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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Souvenir, Pat Grainger, Souvenir Ticket Lee-Ar-Day Days 1999, November 1999
Wilbraham LIARDET & his family arrived on what was to be known as Sandridge Beach in November 1839. The Lee-Ar-Day Days festival was a weekend program of events celebrating this centenary with activities such as sandcastle building featured on this ticket.Pale orange card with black print.Permit to build a sandcastle.celebrations - centenaries, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, liardet family, city of port phillip cultural programs board -
Chelsea & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Heffernan's Hotel, Carrum, c 1912
Thomas Heffernam (1860-1934) purchased the Carrum Hotel situated in Point Nepean Road (now Nepean Highway). The hotel was previously called Long Beach Hotel. The Riviera Hotel now occupies this site (2025).Black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of Carrum Hotel (Heffernan's), CarrumHeffernan's Carrum Hotel; Afternoon Teacarrum, seaford, carrum hotel, horse and cart, long beach hotel, riviera hotel, heffernan -
Chelsea & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Chalet at Aspendale, 1910
The Aspendale Chalet was about 18 miles from Melbourne between the railway station and the beach. It was a seaside "resort" where people could camp amongst the ti-trees. In 1911, the Chalet was subdivided and the blocks were sold.Four guest sitting on deck chairs in the Chalet gardens.chalet, aspendale, holidays -
Peterborough History Group
Poster - Sandcastle Competition Annual Advertising Posters
The Peterborough Sandcastle competition has been running for at least 80 years. Wokka Moore was the first "Lady Mayoress", judge of the competition, who arrived with great ceremony using different means of transport over the years - always accompanied by a "Lady in Waiting". Traditionally, this was held on the Australia Day long weekend. Competition was divided into age groups, and the venue depended on whether the river was open or closed. (If it was open there is no sand on the Front Beach). Materials used could only be what was found on the beach. Currently (2021) the Sandcastle Committee is calling for photos, memorabilia and details of winners from over the years.This event has been running for a very long time , apparently uninterrupted. It is significant to the town because of its inclusive nature - there was high anticipation and planning by the children. The roles of Lady Mayoress and Lady in Waiting were keenly sought. Wokka Moore did the job for a long time then passed the baton. Others who were honoured over the years include Alec Calvert, eight posters of various sizes with hand drawn pictures, some with dates but not year of event.sandcastle competition, peterborough, peterborough sandcastle competition, traditional summer event peterborough -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Somers Camp, Not known
Photo taken of eager Junior Legatee’s on their arrival at Lord Somers Camp. The date is unknown. Summer camps were conducted at Somers Camp, Somers, Victoria, for many years for the children of deceased ex-servicemen. The camps started back in the early days of Legacy when the founder of Legacy, Stan Savige, had a beach side property in Balnarring (Palm Beach, Somers) that he allowed to be used for summer camps and outings by Legacy. Initially there were outings and picnics. In the 1930s permanent camp buildings were erected. There was an official handover of a long leasehold to Legacy and formal documents are in the archive.A record of the camps run by Melbourne Legacy for the children. Legacy arranged many outings and events for the junior legatees.Black and white photo of Junior Legatees arriving with their suitcases at Lord Somers Camp.junior legatee outing, somers camp, camp -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Tablecloth
A square, souvenir tablecloth from the Channel Islands. On an azure background, all the islands are printed and named on the tablecloth, as well as the names of the towns, villages and the bays of both Jersey and Guernsey. There are four rectangular pictures, surrounded by a white border, representing significant places and buildings, as well as others, without borders, depicting old and modern ships, a compass, a coat of arms and the distinctive Jersey and Guernsey cow.There is a red and white border, almost at the edge of the azure background and in each corner is printed a white anchor and rope. There is also a 3 cm. plain white outer border around the tablecloth.Names of places, beaches and bays on the Channel islands. Pictorial representations of significant places and buildings and a white anchor and rope in each of the four corners. "Exclusive to Creaseys of Guernsey" is printed at the bottom left hand corner of the tablecloth.table ware., household textiles., table linen. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph - Set of 10 Photographs & Envelope, The Rose Stereograph Company, 1940s
