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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - STATE COAL MINE, WONTHAGGI
Handwritten extract from M. & Geol. Journal, Jan,y 1940. Notes mention winders, shaft guides, cages and skips.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, state coal mine wonthaggi, m & geol journal jan 1940, t platt inspector of mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GEORGE MEAKIN COLLECTION: ORDER BOOK 1937 - 1940
35 page tailor's order book, entries dating from October 1937 to February 1940. 5 entries per page.bendigo, business, geo meakin tailor -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sketch, Dhurringile, 1939
Given to a guard at Dhurringile, Arthur Severino. Passed on to his son, William, upon his death. Also donated some photos - cat. no. 1203.7Pencil & ink? drawing of Dhurringile Mansion by an internee there. Given to garrison member Arthur Severino, who was there November 1939 - June 1940.Tatura - Dhurringile 1939.|Signature of artist bottom right of sketch, not very legible. R---? A? J---?tatura, dhurringile, garrison, civilian internees -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Elsie M Dicker, Ex Stawellites at Fitzroy Gardens c1940's
gathering of Ex Stawellites at Fitzroy Gardens 26th JanuaryFour Panoramic photographs of Ex Stawellites at Fitzroy Gardens. One dated 1943. one 1948 and two dated 1940'sSent by E.M. Dicker 170 Auburn Rd Auburncelebrations -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Following the outbreak of WW2 milita regiments were called up for periods of training.Black and white photograph of group of soldiers in uniform and basic webbing being 3 Troop 13th Light Horse 1940 - 19541'lighthorse milita -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document (collection) - Plant catalogues, brochures & newsletters, Grace Fraser (1921 - 2010) Collection
grace fraser, burnley college, plant cataloguesgrace fraser, burnley college, plant catalogues -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, ROGER PURCELL, BALARAT
ORIGINAL PHOTOGAPH OWNED BY MRS. LENA COOK.BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH [COPY] WALTER COOK SENIOR. PLOUGHING WITH HORSES AT HIS FARM ON COOK'S ROAD TOURELLO. CIRCA 1940.local history, photography, photographs, early citizens -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: MISS JESSIE BURNETT
A black and white photograph of Miss Jessie Burnett with two students in front of teaching portables. c. 1940's. See 3320.100bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, bendigo teachers' college, tertiary education, teacher training, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, teaching, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, history, fashion, costume, clothing -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative - Geelong bogie 35 turning into Ryrie St from Aberdeen St, Wal Jack, 23-6-1949
Geelong bogie 35 turning into Ryrie St from Aberdeen St with the destination of East. Has the Town Hall clock tower in the photo. See item 9052 for a photograph print 23-6-1949. Yields information about Geelong 35 and Ryrie St. Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file. trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, aberdeen st, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Geelong No. 35, Wal Jack, 23-6-1949
Geelong bogie 35 turning into Ryrie St from Aberdeen St with the destination of East. Has the Town Hall clock tower in the photo. See item 7817 for the negative. Dated 23-6-1949.Yields information about Geelong 35 and Ryrie St.Black and white photograph, with hand written details on rear.See rear image. tramways, trams, geelong, ryrie st, tram 35, aberdeen st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack, 23/06/1949 12:00:00 AM
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of Geelong No. 2 at the junction of the Newtown line. Has the destination of Chilwell. Photo by Wal Jack 23-6-1949. i1 - scan of print in the album i2 - rear of image i3 - scan of negative at 3200dpi added 6/6/2020. On rear in ink "SEC Geelong No. 2 leaving Newtown Junc for Chilwell 23-6-49" Has the Wal Jack copyright stamp in the top right hand corner with the number "T282" written in..trams, tramways, geelong, newtown, chilwell, tram 2 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack, 23/06/1949 12:00:00 AM
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No 19, from West, turning out of Pakington St into Aberdeen St. 23-6-1949, photo by Wal Jack. i1 - scan of print in the album i2 - rear of image i3 - scan of negative at 3200dpi added 18/6/2020.Has the rear in ink "SEC Geelong, No. 19 ex West turning out of Pakington St into Aberdeen St, 23 June '49". Has the Wal Jack copyright stamp on the rear with the number T291 written in.trams, tramways, geelong, west, pakington st, tram 19 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty Ltd, The Australian Soldiers' Pocket Book : Containing useful information for Australian soldiers, 1940
