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Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Stripper, The Stripper, 1843
The Stripper was invented by John Ridley in 1843, while trying to overcome harvest labour shortage. In the early ays of Colonial South Australia a labour force was essential to harvest the wheat crop quickly before the grain shook out and fell to the ground. The stripper solved this problem, as t could strip 10 acres [4 hectares], handling approx. 180 bushels [5 tonnes] per day. This replaced 14 men using scythes.Strippers were used in this area between 1870's to the early 1900's.Then the Stripper Harvestors took over this processprinciple of the stripper----The wheat heads were knocked off the straw by a fat revolving beater ,and the grain, mixed with the husks and short straw, was propelled to the rear tin box. When the box became full, the contents were emptied into a winnower for cleaning. Recorded as Mitchell Stripper -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Gas mask US, Cambridge University Press, 1940s
Gas mask similar in style to 1339.1, possibly dating from the 1940s. This mask and associated case were intended for noncombatant use i.e. for use by civilians during wartime.Khaki colour gas mask constructed from cylindrical tin with open valve filter, attached to a plastic mask which attaches to the face with adjustable canvas straps. Mask includes two circular cut outs with plastic windows with valve on left hand side. Printed instructions on canister. “MED ADULT” embossed on top centre of the mask component. On interior of mask, “US MI/LOT/7 3SC.”gas mask, equipment, civilian, gas warfare, second world war, world war two, world war ii, mustard gas, chemical warfare -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1907-8
The photo from 1907-8 is a sepia print, depicting a small valley with building at base. There are flumes visible above areas of water, trees on hills and a few small cottages on the hillside. Cock's Pioneer Gold & Tin Sluicing Co NZ No 2 Site. The photo was taken of Matthews Gully looking west. Sluicing was undertaken in the area from 1900 to 1942 with some short breaks between these periods. The image depicts a location mined by Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Sluicing Company (as recorded on the annotation on the card mount) The Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines N.L was one of El Dorado's two largest open cut sluicing mines of the 20th Century. The other was named the Cocks El Dorado Gold Dredging Company. The Cocks Pioneer Mines operated from 1901 until 1941 and found a total of 117,378 ounces of Gold and 1,673 tones of tin concentrates over these years. The Cocks company was formed in 1898 and operated until 1941. Open cut sluicing involved the use of high-powered hoses which used the centrifugal sand pump system (known as hydraulic sluicing) which broke down the soil which was then processed for gold and other precious metals. From 1914 , four years after this image was captured, the company reformed to Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL (previously it was known as Cocks Pioneer Sluicing Co) and undertook large scale sluicing operations until 1929 and then 1934-1941. El Dorado is located on Reedy Creek and is surrounded by forested country to the north and east. It is 20 km east of Wangaratta in Victoria's regional north-east. John Cock was the son of a Cornish minor who arrived in El Dorado in 1858. Cock founded his gold and tin mining company which ran successfully for many years in the El Dorado region. It was an open cut sluicing company because of the abandonment of underground mining after this was deemed too dangerous. In 1935 Cock's El Dorado Company commissioned the floating dredge which is still visible in El Dorado today. The dredge was built by the Thompson engineering works, Castlemaine, and weighed over 2,000 tones and today has a place on the Victorian Registers of historic buildings. Interestingly, the name El Dorado does not derive from the gold in the region, but from the Barambogie pastoral run completed by William Baker in 1840-1841. Gold was discovered in El Dorado 1854 but the gold was too deep for individual prospectors to find, it required the use of heavy machinery.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of El Dorado, a small regional location near Wangaratta in Victoria's North East. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing and El Dorado which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one.Sepia coloured rectangle photograph printed on gloss photographic paper Reverse: 1997. 2613/ A02613/ No2 site/ Matthews Gully/ Cocks Pioneer G&T. ?? Co NZ/ No2 Site looking West/ 1907-8/ (7)sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, 1907, 1908, mining, cock's pioneer gold & tin sluicing co nz, nz, site no 2, matthews gully, west, valley, building, cottages, hillside, trees, water, gold and tin mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS, 1968