George Rose was born in Clunes, Victoria in 1861 and later worked in his father’s boot-making business in Prahran while studying photography. In 1880 he founded the Rose Stereograph Company and became famous for producing stereographs, or stereoviews, which gave the illusion of being in 3D when seen through a hand-held viewer. In 1913, after the world wide decline in popularity of stereographs he turned his attention to the production of postcards which had become very popular in Australia and overseas. He published postcards in Melbourne which included Tasmania views by S. Spurling. Suprlings negatives were acquired by Rose in 1937. The Rose Stereograph Company first started producing the ‘P Series’ postcards in 1913 and continued until 1967 at which time they switched to machine manufactured colour postcards printed by an outside firm. https://sparc.utas.edu.au/index.php/rose-stereograph-company These photographs were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. They are part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”.The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other items and equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery.10 black and white photographs of various places in Warrnambool, together with a buff envelope to contain them. The envelope states that there are 12 photographs, so two are missing. From the W.R. Angus Collection.'Gardens, Warrnambool'; 'Panorama of Warrnambool'; 'Shelly Beach, Warrnambool'; 'The Rocky Coast, Warrnambool'; 'Eagle Rock, Warrnambool'; 'Liebig Street, Warrnambool'; 'Panorama of Warrnambool' (2); 'The Breakwater, Warrnambool'; 'The Avenue, Warrnambool'; 'Timor Street, Warrnambool'. flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, photography, the rose stereograph company -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Souvenir Photographs, Nucolorvue Productions, c 1940
A Souvenir Postcard Folder donated by Derick White.Strip postcard folder of 12 coloured views. 341-01,2,3. The Koala Cafe, Post Office & Bayview Guest looking towards the crn of Thompson Avenue and The Esplanade. The Cowes beach & Pier. The Nobbies and steps to the Blowhole. 341-04,5,6. The Cowes Pier with a ferry and crowd of people. Cape Woolamai coastline. Close up of a koala in a tree. 341-07,8,9. Seals on Seal Rocks. The San Remo pier with a group of people, beach, and main street with Westernport Hotel in the background. Four people standing looking at The Nobbies. 341-10,11,12. The Isle of Wight Hotel and garden (now where the War Memorial stands). View of the Suspension Bridge. View overlooking Rhyll and Westernport with French Island in the background.Description similar to as above.cowes post office, koala cafe, bayview guesthouse cowes, the nobbies, the nobbies & blowhole, seals on seal rocks phillip island, wildlife - koala, cowes pier phillip island, coastline cape woolamai, san remo and pier, the isle of wight hotel cowes phillip island, rhyll phillip island, phillip island suspension bridge, derick white -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, The Met, Set of 3 The Met - Metropolitan Transit, 1983 - 1984
Set of 3 The Met - Metropolitan Transit folded sheet timetables, printed on white paper, gives a map, time points, route description, notes and contact details. Note the contact times have been altered in hand writing. Folded by the half by half method. .1 - Routes 1 and 2 - South Melbourne Beach via Swanston St and Route 4 - South Melbourne Depot - City - October 1984. .2 - Routes 10 and 11 - West Preston via Collins St and route 13 - via Latrobe St - dated May 1984. .3 - Route 15 and 16 - St Kilda Beach - City via Swanston St - July 1983.trams, tramways, timetables, tickets, tram services, la trobe st, latrobe st, route 10, route 11, route 13, route 15, route 16, route 1, route 2, route 4 -
Offshore & Specialist Ships Australia
Album - Bream A Construction project Bass Strait 1987 Photograph Album
0007-013. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. The project is just starting. This photograph shows Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels Lady Lorraine, Lady Cynthia, and Lady Carojine, Anchor Handling Tug (AHT)Lady Florence, and Derrick Barge DB 29 alongside Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland, Victoria. The DB 21 is taking on board equipment for the project prior to be towed out and positioned at the location in Bass Strait where the production platform Bream A will be installed. 0007-014. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. Derrick barge DB 29 loading project equipment with Lady Lorraine alongside Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland Victoria. Also alongside the wharf is the barge Intermac 256 which is being prepared to having the Bream A Jacket (a Jacket is the base of the platform that will be landed on the sea floor and will then be pinned in place with piles driven down into the sea bed). 0007-017. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. Helicopter on DB 29 helipad ready for take off with Lady Lorraine, Lady Gay and Lady Cynthia at Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland, Victoria. 0007-016. Bream A Project , Bass Strait 1987. Helicopter taking off from DB 29 with Lady Lorraine and Lady Gay at Barry Beach Marine Terminal, Gippsland, Victoria.Green, with gold border trimming photo album, containing 38 photographs depicting ships, barges and the construction of the Bream A oil and gas production platform in Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia 1987. -
Phillip Island Conservation Society Inc.