Booklet produced in 1940 for members of the 2nd AIF by the Australian Comforts Fund Victorian Division. The 128-page pocket-sized book could be carried everywhere and provided Australian soldiers with a wide range of useful information about the requirements of war service and many other important details such as: The Laws and Customs of War - including Geneva Convention guidelines, notes on spies and insignia of rank; Things a Soldier should Know - including over 60 points; Signaling - including flags, morse code, shipboard bell times and time zone; Decorations Awarded to Australians in the Great War; Arabic and Japanese words; First Aid for gas injuries etc.; Australian Historical Events, facts and figures etc.; and Conduct Overseas - including expectations of behaviour when representing Australia. non-fictionaustralian comforts fund (victoria), second world war 1939-1945, hugh george ferguson -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Country Women's Association of Victoria, Country Crafts - CWA, 1950
This book is a periodical that the Tawonga C.W.A. group received each year with news, hints, ideas etc. of all CWA groups in Victoria. The Tawonga branch of the C.W.A. commenced on the 7th Feb. 1946 and often combined activities with the other branches in the Kiewa Valley. The C.W.A. aimed to improve health, welfare and education for women and children in the country.Women living in Tawonga were mostly on farms and, in 1946, when the branch commenced would have been feeling more remote with WW11 having had an effect on available workers and the well being of the women and children.Hard covered bound green book with 345 slightly yellowing pages. 1949 periodical book Vol. XIX No.1 (- 12) 1st January 1949 - (December) reporting on activities of C.W.A. clubs in Victoria. It is set out month by month but isn't indexed. Subscription: 4/- per annum; 5/- per year, posted; 4d. per Copy, 5 and a half pence postedCover: "Country Crafts with CWA logo."country women's association of victoria. country crafts. tawonga. c.w.a. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Packet, Winnington Grammar School - letters, reports, handwritten history, newspaper clippings 1924 - 1961, 1916-1961
Packet / pdf file : Winnington Grammar School letters, printed matter, articles, Newspaper articles, annual report 1949. Dqates range from 1924 to 1947 and include brief history of the school. +Additional Keywords: Pearson, Cr. H.F., Mayor of Ringwood 1949 Annual Report hardcopy is filed separately as VC 11107 but is still included in this pdf. (Microfiched then converted to pdf #4043) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GUINEY COLLECTION: MATTHEWS BROS INVOICE AND ACCOUNT RENDEREDS
a. Pink invoice, dark pink print, dated 1st December 1949. Invoice issued by Matthews Bros., Hargreaves Street, Bendigo to Mrs. J. Guiney, 126 Sternberg Street, Bendigo, for dress material. On letterhead: ' Look for the busy red emporium' and "Where quality tells'' b. 3 account rendered documents, dated July 1934, March 1939, December, 1949, and November 1959.bendigo, business, matthews bros -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Magazine - Periodical, Port of Melbourne Quarterly, 1948 - 1950
10 copies of Port of Melbourne Quarterly 1948-50 .01 Jan-March 1948 ; .02 April - June 1948 : .03 July- September 1948 : .04 - October -December 1948; .05 - July - September 1949; .06 October - December 1949; .07 January - March 1950 ; .08 April - June 1950; .09 July - September 1950; .10 - October - December 1950transport - shipping, maritime, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph, 2 B&W, 1898 The O'Maras', Sandringham Fishermen : Date Unknown, Mud Brick House, 1898 The O'Maras', Sandringham Fishermen Date Unknown, Mud Brick House, 1898
The O'Maras, of Sandringham fishermen. Early mud brick house. Located in Moorabbin and was still there in 1940. The house was situated in Reserve Road, almost opposite Wangara Road, (formerly Cemetery Road). About twelve years ago, (* the writer states no year), there was a vacant block where the house used to be - it was next to a electrical factory. 2x Black and White Photographs. (i) An 1898 photograph showing two men with a fishing boat on the beach. A beach house / shed , paling fence and tall tea-trees are seen in the background. (ii) A large early mud brick house with a tin roof, chimney and a water tank sitting on a block of grassed landWritten on back (i) The O'Maras / Sandringham / fishermen 1898 (ii) Mud brick house at Moorabbin ( house was there in 1940) / Situated in Reserve Road almost opposite Wangara Road / ( formerly Cemetery Road ). About 12 years ago there was a vacant block where the house used to be and it was next to an electrical factory. unsigned undatedthe o'maras, sandringham fisherman, 1898, mud brick house, moorabbin, wangara road, reserve road, electrical factory, early settlers, pioneers, shire of moorabbin, sandringham, beaumaris, mentone, fishermen, dairy farmaers, poultry farmers, market gardeners, -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: DEBORAH GOLD MINE NL INSURANCE POLICIES, 1939, 1940, 1942
McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: Deborah Gold Mine NL Insurance policies. 3 copies, dated 1939, 1940 and 1942. Sun Insurance Office Ltd, Burglary, 239838. Sun Insurance Office Limited, policy 17316842. State Accident Insurance Office, Mines Policy 46289.Sun insurance, State Accident Insurance.organization, mining, deborah gold mine nl insurance, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: deborah gold mine nl, goldmining, mining, insurance -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: DEBORAH UNITED GOLD MINING CO. MACHINERY FILE, 1940 - 1945
Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Deborah United Gold Mining Co. Machinery File. Buff fooscap folder. Letters enclosed relate to machinery e.g. quotations for machinery repairs and purchases, tenders for dam, erection of winding plant and poppet legs. August 1940 - December 1945.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, deborah united gold mine nl, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, deborah united gold mining co., gold mining, machinery, poppet legs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NELL GWYNNE REEF - MINUTE BOOK, 26/11/1940 - 30/10/49
Document. Green book with red binding and white label on the front. Hand written. Wages & supply purchasing ledger from 26/11/1940 to 30/10/49. Pages 1 - 89. Pages 350 - 357 contain inventory for the mine. Pages 90 - 349 unused.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, nell gwynne reef mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, nell gwynne reef gmc, gold mining, inventory, purchasing ledger -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Lee A Ratten, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's
Black and white photograph of Bendigo 12 in possibly Mitchell St. Photograph, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's, Destination not able to be read. Has a building with the word "Gas" in the background. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, bendigo, mitchell st, tram 12 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, mid 1940's
Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file of Geelong No. 35 at the Belmont terminus, c 1950. Tram has the destination of Belmont. The driver and conductor are conferring. A very similar image is Reg Item 7116, attributed to Ken McCarthy. Photo mid 1940's. trams, tramways, geelong, belmont, tram 35 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Black and white photo, Backhouse Dairy Cart, c. 1940's
Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Black & white photo of Len Blood and 'Backhouse Dairy' cart.'Bonnie' & milkman, Len Blood were a familiar sight in the 1940's see page 125|There were two dairies until Don Watts merged them. Shortly afterwards in 1953 Ireland's purchased the business.blood, len, backhouse dairy, ireland's dairy, watts don -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Collins St Looking East, Melbourne Vic", late 1940's
Postcard - Black and White - Rose Series P3726, titled "Collins St Looking East, Melbourne Vic", with the intersection of Market St and Collins St in the foreground. Photo possibly late 1940's. On the rear - has a divided back, and "A Real Photograph" " & Produced in Australia" and company address.On the rear has the stamp of Graeme S Breydon - see image i2.trams, tramways, collins st, market st, melbourne -
Merbein District Historical Society
Functional object - School case, 1940-1950
School case usedby girls in 1940's and 1950's Merbein Higher Elementary .Brown leather school case education, school, elementary school, merbein -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - String bag, C 1940-1960
Popular before plastic bags, string bags home made circa 1940-1960Shopping bag of cotton string; folded into round crocheted purse, fastened with plastic bone button and crocheted loop. Unfolded, the purse functions as base. Colour bone. Two handles made of button-hole loop.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, personal effects, travel goods -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Bendigo circa 1930-1940, 19/09/2017
8548a Eight photographs of Bendigo circa 1930-1940, provided with printed envelope, photos cover: Pall Mall, Central Deborah Gold Mine, Alexandra Fountain, Bendigo City Hall, Rosiland Park, the City Baths, Civic Building, and the Conservatory Gardens. 8548b envelope for eight photos of Bendigo circa 1930-1940. each photograph is named.photographs of central bendigo landmarks, b&w photos -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Album - Photographic album, 1948
This item provides a picture of the route taken by the M/V Fenris.The album provides an insight into the ways of life in many different port cities of North and South America as well as Europe. Photograph album with wooden covers with 31 pages of photos, many loose. Depicts journey by Allan Quinn while aboard the M/V Fenris in 1948-1949. Inside front cover contains handwritten itinerary of the voyage. Cover is made of brown wood with inset wooden picture of sea and land. Back cover is plain.fenris, voyage, album, photographs, allan quinn, seamen, sailors, seafarers -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Programme - Program - 19 November 1949 Proclamation of Portland, Victoria, Nov-45
Program, typed, brown covers, blue program, proclamation of Portland as a town, by His Excellency, General Sir Dallas Brooks, Governor of Victoria, Nov 19th 1949