Has a photo of South Western Roadlines double deck bus with a conductor. See also Reg. Item 3629 for another version of the pamphlet for this machine. In the rear cover of the book, folded and stapled to give a pocket, are listed three forms that would have been provided with the book - not with the collected copy. -However in the pocket were eleven 11 "Ticket Issue Machine" or "TIM" tickets - eg City of South Melbourne library fine, packing slips, sample meal tickets, Army canteen beer tickets, and sample bus tickets - including one pinned to a business card - John Bolland of Eastern Suburbs Omnibus Service who were the agents for the TIM machines. (image btm3645i3) Card has date of "4-1-50". Also three sample Bell punch tickets and one ultimate machine ticket - two 1d tickets. As well at the time of acquisition were a SEC Special Pass - to Reg Item 3648 and a SEC Staff Pass ticket - to Reg item 3649. Full scan of document added as a pdf file 5/6/2019. trams, tramways, tickets, ticket machines, buses, bell punch

One inch Nordenfelt machine guns were used on board vessels of the Victorian Navy to combat the torpedo boats. One inch, as opposed to the .45 inch, Nordenfelt guns used by the Land Forces could penetrate the boilers of torpedo boats and thereby stop them.none

Colour patch identifies the hat as belonging to a member of the 26th Light Horse (Machine Gun) Regiment, a CMF (militia) regiment raised around Geelong and western Victoria c.1939. First tasked with coastal defence in south-western Victoria and later Western Australia.rare example of headgear of a CMF regiment from Victoria mobilised for defence of mainland Australia during World War Two.Khaki slouch hat with colour patch on puggaree and rising Sun badge on turned up brim.Stamped inside band: V553 / 6 7/8 / 1942military, slouch hat, light horse, machine gun, world, world war two, wwii, cmf

Pamphlet - "Accessibility Guide" - providing information on accessible trams, a plan of a Combino (D class) and Citadis (C Class) tram buttons, ticket machine, wheelchair access, and contact details. Has Yarra Trams, tram tracker and love your trams logos on the rear.Yields information about accessibility for C and D class trams.Pamphlet - four fold DL size, full colour.trams, public transport, yarra trams, accessibility, wheelchairs, combino, citadis, c class, d class

A cartoon of the 1930s titled "The Clancy Kids" of a boy dropping his pennies down the cable tram slot. Calls on Mr Timmie to help who responds with a comment regarding a vending machine. If you dropped a coin or a small item down the slot, there was no way of retrieving it.Demonstrates the peril of cable tram slots and lost items. Reproduction of a cartoon onto a display paper.tramways, cable trams, cartoon, cable slot, pennies

Original owner - Stephen John PARISH Regiment number/ Unit 703, Enlisted 19-08-14 F.COY 8th Battalion Became an officer 2nd Lieutenant in 1st Machine Gun Battalion RTA 17-03-1919 See also Cat No. 5979.6.Original photograph - black and white on photographic paper. Scene depicts landing boats, beach scene, an encampment with tents and small buildings with background of ridges. Handwritten greeting and information on back of photograph. Panorama photograph.Handwritten in faded black ink - back of photograph "Clevedon/ 3/7/18/ Just a picture of Gallipoli/ if you show it to any of/ the boys that have been/ there they will explain it/ better than I can by writing/ best love/ Ste ? xx" Handwritten in mainly uppercase letters, blue ink. Left to Right - " MOST OF OUR/ SUPPLIES WERE/ LANDED HERE" " THE LAST OF/ THE AIF LEFT/ HERE 29-12-1915" " 1ST AIF DIVISION/ LANDID (sic) HERE/ 25-4-1915" " THIS PERE WAS/ RECKED (sic) SEVERAL/ TIMES BY STORMS" " 1ST AIF/ HOSPITAL TENTS " TURKS BEACHIE (sic) / FIRED SCHRAPNIL/ ALONG BEACH/ FROM HEARE (sic)" " 4th INF BGDE/ Faught (sic) have/ on 9-5-1915" . "photographs, ww1, gallipoli, s. j. parish, 8th battalion

A Large Rare mid 19th Century Balance Scale (also called a Beam Scale) Made in England by W&T Avery a British manufacturer of weighing machines. The company was founded in the early 18th century and took the name W & T Avery in 1818. The undocumented origin of the company goes back to 1730 when James Ford established the business in the town of Digbeth. On Joseph Balden the then company’s owner’s death in 1813 William and Thomas Avery took over his scale making business and in 1818 renamed it W & T Avery. The business rapidly expanded and in 1885 they owned three factories: the Atlas Works in West Bromwich, the Mill Lane Works in Birmingham and the Moat Lane Works in Digbeth. In 1891 the business became a limited company with a board of directors and in 1894 the shares were quoted on the London Stock Exchange. In 1895 the company bought the legendary Soho Foundry in Smethwick, a former steam engine factory owned by James Watt & Co. In 1897 the move was complete and the steam engine business was gradually converted to pure manufacture of weighing machines. The turn of the century was marked by managing director William Hipkins who was determined to broadening the renown of the Avery brand and transforming the business into a specialist manufacture of weighing machines. By 1914 the company occupied an area of 32,000m² and had some 3000 employees. In the inter-war period the growth continued with the addition of specialized shops for cast parts, enamel paints and weighbridge assembly and the product range diversified into counting machines, testing machines, automatic packing machines and petrol pumps. During the second world war the company also produced various types of heavy guns. At that time the site underwent severe damage from parachute mines and incendiary bombs.Then from 1931 to 1973 the company occupied the 18th-century Middlesex Sessions House in Clerkenwell as its headquarters. Changes in weighing machine technology after World War II led to the closure of the foundry, the introduction of electronic weighing with the simultaneous gradual disappearance of purely mechanical devices. The continued expansion was partly achieved through a series of acquisitions of other companies. After almost a century of national and international expansion the company was taken over by GEC in 1979. Keith Hodgkinson, managing director at the time, completed the turn-around from mechanical to electronic weighing with a complete overhaul of the product range of retail scales and industrial platform scales. In 1993 GEC took over the Dutch-based company Berkel and the Avery-Berkel name was introduced. In 2000 the business was in turn acquired by the US-American company Weigh-Tronix, who already owned Salter, and is today operating as Avery Weigh-Tronix. Item made and used possibly around the 1850s by Victorian colonial government to check weights of goods being sold by early shop keepers on the gold fields item is very rare.James McEwan & Co were the retailers of W & T Avery scales in Victoria from 1852. A very rare item used probably to check weights used by merchants during colonial times by government inspectors in Victoria. A similar example exist in a NSW museum, the item is believed to have been made before W & T Avery expansion to the Soho foundry in Birmingham in 1885 and after 1818.Beam balance scale suspended from a wooden tripod, with metal trays suspended by three chain lengths. embossed on the balance beam W T Avery, Birmingham,flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, scale, avery

An example of good invention in an era of innovation in Australian manufacture and production. Levers raise the height of the cutter, disengaging the drive from the blades. The moveable blades under the fixed ‘fingers’. An eccentric rod changes circular motion to linear back and forth of the blades. Such a machine is now known as a mower for cutting grass for hay, and other grasses for storing as sheaves. 'Gift for Museum - The School of Mnes committee has accepted the offer from mr H.B. Munro, of Elsternwick, of a model reaping machine made in 1887 when the Munro machinery business was in operation in Alfredton. The model, which has won gold medals at various exhibitions, is to be placed in thr school museum. (Ballarat Courier 22 April 1932) Metal model with red paint detail in sectionsM263ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines museum, munro machinery, model, munro reaper