Work on paper - Photocopy of newspaper cutting, The Express, "SURFERS' FIRES KILL/ PENGUINS - FIREMEN//NOT US:/SURFERS"
Written during the 1960s when surfing was burgeoning across Australia’s coast and Phillip Island surf beaches had become extremely popular, few management strategies were in place to control interaction of the public with the delicate flora and fauna of the coastal environments. There were few good access tracks, car parks, bins, toilets etc at coastal/surfing hotspots around the Phillip Island coast. A number of management issues occurred with the influx of surfers. These included dune erosion caused by surfers climbing dunes to see the surf before going on the beach; informal parking on wildlife habitat; numerous access paths from wherever cars were parked down to the beach cutting through habitat; illegal camping on foreshores; illegal lighting of fires on beach and in dunes; surfers’ dogs let out of the car while surfers were out on the water. The dogs were uncontrolled. Certainly some surfers behaved responsibly, as is almost invariably the case these days. However, in that era of this article few people understood the delicate nature of the coastal environment and that it need to be protected through public education, infrastructure and enforcement of regulations. As now, most rural Fire services were run by dedicated volunteers who faced many challenges in their roles as Country Fire Authority firefighters. However, it was not uncommon for visitors and locals to also assist with fire-fighting efforts.The article is significant in containing quotes from both sides of the discussion who were directly involved in coastal fire incidents on Phillip Island in the 1960s. It also indicates the large number of surfers visiting Phillip Island beaches, the volunteer nature of the firefighting service and the extra challenges they faced on Phillip Island as a visitor destination. The anonymous university student surfer who is quoted, also describes possible causes of the fires, methods he and his fellow surfers used to extinguish the fires and raise the alarm, and the way they assisted the volunteer firefighters . The reference to him breaking into one of the Summerland housing estate holiday houses is also significant because that housing estate was purchased over 2 decades by successive Victorian governments to remove management issues caused to the wildlife habitat on Summerland Peninsula.Photocopy of newspaper cuttings including 2 related articles. Five columns of black text on white paper with one poorly reproduced photo bottom rightphillip island, cat bay, country fire authority, artie murdoch, alf towns, frank dixon, barry thompson, newhaven-san remo rural fire brigade, penguin parade, cowrie beach, surfers, coastal fires -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Souvenir, Pat Grainger, Souvenir Ticket Lee-Ar-Day Days 1999, November 1999
Wilbraham LIARDET & his family arrived on what was to be known as Sandridge Beach in November 1839. The Lee-Ar-Day Days festival was a weekend program of events celebrating this centenary with activities such as a Horse & Carriage Journey featured on this ticket.Red card with black print for a Horse and Carriage Journey. Sunday 14 November down left hand side.celebrations - centenaries, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, liardet family, city of port phillip cultural programs board -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Souvenir, Pat Grainger, Souvenir Ticket Lee-Ar-Day Days 1999, November 1999
Wilbraham LIARDET & his family arrived on what was to be known as Sandridge Beach in November 1839. The Lee-Ar-Day Days festival was a weekend program of events celebrating this centenary with activities such as Liardet Carriage Tour featured on this ticket.Yellow card with black print for Liardet Carraiage Tour. Sunday 14 November down left hand side.celebrations - centenaries, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, liardet family, city of port phillip cultural programs board -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Gold 104 advertisement for sand sculpture exhibition at Rye, 2003, 2003
Advertisement for sand sculpturing exhibition at Rye beach, supported by radio station Gold 104. Each weekend until March 10, 2003 to see the life size sculptures at Rye, with proceeds supporting Vision Australia Foundation.1 sound file of radio advertisementvision australia foundation, gold 104, fundraising -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Geelong 10 at Newtown, Ken Winney, May 1947
The photo shows Geelong tram No. 10 at the Newtown terminus, showing the return destination of Beach. Note the large overhead pan to assist the crew in locating the trolley pole, particularly at night. Photo by Ken Winney May 1947.Yields information about the Geelong Newtown terminus and tram 10Black and white photograph with typed details on rear.Typed on rear "Car No 10 at the Newtown terminus (Geelong), May 1947". Ken Magor stamp and "K Winney" tramways, trams, geelong, newtown, tram 10 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Print - PRINT, FRAMED WW1, Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Limited, 2015