Typed copy of the Bendigo Gold Fields , collected and arranged by V. R. Dwyer, 1968. On front cover: Australian Gold Production Bendigo Gold Field. Image of tin dish washing. Cover has an image of two people tin dish washing. Notes include a brief history of gold in Australia, Bendigo Goldfield yields, Bendigo Gold Nuggets, Victorian Nuggets, gold prices, yield for the years 1851 to 1890, lines of reef, mine shafts and depth, location, public buildings and organisations and mines listed for each reef. Typed copy of this document is held in Folder 130, number 3621.18.cottage, miners, mining in bendigo, bendigo gold fields index, v r dwyer, strzelecki, edward hargreaves, thomas hancock, henry frenchman, wittscheibe, ballerstedt, fortuna villa, george lansell, the rocks, victoria nugget, dascombe nugget, welcome stranger, welcome nugget, canadian nugget, sarah sands, lady hotham, maryborough, heron nugget, blanche barkley, vicount canterbury, precious nugget, poseidon, gold prices, gold yield 1851 - 1890, location of shafts, mechanics institute, old masonic hall, court, st killians, forrest st methodist church, hospital, baptist church, bendigo gas company, st andrews presbyterian church, bendigo benevolent home, railway, st marys church of england, bendigo m p building society, st pausl church of england, high school, city family hotel, fire brigade, b u f s dispensary, synagogue, beehive store, school of mines, bendigo miners association, st marys convent, dr backhaus, st mathews long gully, salvation army, post office, art gallery, sacred heart cathedral, eaglehawk town hall -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - BADGE, RIBBON AND TIN, C WW1
Items in collection re Brig E.M. Williams DSO, refer Cat No 2580 for service details..1) Felt backed badge of rank showing lion mounted on padded crown in red plush & gold braid, all mounted on black felt. .2) Small piece of medal ribbon, red centre with blue & white stripes. .3) Tin, metal, nickel plated.uniforms - badges, containers - commercial -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Equipment - Ration Pack Emergency, WWII
WWII emergency ration pack used by Australian Armed Forces.WWII emergency ration pack used by Australian Armed ForcesWWII emergency ration pack used by Australian Armed Forces. Small rectangular shaped khaki green painted tin plate metal container with lid. Black ink printed usage instructions on the front and rear of the lid. Department of Defence logo printed on front cover.On front of the lid. MADE IN AUSTRALIA EMERGENCY RATION To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable. Consumption of this fation must be reported at first oppurtunity. Instructions for use are printed INSIDE the lid. KEEP PACK INTACT D(up arrow)D On rear of the lid INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE FRUIT RATION & MILK TABLETS: MEAT & VEG. RATION: ration pack, emergency, wwii, australian armed forces -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Bridgewater Butter Factory, n.d
Black and white photograph of a wooden house with verandah and water tanks to the right. Eight horse-drawn carts with milk containers (tin) stand in front. Photograph affixed to cream card. Card is mounted onto dark grey matt board with typed label below image.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Hospital, c. 1970
Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph. Image shows front entrance to Portland Hospital. Building bluestone, tin roof. Path leads to front entrance through the garden. Front entrance has stone portico supported by 4 stone pillars. 'PORTLAND HOSPITAL' carved into portico.Front: 'Portland Hospital' - green ink Back: 'Old Hospital at site of present' - blue biro -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Box - Detonators
"Nobel / No. 6 / 100 Detonators / for high explosives / Alfred (thistle picture) Nobel / Thistle brand / Manufactured in Australia / Glasgow"" as printed on the lid. The brand was founded in 1870 by Swedish chemist and industrialist, Alfred NobelUsed in the Kiewa ValleySmall black tin box with all sides and lid having white on black and black on white print. 2 opposing sides have the number 6 at each end. The other 2 opposing sides have a safety warning and the top lid gives contents and maker.detonators, alfred nobel, nobel no. 6 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photo, [Dick Richards with Antarctic Memorabilia], 1982 (exact)
Dick Richards was a member of the Shackleton Antartic Expedition and was marooned on the Ross Sea shelf. He was also a former principal of the Ballarat School of Mines.Framed colour photographic portrait of Richard W. Richards, in a gold aluminium frame with cream mount. The image includes Dick Richards holding a pipe, the book 'The Ross Sea Shore Party', an opened tin of food, globe of the world, a fur lines coat, and papers on a desk. dick richards, r w richards, antarctic exploration, ross sea shore party, richard w richards, ballarat school, mines, antarctica, available -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Ink pad and case
8708.1 - The tin that holds the ink pad is very rusted and is stuck open. It has been painted white and black on the lid. 8708.2 - The ink pad is a very firm foam with a cloth over it. It has black dried ink in it with a patch where it has been sun damaged.8708.1 - Acme - Self Inking - Stamp Pad -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - PITTOCK COLLECTION: ROUND TIN CONTAINER WITH DRILL BITS
Pittock collection:round tin container with nine steel drill bits * eight brace and bit drill bits * one standard drill bit * container 170 mm L x 65 mm diameter Item stored in Pittock coach builder's box, reference 13000.1. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Various tally bands and badges
