Van 13 NUU - Louvred Truck (11) Untrafficable - Menzies Creek Station Yard VR Service History 15/ 7/1911 NWS Built new Vehicle Length 25 feet 2 inches ( 7671 mm) Coupled Length 27 feet 4 inches (8330 mm) Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm) Weight 7 tons Capacity 10 tons Built 1898 - 1911 Number Built 14 In use 5 To be restored None *NUU 13.VA - 15/ 7/1911 NWS Built new - / /1926 - To NU 13.VA - NU 13.VA - / 6/1926 - Modified AC Malco /10/1954 CKT Sold (to) by Stores Branch to P.B.P.S. Purchased by Puffing Billy Preservation Society from Cockatoo for 20 pounds ($40.00). First complete railway truck owned by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society. Puffing Billy Service History or Notes Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Rolling Stock - Louvered VanWooden Louvered Van - Made of Timber on a Wrought iron frame - current condition Untrafficable13 NUpuffing billy railway, pbr, rolling stock , 13 nuu, puffing billy, louvered van, 13 nuu - louvered van, victorian railways, 2'6" gauge, narrow gauge rolling stock

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and White photograph showing seven people posing around the cannon in front of the Norfolk Pine at Churchill Island.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Max Cumming Gordon Grant Esther Grant Gid Ashley + ?' 'c.1939' written in pencil on reverse. '3''81' stamped in black on reverse.churchill island, photograph, cannon

Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope. These series of cards are made by one of the Pioneers families of the district who travelled went on a cruise aboard the 'Katoomba' to Papua New Guinea in 1939. The cruise was arranged by the Society of Australasia Methodist Missionary Cruise to Papua New Guinea in April 1939. The Cruise left Brisbane with 370 methodists from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.Many of the early pioneers in the City of Moorabbin were Methodists.43 Homemade black & white - stereograph cards - two identical pictures on cardboard.Description of photo is written on bottom of card.stereograph card, papua new guinea, methodist, missionary cruise, moorabbin, kwato, samarai, katoomba, rabaul, kabakada, vunairima, port hunter, raluana, bronilow memorial church, dohu island, marriott, stereograph cards

Warick Rosenthal initially enlisted in the CMF on 2.5.42 and then transferred to the AIF on 10.9.42 age 28 years. He held the rank of Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corp. He was discharged from the Army on 19.7.46. Refer 775. He was a well known Doctor In Bendigo and the Medical Officer for the local CMF Unit for many years reaching the rank of Lt Col..1) Medals, court mounted, set of (3) re W Rosenthal. 1. Defence Medal. 2. War Medal 1939-1945. 3. Australian Service Medal. .2) Medals, court mounted, set of (3) Miniatures 1. The Defence Medal. 2. War medal 1939-1945. 3. Australian Service Medal. .3) Service ribbons, set of (3) on brass plate with pin. 1. The Defence Medal 2. War Medal 1939-1945. 3. Australian Service Medal..1) "TX6321 W. Rosenthal"medals, military, medical

Geoffrey R Fink volunteered for military service in early 1940. He served initially with 3rd Division A.A.S.C. but was discharged as being in a reserved occupation at the Aircraft Production Commission. He resigned from the Commission and joined the AIF on 28 July 1941 and was allotted to 2/8th Armoured Regiment. He served with the regiment in New Guinea and on return to Australia was transferred to No 41 Landing Craft Company serving out the war in the South Pacific. Geoffrey Fink died 14 March 2008 aged 86 at Wangaratta Victoria.This object is a well provenance, in good condition and completeness, and is a fine example of the uniform worn by a soldier who served in the Second World War (1939-45) in an unusual combination of roles, armoured corps and water transport. Service dress winter jacket with 'Australia' metal shoulder titles, 'Rising Sun' collar badges, miniature 2nd/8th Armoured Regiment colour patches above Landing Craft Company colour patches. Overseas service chevron on right sleeve. Ribbon bar: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, British War Medal 1939-45 and Australian Service Medal 1939-45. Jacket worn by VX60307 Trooper Geoffrey R Fink, 2nd/8th Armoured Regiment and 41st Landing Craft Company, WWII. uniform, metal, fink geoffrey r mr