From Information book; "Reader's Digest/ Gallipoli/ 25th April 1915 - 9th January 1916/ Centenary Commemorative Prints". Collection of 20 prints. Refer Cat No. 7300.Framed print. Print - colour print on paper. Copy of an oil painting with pencil on wood. Depicts a cove with sea, sand and hills. Ruined buildings and structures visible on the beach. Horse eating grass in the foreground. Frame - Black plastic framing with glass front and MDF board backing with adhered black paper.Details below print - in black ink; " GEORGE W LAMBERT (1873-1930) Anzac Cove, 1919" “GEORGE W LAMBERT, unable to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in London, joined Voluntary Training Corps". Appointed an official Australia War Artist, Australian Imperial Force 1917. framed accessories, prints, ww1, gallipoli, centenary -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Sculpture - Bas-relief, Untitled (Modern Portland Port View), n.d
Commissioned by State Bank to produce 5 copper bas-reliefs for 73 Percy Street, Portland. Spoke with Miss Betty Vivian (Member of the Portland Historical Society) re Portland's history. Commonwealth Bank stored objects in Melbourne (c.1991). Negotiations between Portland Historical Society and Commonwealth Bank of Australia led to gift of works to People of Portland. Stored at Council depot c.1998, retrieved for Maritime Discovery Centre display.Copper bas-relief. Depicting of port with 14 large silos and a large domed shed in background. On horizon line is a wharf with a ship berthed. In foreground left is a pier stump with wood nailed to it, and leaning on it is a large anchor with a rope tied to it. In foreground left is a beach area, diminishing rapidly toward port in background.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (unknown)sculpture, bas-relief, copper, port of portland, portland harbour -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Couta Boats Fishing Fleet of Portland, n.d
Con Kroker CollectionBlack & white photograph of part of the Couta Boats fishing fleet of Portland. There is a clinker-built couta-boat with a man in it, in the foreground and another man in a clinker-built dinghy hanging onto the couta boat. There is a second clinker-built dinghy tied up to the couta-boat. Henty Beach and Botanic Gardens are in the background. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Headwear - Town Crier's Hat - Syd Cuffe, 1988-1995
Syd Cuffe was the Portland Town Crier from 1983 to 2013. The role of Town Crier was created for Syd Cuffe in 1983 in the lead up to Portland’s 150th anniversary celebrations held in 1984-85. 200 items from Mr. Cuffe’s estate were donated to the Glenelg Shire Cultural Collection. The items relate to his town crying activities and community work across the Shire and further afield.Syd Cuffe's Town crier's hat. Black felt, sides turned up with point in brim at front, trimmed in gold braid, gold feather, round white felt Portland souvenir, cloth patch on one side of turned-up brim, printed in red and blue with image of beach, tree and yachtsyd cuffe, headwear, ceremonial clothing, town crier -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print - Reproductive Print, Portland from the Bay, n.d
Port of Portland CollectionFront: Portland from the Bay (lower centre, printed) Back: 18 UL Pencil, 1996 UR Pencilport of portland -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Painting - Maritime, 19th century
This handmade picture has been painted on a cast plaster or composition frame. Plaster frames were popular in the e19th century. The material is quite fragile and many pictures from this era suffer from damage such as chips and cracks.This simple handmade painting on cast composite frame is typical of 19th century art work found in middle and upper class Victorian homes of that era. It cannot be attributed to a particular artist due to lack of inscriptons.Painting, oil on composite material, handmade Pink coloured cast composite oval frame with decorative border. Painting depicts two figures in a small green boat on the shore, sandy beach, rocks nearby, small surf waves, mild sea, two sailing vessels in background. No inscription on front of painting. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, victorian art work, maritime scen, composite material, plaster, cast frame, oval frame, victorian era -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Fox Hay & Co, Beach Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .07 - Fox Hay & Co. 42-54 Beach Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, fox hay timber and hardware pty ltd -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Picturesque Warrnambool, 1891
This book presents a pictorial and written record of Warrnambool in 1891.It covers a wide range of topics. It provides statistical evidence relating to public buildings and organisations of that era, as well as basic information about district points of interest. The Mechanics Institute, the Common, Albert Park, the rivers, the Museum and the Sea Baths are all mentioned. The various drawings and advertisements provide a list of businesses which were prevalent at the time. As this book is one of only two complete copies documented to be still in existence, it is of considerable significance and importance to our collection. The drawings and text are artistically very much of the era and are aesthetically pleasing. Cardboard cover with picture of people on beach in tones of yellow, pink and blue sitting within a circle. Dark purple cloth spine binding. Back cover has drawing of Western Hotel. Pages are not numbered and there are a number of coloured and black and white drawings. Title is in dark purple and Warrnambool is in pink and blue tonesOn front cover “The Mermaids Caves” 1896. 1891 written in pen beneath roman numerals on bottom of title page. List of numbers written down title page in black pen.warrnambool, picturesque warrnambool, warrnambool 1891,, warrnambool, warrnambool 1891 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Red Cross Combi Van 2
