Framed print, glass fronted, landscape of opening of Hopkins Barracks by HRH the Prince Charles, Colonel-in-Chief Royal Australian Armoured Corps 31 Oct 1985. All RAAC guidons with escort are in line facing dais and guests. A Centurion tank is passing along road next to parade ground with crew commander saluting. Another tank is following.Signed by artist - "J Attard 1986"

The writer says it is very difficult to get accommodation in postwar Oslo, especially during the tourist season. He is paying four kronor a night for a shared room in the Pension whereas he was paying $4 a week for a room in New York. There is no shortage of work although there is food rationing and fruit and meat is scarce and expensive. People live on fish and potatoes.Quinn CollectionFour page letter written on both sides of two sheets of unlined buff-coloured paper (0843.a1-2). Each page is stamped with the letterhead of the Hotel Campbell, Poughkeepsie, New York. The hotel coat-of-arms is displayed top centre of the page and in the left upper corner is a picture of the hotel. Written underneath is Louis W. Parsons, Owner and Manager. The letter is from William F Preston, Pensjon Lindstow, Sven Bruno Gate 9th Oslo and dated 8 July 1950. The non-matching envelope (0843.b) bears a red Norwegian stamp and is postmarked Oslo. It has been post-marked twice.Letter is addressed to Allan and signed 'Bill'.allan quinn collection, letters-from-abroad, william f. preston, oslo, louis w. parsons, new york

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.Framed certificate under glass, white vellum, blue print. White wooden frame, gold decoration. Certificate of Appreciation - Syd Cuffe - Town Crier, Guest Speaker at the Forget-Me-Not Club #704, Anchorage, Alaska, Sept 10 1999Front: Signed by Secretary and President, birosyd cuffe, portland town crier

Issued to Roy Taylor, a Sergeant in the 9th Australian Light Horse. At that time soldiers had to take out private insurance to cover the risk of death or disablement on duty.Yearly military insurance ticket to cover death or disablement while on military duty. Premium was 7 shillings per annum for cover of 100 pounds for death or 2 pounds/week up to 13 weeks for disablement.No 44998. Signed by Manager and Issuing officerinsurance, military

Born in Scotland, Allan Mann studied at the Glasgow School of Art, and worked in many tertiary institutions in Great Britain and Australia. Allan Mann arrived in Australia in 1987, lecturing at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, Queensland, then the Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education Wagga Wagga, NSW, in 1981. He returned to the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland between 1984 and 1985. Allan Mann was appointed to the University of Ballarat (then Ballarat College of Advanced Education) in 1987. He retired as an Associate Professor of the University of Ballarat Arts Academy in 2010.Black, hard-covered artist's book produced in a limited edition of 22 (of which this one is number number 6). The images contained in the book were first created in pastel then scanned and computer manipulated before being Laser copied and Intron transferred onto Indian Khadi Hot Press Natural Off-white 210 gsm paper, in an edition of 22.Signed an numbered by the artist on the ISBN page.allan mann, jeff zilles, artist's book, cpfvs

This book is an authorised textbook for New Zealand Schools of Mines. Red hard covered book of 203 pages. Contents include practical assaying, principles of qualitative Analysis, Volumetric analysis, alcohol tables, atomic weights, apparatus for Assay Plant. frontispage is signed in pencil "H.J. Robertson"chemisty, assaying, james park, h.j. robertson

R.W. Chapman was a professor of Mathematics and Mechanics in at the University of Adelaide.Red hard covered book of 247 pagesSigned in red on front pages "Pescott'astronomy, surveying, chapman

Editorial, Fumes from the lab, Arts & Crafts gossip, Echoes of the past, Sport, The Junior Techs, Answers to correspondents, Alumni, Harold Herbert Bereavements, Noel Hay, Harry Reed, Blue soft covered magazine of 75 pages.Signed on front cover by "H. Darby"ballarat school of mines, v. jeffries, m. holloway, h. r. brown, d. cotton, a. leask, m. greenwood, dr j. r. pound, m. f. timmings, w. carlyon, j. ronaldson, noel hay, e. h. schache, nancy humphries, group photography, moorabool excursion, smb procession, grampians, dentistry, e. hall jones, advertisements

Editorial, Personal Column, S.M.B. Ball, Eastern Life and Customs, Fumes from the Lab, Chemical Excursions, Organic Evolution, Obituary - Professor Mica Smith, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Echoes of the Past, Sport, The Junior TechsCoral coloured soft covered magazine.Signed on first page "Harold Jolly"ballarat school of mines, magazine, jones-smith, j. maude, h. jolly, f. wert, r. fricke, f. sheahan, r. collins, v. jeffries, m. sydes, b. rogers, l. b. evans, e. van beck, o. cocks, m. timmings, h. brown, theo. e. leonard, dr. j. r. pound, f. x. collins, ernest v. duncan, rex warrillow, edwin a. brophy, obituary - professor alfred mica smith, e. t. oliver, f.v. middleton, f. larkin, herald shield