Anzac biscuit tin containing various RAN cap ribbons, rank badges, rate badges, long service badges, specialist badges, buttons, medal ribbons, Australia flashes, HMAS Diamantina matches, HMAS CERBERUS "The Anchorage" drink coasters and RAN driver's licenceHMAS Albatross, HMAS Cerberus, HMAS Bombard, HMAS Snipe. Curry WJ POFC R/59111 on licenceran, rank badge, rate badge, drink coaster, anchorage club, ran buttons -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Ornamental biscuit, Phoenix Co, 1914-1918
This biscuit is called a 'Dog Biscuit' and was produced during WWI. It was part of a rashion kit to accompany another biscuit and a tin of Bully beef. The original owner was presumably a serviceman called Jack was and he created a souvenir for a loved one using this biscuit, accompanied by another biscuit with an inlaid photograph of himself. This object is a rare and precious piece. It is rare for items composed of edible goods to remain almost perfectly intact after a century after creation. The use of the biscuit as a souvenir, with the addition of a artificial flowers, is presumably unique and imparts great social significance to the item.Dry biscuit with artificial flower decoration. The flowers are of light green and cream coloured fabric, wire and are attached in the top right hand corner of the biscuit. There are fabric strips attached to the back and tied with cotton string through holes in the lower right corner.Inscriptions on the front read: "Phoenix Co. Melbourne" biscuit, dog biscuit, military rations, ww1, world war 1, world war one, the first world war, the great war -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Projectile, Practice, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, 1940s
P.I.A.T. practice projectile. 380mm x 85mm, tin, 4 tail fins surrounded by metal band band 80mm diameter, cylindrical shaft 190mm length 30mm diameter housing propellent, explosive housing 380mm diameter, 190mm from top of shaft to detonator cap. Yellow band half way up explosive housing signifying practice round. "INERT" on explosive housing. "LOT 532" on tail fin "H&S" on tail fin -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Craft - Doll - Ball-jointed German Doll, 1890s
Displayed at History HouseTin/metal doll with movable joints and wrists. Painted body and head. Paper-mache modelling on head. Burgundy velvet trouser and vest oufit with small pearl-coloured buttons, satin shirt (cream) with lace sleeves. Satin and lace shoes (cream). Burgundy velvet hat. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Bridgewater Hotel, Victoria, n.d
Black and white photo of the Bridgewater Hotel, front view. Double storey building, front verandah, tin roof, chimney each side of building. Three windows on first floor, window either side of door, ground floors, picket fence with gate; sand dunes behind.Back: 'BRIDGEWATER HOTEL' -printed in capitals, blue biro -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, c 1850s
This windowless bark hut would have been used by stockmen who looked after sheep and cattle in the Fyans Valley. This hut was situated at the site later named the Borough Huts. See p8 Bridging the Gap Photo shows a man sitting outside a wooden slab hut. The hut has a tin flashing along top roof line. Man is wearing a hat and tie. A gun is leaning up against wall of hut. A sheep or cattle race can be seen in left corner of photo. buildings, houses -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - TOBACCO TIN: VIRGINIA BIRD'S EYE
Tobacco tin 8.5 H x 8.3 dia, no lid. With a yellow label and red printing. Virginia Bird's Eye manufactured by Thomas Bear & Sons Ltd. London. Label has an elephant standing beside some palm trees with hills in the background. Label is discoloured. No lid.personal effects, smoking accessories, toabcco tin, tobacco tin - virginia bird's eye, thomas bear & sons ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SHAMROCK HOTEL, BENDIGO - GUEST FACILITIES
Object. A printed list of guest facilities for the Shamrock Hotel on a tin backing with support and front plastic protection. Information includes - Meal hours, Banquet rooms, Service directory and a brief history of the hotel. Designed and published by Testro Bros., 266 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Date 1960s ?place, building, shamrock hotel, shamrock hotel bendigo, gerald g smith proprietor, miss d murphy fashions, jl lyons chemist, miss parry chinaware, throughway service station, provincial motors, wf plim painter, paragon café cohuna, vg allen plumber, claude c cooper jeweller. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Special Red Cross Wholemeal Biscuits for prisoners of war, Swallow & Ariell, 1914 - 1920
One of 44 black and white photos recording the work and contribution by Swallow & Ariell's "Busy Bee" for the First World War in Europe .11 - Horse drawn cart with driver. Carrying "Special Red Cross Wholemeal Biscuits" for prisoners of war. The March 1917 shipment was 4000 tins.built environment - industrial, business and traders, war - world war i, social activities, busy bee, swallow & ariell ltd, red cross -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PHOTOGRAPH OF HEADSTONE OF REV MICHAEL CLARKE, 1997