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 Carmel O'Shea, from the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. She is a Red Cross staff person and is assisting Private Dave Henderson, a wounded forward scout from 8 RAR, return to the Red Cross vehicle for the trip back from the beach.photograph, carmel o'shea, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, red cross, pte dave henderson, 8 rar, combi van, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, wounded servicemen, back beach -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Back Beach Walk
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 coloured photograph of Lt Patricia Ferguson walks up 'Back' beach after talking to her brother Trooper Peter Ferguson the driver, seen bending over the left most Armoured Personnel Carrier. Both carriers had just been collected form workshops after being "up-armoured:.photograph, lt patricia ferguson, trooper peter ferguson, apc, back beach, gibbons collection catalogue, armoured personnel carrier, denis gibbons -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 36, 29 at St Kilda Station, 12 January 1954
The photograph shows VR tram 36 at St Kilda Railway Station with the driver in summer jacket raising the rear trolley pole. The tram displays destination Vautier St, an intermediate terminus about three kms from the station. VR tram 29 is also arriving at the terminus with weather blinds and saloon sunshades raised to shunt over tram 36. Its destination sign is indistinct but appears to be Middle Brighton or Brighton Beach. This movement of multiple shunting was common in the afternoon peak. Up to three trams would depart simultaneously following the arrival of a busy electric train from the city. The first tram would travel limited express to Brighton Beach; the second tram also ran limited express to the intermediate terminus at Middle Brighton; the last tram stopped all stops to Vaitier St, then return to repeat the same run. Also in the photograph is a M&MTB W2 tram in Fitzroy St crossing the VR tracks bound for its Acland St, St Kilda Beach terminus.Yields information about St Kilda Railway Station VR 36, Vr 29, and tram operationsSepia photograph with note on the rear.In ink on the rear " 36,29, &a W2 at M&MTB/VR crossing St Kilda Stn 12-1-54 1035"vr tram, st kilda railway station, weather blinds, middle brighton, tram 36, tram 29, brighton beach, vautier st, limited express, intermediate terminus, m&mtb, w2, fitzroy st, acland st -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - Journal Town of Warrnambool 1914-1926, Circa 1914
This journal shows payments made for a number of Council and community expenses. It includes entries relating to Town Hall, Botanic gardens, Parks, road costs, baths, beach improvements, Warrnambool Racing Club. It shows account transfer journals Provides an overview of expenses of Council in the early 20th century.Dark blue water wave fabric over card with light brown points and binding. Red leather label with gold text and border. Pages edged in pink green, yellow and white pattern. 102 Pages.Journal Town of Warrnambooltown of warrnambool 1914-1926, warrnambool expenses 1920, warrnambool town hall, warrnambool baths -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - Ledger Warrnambool City Council cash book 1940-1946, Circa 1940
This cash book contains details of payments made and money collected from the period 1940-1946 There are expenses such as road maintenance, stationery, Abattoirs, ice, Botanic Gardens, Booval Gardens, beach improvements, sanitary services, salaries and wages.This cash book provides a detailed description of the day to day expenses of running a city council in the 1940’s. Large green cloth hard cover with tan point and spine. Inside front and back covers is patterned red and blue with thick black diagonal lines. It has binding tape inside front and rear covers. 201 pages edged in pink, green, yellow, and white. The pages have the heading in black print, “City Of Warrnambool.”Label inside front cover,” E. Whitehead & Co, Pty Ltd, Stationers, general Printers and Account Book Manufacturers, Griffin House, 21 Equitable Place, Melbourne. Ref No. 16380. warrnambool city expenses 1940, warrnambool city ledger 1940-1946, warrnambool history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter, 'Herb' 1st ....... AIF, 7 May 1915
This is a personal description of this man's (Herb) landing on the beach at Gallipoli 25 April 1915. The casualties, the explosions and bullets everywhere. Herb was wounded. At the bottom of the letter he asks "Herb?" to take his stripper down to Tom Edwards Place.This is a one quarto page, lined. Handwritten on both sides is a letter to "Bill". The writing is in pencil. Written from Mena Hospital 7 May 1915.gallipoli landing, ww1, wia -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Tool - Whale Harpoon, n.d
City of Portland Collection. Original use by Cheyenes Beach Whaling Co. Albany W.A. Garry Tonkin - Albany W.A. transferred ownership to Brendan Kurtze - Portland Vic. Who then donated object to the City of Portland. 1990's?Whale harpoon modern circa 1970's used in Albany W.A. Explosive head type. Distorted in use, steel, 4 hinged barbs and slotted swivel, tip can be screwed off to load explosives.Front: - Back: -