List of Full Course Students' 1936, Editorial, Obituary - L. Hill, Personal Column, Old Boys' Personal, Fumes from the Lab, The Newcastle Trip, War and Women, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Commercial Notes, The Junior TechsYellow soft covered magazine of 60 pages, including advertisements. Artwork * Mr. C - By Albino Paganetti * Bo'sun - By Albino Paganetti * " So then says I ' you can't ask me to do that, boys - its dishonest," - By Jessie Hopwood * come on "(hic)" be serious - By Albino Paganetti * Bill - By Albino Paganetti * Mac - By Albino Paganetti * "I used the fruit bowl this time fro a change" - By Dorothy Woolcock * Mother & Bobby - By Dorothy Woolcock * Ernie - By Nornie Gude * Gateway to the Garden city - By Albino Paganetti * Tip - By Albino Paganetti * Pat - By Jean Coates * Our Dark Horse - By Jean Coates * Moorish Tower, Perth University - By Jessie Hopwood * Sailing Ship Print - By Verma Lynch * Lemon - By Albino Paganetti * Site for the King George memorial - By Gilda Gude * Gladys - By Dorothy Woolcock? * Our Tall Story - By Dorothy Woolcock * Another one today Sylvia - By Nornie Gude * Haze - By Dorothy Woolcock * Commercial Notes - By Leila McLachlan * Fred - By Albino Paganetti * Gordon - By Betty Brown * Gandhi - By Dorothy Woolcock * Ellie - By Gilda Gude * Betty - By Alan Nye * Lost Ball - By E. Prout * Cleaning Ladies - Betty Brown * Rusty - By Gilda Gude * Blondie - By Gilda Gude * Peggy - By Betty Brown * Hocky - By Gilda Gude * Betty - By Gilda Gude * Joan - By Gilda Gude * General - By Max Coward * Twitter - By Gilda Gude * Banjo - By Max Coward * Georgie - By Max Coward * Skinny - By Max Coward * Sydney Jim - By Max Coward * Tommy - By Max Coward * Max - By Max Coward * SOS - By Max Coward * Nipper - By Max Coward * Dasha - By Max Coward * Wee Macgregor - By Albino Paganetti Signed on front cover by "H. Darby".ballarat school of mines, magazine, allan nye, r. rickey, a. gordon, reg warnock, maxwell bayley, sylvia wyres, m. mcrae, albino paganetti, victor hunt, lila welsh, f. g. procter, mr. cochrane, w. coates, d. shore, jessie skelton, l. hill, k. h. wilkie, j. pound, h. maddern, n. pickering, john elliott, paul f. chaplin, w. usebach, fergy and p. macgregor, j. hammer, k. ellwood, j. w. muir, john menhennett, philip harris, j. anderson, william mcdonald, lawrence egan, archibald sneddon, p. holioake, lyle dimsey, a. horsfall, eoin macdonald, james martin, jack mole, bill walters, david flynn, william williams, dororthy billings, clarice mcintosh, gladys bilney, ida shearer, j. brady, g. lamb, grace gordon, elva brimacombe, r. hutchinson, g. leviston, i. mcdonald, w. callighan, t. jones, s. j. chambers, russell ewins, g. berriman, j. walker, r. t. hocking, f. e. capuano, f. w. hassell, c. m. reynolds, r. davies, r. c. white, h. f. forrest, h. h. evans, a. j. ritchie, j. g. kittelty, w. cornish, l. liebhardt, r. allender, a. pobjoy, a. laing, w. j. paterson, v. e. jukes, h. v. bolt, l. c. henderson, c. f. white, nornie gude, gilda gude, max coward, alan nye, betty brown, leila mclachlan, dorothy woolcock, verma lynch, jessie hopwood, jean coates, e. prout