These medals are not replicas. Early medals that were issued were not engraved..1) 1939-1945 Star Medal with ribbon, original not engraved. .2) Africa Star Medal with ribbon, original not engraved. .3) War Medal 1939-1945 with ribbon, original not engraved. .4) Under Sec of State for War pamphlet describing medals. .5) Fawn cardboard box to store medals & pamphlet..4) LHS top front in ink: Ted My sincerest wishes & the best of luck and happiness Albert medals, ribbon, containers

Warick Niven Johanson No PM4958 enlisted in the RAN on 9.9.42 aged 17 years 9 months. Posted to HMAS Australia February 1943. Saw service through the Japanese Kamikaze attacks. At discharge from the RAN on 17.4.46 his rank was Signalman HMAS Lonsdale. Refer 2566P.Medal set, court mounted, set of (6) re W Johanson. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific Star. 3. War medal 1939-45. 4. Australian Service Medal. 5. Australian Service Medal 1945-75 with clasp "SW PACIFIC" 6. Phillipines Liberation Medal."PM4958 W.N.Johanson"medals, naval, history

Medals belonging to Pte L.A. Murray, No. VX61585, 22 Australian Brigade WKSP (Workshops). Also known as Lawrence Arthur McCormack, Part of the Cooper Collection. Burma clasp issued to those service personnel who received the Pacific Star but also qualified for the Burma Star. A person could not receive both stars.1. Court mounted WW2 medal set consisting of five medals and ribbons; 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star with Burma clasp, Defence Medal, War medal 1939-1945, Australian Service Medal. 2. Court mounted WW2 miniature medal set consisting of five medals as per 1.Inscribed on back of stars and rims of disc shaped medals: VX61585 L.A. Murray.cooper collection, l.a. mccormick, ww2, medal set, miniature medals

William Dower took up 10 acres at Mt Dandenong in 1898. He secured a property known as Cambridge Gardens which was located between the present Mt Dandenong Tourist Road and Yarrabee Road. William and his wife Elizabeth had seven sons (Will, Harry, Bert, Walter, Joe, Edgar and Robert) and four daughters (Emmy, May, Ada and Ruby). There was a two room slab hut on the property when they took possession and they added another five rooms using trees from the property. The Pig and Whistle Tea Rooms referred to in the inscription is now Tatra Hut. Sepia coloured photograph (copy of an original) showing a cottage in the centre of a cleared area with a fence at the front and a significant dead tree left of centre. There is an inscription typed below the photograph.1911 Cambridge gardens, Mt Dandenong (Opposite Pig and Whistle Tea Rooms showing the original Main Road)dower, william dower, elizabeth dower, will dower, harry dower, bert dower, walter dower, joe dower, edgar dower, robert dower, emmy dower, ada dower, ruby dower, may dower, tatra hut, pig and whistle, cambridge gardens, yarrabee road

The FULLERPHONE was invented by Capt AC Fuller British Army to resolve a “Eavesdropping” problem by the enemy in 1915. This model was introduced in 1939 and several other MK variations followed later on.Fuller phone MKIV, green wooden box with metal hinged lid, steel strapping around box & lid. Steel handles on 2 sides. Inside is the phone apparatus. On the lid inside is metal plate with instructions on use.“Fuller Phone MKIV 2005”military equpment - communications, communications - telegraphic, fuller

Prayer booklet published by the Church of England Emergency Civil Defence Committee, Diocese of Adelaide, in 1939 for those on active service. Contains holy communion, commandments, prayers, psalms.Booklet with yellow card cover and white pages, printed in black, stapled.prayer booklet - war time, wwii, world war ii

The Warrnambool Methodist Church (now the Uniting Church) was open on the 1st of April 1939. It was built on the site of two previous churches constructed in 1850 and 1857. (See H94-2)Postcard in "The Rose Series", glossy, of the Methodist Church in Warrnambool, its sanctuary, Sunday School, and KindergartenMethodist Church Warrnambool, Vic. P 10910warrnambool; methodist church; uniting church; koroit street; liebig street

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Prospectus of Central Deborah Gold Mining Company NL. Item date: June 1939. Book soft cover 3 copies. A/ Application and map intact. Excellent condition. B/ Map and Application intact, fold crease down centre. Good condition. C/ No map no Application. Good condition.McColl Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, mining, central deborah gold mining co nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, prospectus of central deborah gold mining company nl. june 1939.