Copy of a photograph of the headstone of Rev.Michael Clarke who was a Primitive Methodist Minister who was stationed at Castlemaine, Campbell's Creek, and Eaglehawk during the 1850s and 1860s, and one of his sons married into the Avery family of Bendigo. Buried at Melbourne General Cemetery. Tin Trunk in shipping container 20.1.2022Ian Clarkereligions, christian, primitive methodist -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - WEIGHTS FOR WEIGHING GOLD
Brass weights used for weighing gold. Smallest weights a 4 'grain' and 5 'grain' square weights. Rectangular 1 pennyweight weights (brass lozenge apothecary style weights ) through to round, flat 2 ounces. Weights enclosed in an oval shaped tin with side clasp.gold mining, scales, brass weight for weighing gold -
Clunes Museum
Domestic object - GAS IRON
.1 PACKAGING. GREEN AND YELLOW CARDBOARD BOX .2 PUMPLESS AIR GAS IRON WITH METAL RESERVOIR ATTACHED AND A WOODEN HANDLE .3 SMALL METAL FUNNEL WITH WIRE MESH FILTER. .4 SMALL METAL TRIVET - TRIANGULAR SHAPE .5 SMALL METAL TIN WITH LID.5 ON BASE OF CONTAINER - BE 11domestic item, gas iron -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Sign - Name Plate
Joseph Lambert Howard was born in Albury, NSW in 1886 and died in Bendigo, Vic. in 1958. From the years 1915 - 1917 he advertised in the Bendigo Advertiser as an Electrical contractor and supplier of Electrical accessories, operating from the Lyric Building in Charing Cross, Bendigo. He also produced an advertising calendar for 1917.Small metal name plate possible tin - has holes Centre of each side. Front is Gold in parts with brown dirty spots - back shows embossing in reverse with some discoloration. Rectangular in shape 6.5cm x 2.0cm. J.L HOWARD - Electrician Charing Cross Bendigo.bendigo electrician, j.l. howard, charing cross bendigo -
Greensborough Historical Society
Collection Tin, Spastic Children's Society Home Bank, 1960c
These small collection tins were distributed to homes to encourage the 'banking' of small coins which would then be donated to assist the work of the Spastic Society of Victoria. Founded in 1948, and now known as "Scope" this is a not-for-profit organisation providing disability services throughout Victoria to thousands of children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities An example of mid 20th century fund raising.Cardboard cylinder with metal ends. Top has slot for coins. Cream coloured outer with red writing.On label "Spastic Children need your help" "Home Bank"spastic society of victoria, home bank, fundraising -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Food Safe, Willow Ware Pty Ltd, 1950s to 70s
This food safe is a mass-produced item made for domestic use by Willow Manufacturing in Australia fin the mid-20th century. Willow started a business in 1887 as a metalworking company based in Melbourne Australia, making tinned biscuit and tea canisters. In the First World War, the company began manufacturing armaments and essential packaging for the war effort. In the early 1920s, Willow produced domestic kitchen bakeware such as tin-plated canisters and baking pans labelled with the well-known Willow brand. Other items at this time include billies, boilers, basins and Coolgardie safes. In the late 1950s, the company ventured into plastics production. and in 1965, the name changed to Willow Ware Pty Ltd, to be more closely linked to its Willow brand. Willow Ware is still in business today.The Australian food safe is an example of domestic food storage and preservation in Australian homes from the mid-19th century and early 20th centuries. It is part of the evolution of food preservation methods leading up to our modern electric appliances. The maker, Willow, has a name associated with practical and reliable domestic products.Metal kitchen safe with two shelves, a hinged door and latch and a small swivel wire handle at the top. Painted light green. Airflow holes have been formed in each side panel. Made by Willow, Australia.Marked "Made in Australia" "Willow"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, food storage, food preservation, willow, willow manufacturing, willow australia, kitchen storage, food care, 19th century, 20th century, willow ware, domestic item, coolgardie meat safe, meat safe, food safe, coolgardie -
El Dorado Museum Association Inc.
Photograph (item) - Digital Image
Clear Creek Dammines, mining, tin, tin mining, sluicing, clear creek, el dorado, eldorado -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Legacy Appeal
A group of badge sellers in school uniform with Legacy tins and badge trays. Legacy widows' fundraising stall outside Legacy House. For many years the widows would run a craft stall for Badge Week in September. Names and date unknown. (with other photos in a plastic sleeve marked with badge day 2001).A record of fundraising.Colour photo x 2 of badge sellers and craft stall outside Legacy House.00510.1 printing on the back " -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Photo, Legacy Appeal 2003, Preparing for Badge Week, 2003
Photos of a group of Army personnel, some holding Legacy Appeal tins with the President of Legacy, David Ford in a room of Legacy House. Some are wearing tags saying Badge Week 2003 and David Ford was President of Melbourne Legacy in 2003 so the date is assumed to be during Badge Week in September 2003.A record of fundraising fro Legacy Week in 2003 with the help of army personnel.Colour photo x 2 of David Ford with soldiers in Legacy House.Printing on the back "