List of Full Course Students' 1937, Editorial, Obituary - Keith Stanley Clarke, Fumes from the Lab, Primitive Papua, A Trip to the North-West Frontier, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Commercial Notes, The Junior TechsWhite soft covered magazine of 54 pages including advertisements.Signed on front cover by H. Darby.ballarat school of mines, magazine, r. hutchinson, r. mchutchinson, j. sadler, a. nye, m. bayley, r. ewins, j. calaby, k. heriot, r. rickey, w. mcdonald, d. woolcott, j. askwith, s. wyres, b. martin, j. martin, p. hollioke, i. leviston, dr pound, m. bayly, g. proctor, e. gribble, i. shearer, keith stanley clarke, douglas shore, w. s. cantelo, vic. hunt, k. mathes, victor leigh, w. williams, jack mole, g. cornell, k. h. wilkie, g. yorke, g. k. sutton, j. wilkinson, gladys bilney, mr cornell, f. holioke, j. snowball, g. watson, m. shoppee, j. graham, w. monteith, k. waller, i. john, a. horsfall, a. veale, p. harris, p. anderson, l. dimsey, w. walters, m. cornell, g. white, f. hollioke, costello, e. mcdonald, d. flynn, a. leviston, mr chambers, j. hassell, k. bolleman, w. h. mcdonald, m. coward, a. morshead, e. dunstan, w. sewell, r. matthews, n. brazenor, v. pound, l. gladman, b. lamb, j. pittard, v. fisher, g. james, d. woolcock, o. williams, m. booley, g. dunstan, g. bilney, j. dean, m. mcrae, e. brimacombe, j. neyland, n. crouch, r. hocking, j. leach, l. coad, k. gingell, g. aird, m. reynolds, e. thomas, c. schafer, l. taylor, h. charlton, h. bedggood, a. george, w. thomas, l. henderson, g. litchfield, e. mccann, r. davies, e. jones, k. cook, g. leigh, w. j. paterson, p. sullivan, n. palmer, f. hasell, t. phillips, d. mcgregor, a. ritchie, r. allender, g. reynolds, r. cooper, e. juke, mr hillman, f. capuano, j. walker, k. evans, b. rowe, c. burgan, jean perkins, lorna perkins, a. janetski

Author Godfrey Himus was assistant professor in fuel technology at teh Imperial College of Science and technology, London, Formerly Chief Chemist to teh Municipal Electricity Department, Shanghai, ChinaGreen hardcovered book of 506 pages. Includes line illustrations. Signed inside front "Adrian Weeks"adrian weeks, fuel technology, godfrey w. himus

Editorial, Fumes from the lab, A trip to Geelong, Arts & Crafts gossip, The Duke and Duchess visit the school, Echoes of the past, A brief description of the rubber industry, Sport, The Junior Techs, A Brief Description of the Rubber Industry, The Troubles of a Wireman, Herald ShieldGreen soft covered magazine. Articles include J.N Rowell, Procession, Rare Metals, Excursion to Geelong, The Duke and Duchess Visit the School, A glimpse of Rabaul. Advertisements include: Maclurkin Motors (Morris) T.J. Haymes, C. Marks & Co., Ballarat Gas Company, Fred. A. Reed (Tobacconist), Wallace Butter Factory, Richards & Co. Studio, Neptune Radio Co, Golden City Vulcanising Co., H. Wardle and Son, J.A. Holland Cycles, Ballarat Radio Co, Drew & Wood, Isaac Abraham, Stansfield and Smith, C.P.A. Taylor, Thornton Studios, Wattle Tea Rooms, Black Cat Tea Rooms. Images include: John N. Rowell, Ballarat School of Mines Procession, sketcj of the Ballarat School of Mines Gardens by Graham Hopwood)Signed on first page by " Harold Jolly".ballarat school of mines, magazine, j. n. rowell, w. g. mchutchison, colin hunt, f. waistcoates, f. v. middleton, c. a. schache, ernest h. schache., rowell, mchutchison, c.a. schache, erenst schache, harold jolly, j.r. pound, n. nicholls, rabaul, new guinea, mica smith scholarship, past students' association, port arthur, mount lyell, queenstown, paper-making, rubber industry, wireman, ernest schache, e. van beek, australian football, thompson shield, graham hopwood, a. t. morrison, e. van beck, g. dimsey, g. inglis, l. hillman, j. nuir, j. johnson, b. saunders, dr. j. r. pound, h. jolly, a. proctor, j. walters, h. wardle and son, john rowell, j.n. rowell, w.g. mchutchison, colin hunt, f. waistcoates, f.v. middleton, ernest h. schache

Editorial, Fumes from the lab, Echoes of the past, Arts & Crafts gossip, Sport, The Junior Techs.Blue soft covered magazine.Signed on first page by "Harold Jolly".ballarat school of mines, magazine, r. morrison, o. roberts, r. begg, r. montomery, e. rumpff, l. hillman, j. maude, g. hopwood, a. inglis, j. johnson, dr. j. r. pound, h. jolly, g. neagle,, a. p. mclean, ed. a. brophy, dr. j. w. mellor, regd. c. callister, c. a. schache, s. barnett, p. trompf, e. j. tippett, a. t. morrison

Brown hard covered bookSigned on frontise page "A. Mica Smith"chemistry, chemical analysis, alfred mica smith