Yields information about the control of traffic in the City of Ballarat and driving of motor cars.Two page duplicated instruction - Ballarat Traffic Code - dated 1/8/1939 issued by the SEC to driver's of Commission vehicles about the traffic rules to apply in Ballarat. Has definitions, stopping, giving way, driving with trams, passing vehicles, right turns, parking, safety zones, Sturt St and general behaviour.trams, tramways, sec, instructions, safety zone, tram stops, motor vehicles

Yields information about the stringing of the overhead for various temperatures and span - would have been used in the field.Duplicate copy - Memo from Electrical Engineer to General Superintendent, dated 26/3/1939, giving "Electric Railway" stringing tables for 3/0 grooved wire on 40 and 80 for spans, against given temperatures. Has initials ET/MB/LH in bottom left hand corner. Copy to Electrical Superintendent.trams, tramways, overhead, trolley wire

Negative of a cable set in Lonsdale St crossing Swanston St, possibly on the last day of operation 14/4/1939. Trailer 286. Has in the background Worthmore's Shoe Store and Denyers depot or store. In Swanston St is a W2. Photographer could be Wal Larsen based on negative size - see Reg Item 5064.Written on rear of album print - "Cable and electric trams at corner of Lonsdale and Swanston Sts."trams, tramways, cable trams, lonsdale st, swanston st, tram 286

Tram tracks being laid in Ryrie St., just west of the Moorabool intersection. Tracks curving towards the photographer are for the turn to join the South Route, 1911. This connection was removed in 1922. The tower with clockface is the Post Office.Yields information into the early streetscape of Geelong's Ryrie St., and tram track development.Black and white print on paper8-8 written in pencil on the back of the photographgeelong tramtrack laying, ryrie street streetscapoe 1911, geelong post office clock tower

Collection of Accounts, 1911 and 1909 - J F Warren & Co, The Economic Timber and Iron Yards, Hargreaves St East. Document from 1909 is in poor condition and, in part, not legible (torn).business, retail, bendigo, j. f. warren & co

Sebastian Cyanide Works Assay book - May 1910 to May 1911 (entered into book in reverse) J Evans Collection. Pencilled entries re description/location of sample with assay results.bendigo, industry, sebastian cyanide works, sebastian cyandie works

17 documents hand written on plain cream paper detailing costs for various items including leases, searches, etc. Dated from 1911 to 1913 and signed by J L Jones.mine, gold, central blue, central blue mines, costs

A pub on every corner Bendigo & surrounds volume 3, 1911, 1912, & 1913 articles from the Bendigonian newspaper, information on over 200 hotels, 174 pages with black and white photographs.Pamela Houstonbook, hotels, history-victorian-bendigo-hotels.

Postcard: biplane flying over airfield. On bottom 'The 35 HP Avro biplane, winning the endurance prize at Weybridge in a high wind. 1 h.27m 32s. 17th. April, 1911.aviation, civilian, avro biplane, basil watson

Royal Australian Navy 1911-1961 Golden jubilee. Royal Australian Navy Jubilee Souvenir. Highlights from the past, an account of the present, a glimpse of the future. The book has 49 pages.books, military, navy

Durham Duplex cream and steel razor with plastic handle. Has three interchangeable blades in cardboard box. Patented July 4 1911. Plus blue plastic case with red top. cut-throat razors, shaving equipment

Front of four Wireless Patrol cars. Top two cars are Alvis and bottom two cars are Wolseley 25HP, circa 1939police vehicles; transport; motor police branch; wolseley car; alvis car; wireless patrol

Container cylindrical with colour printing onto tin Robinson's Patent Barley. Mainly blue with red print. Packed November 1939flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Star athletes: Bendigo High's 'A' athletic champions in 1939. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo's Century a supplement to the Bendigo Advertiser volume four: 1930-1939. On the front a picture of women at the Bendigo Jockey Club, 1930s.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, centenary supplements

Medals, replica, 5 mounted with ribbons. 1939/45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal.VX31174 W J Craigworld war 2, world war ii, world war two, ww2, wwii, 2nd aif