Menu in the collection of "Frederick Campbell MOLLER" No 2233 AIF. Photo of Reunion refer Reg No 3970. Refer Reg No 1661.3 for his service details.Reunion Dinner folding menu card. Front has colour painting of a couple with an instrument & wine, a table in the background. Picture of a wine cask in bottom LH corner. Inside shows the menu typed and pasted in.Below picture on front: “Reunion Dinner 103RD HOW BATTERY 22nd Sept 1951” “Inside are 18 signatures of personnel attending”card, reunion, 103rd, frederick campbell moller

A record of British and Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen in Vietnam for 1962 to 1973.Soft card cover. Title in black print on a red background. Cover illustrated front & back with photos. 154 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white photos.books-military-history, photography, vietnam, distinguished

1.) Paper map, colour with black print, scale 1:500,000 area covers Saigon, Long Bin, Nui Dat, Vung Tau. .2) Laminated paper map showing city of Vung Tau with details of tourist destinations, hotels, churches, black & red print, scale 1:12,500 approx.documents - maps - military & tourist, vietnam

Australian Army issue, probably for use in jungle warfareKhaki canvas sheath for machete, edges reinforced with binding, sewn and riveted, with belt strapmachete, australian army, world war ii

This item was in use before electricity and was manufactured after the flat stove irons.The weight of the iron base, is heavy, helping in smoothing out crinkly material being ironed. This item permitted ironing of clothes to be separate and away from heating stoves. It permitted greater flexibility for ironing clothes and permitted more control (consistency) of the temperature of the iron.Historically and significantly this item enforces the relative isolation of the Kiewa Valley and period when and where this domestic item was in use(manufactured circa 1950). A rural setting with mining, beef , milk and tobacco production in the early 1900s. Even though the community was in a rural setting, the standards of dress was the same as in the bigger towns and cities. Social and religious mores and values demanded that the personal appearance be clean and crisp no matter where a person was living or working. Heavy laborious work was considered by some religions as virtuous, therefore the heavy and tiring work of ironing during this period had its rewards. Rural areas where the last to be connected to electricity and therefore this item was a domestic necessity far into the 1950's.This iron has a steel base and a metal body coated with green coloured enamel. The wooden hand grip is painted dark green. The kerosene (spirit) container is a chrome metal cylinder with a flat bottom and top. The top has a small filler/air plug is located on the top side. There are two control knobs located next to and under the metal cylinder. The close to the cylinder is a lock which locks the top lid of the iron and the other knob controls the airflow to the heater rodOn the base of the handle "PEERMAN" and below this P/46, C.I. Thomas & Son Pty Ltd household, ironing, domestic kerosene, dry cleaning

This picture was donated by , Col & Mrs Swire after visiting Orbost Vic. They came from Orbost in the Isle Of Skye. The original watercolour was painted circa 1845 by Ann Lyon-Mackenzie.This painting has aesthetic significance and an association with the history of Orbost.A large watercolour reproduction picture of a property called Orbost on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Gold frame with glass.Front - Orbost in the Isle of Sky, Scotlandwatercolour orbost isle-of-skyelyon-mackenzie-ann

Since this book was donated to the Ballarat School of Mines after the retirement of Prof. Alfred Mica Smith it can be assumed it was originally part of his original collectionBrown, hard, cloth covered book of 403 pages. Written inside cover in black ink "James Barrett. Brighton. 1859." Stamped on inside front page in purple ink "Presented to the School of Mines Ballarat by Professor A. Mica Smith, 1926 Impressed into front page " H & C. Treacher booksellers and stationers Brighton"ballarat school of mines, mica smith, alfred mica smith, professor mica smith, james barratt, mathematics, calculus, library

Aden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Aden was the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen until that country's unification with the Yemen Arab Republic. On that occasion, the city was declared a free trade zone.[citation needed] Aden gives its name to the Gulf of Aden. (Wikipedia)Black and white postcard showing Sheikh Ahmed's Tomb at Steamer Point, Aden. A number of camels are walking down the road. chatham-holmes family collection, aden, sheikh ahmed tomb, postcard, hotel de l'europe

Sub-titled: An Illustrated History of Clothes Worn in Australia 1788-1914 (by) Elizabeth Scandrett. Soft cover book using photographs and illustrations to trace the development of the style of clothing worn in Australia from the time of first European Settlement until 1914

ill., facsims., maps, ports. p.126.non-fictionA history of military activities at and relating to the Point Nepean area from the firing of the first shot in this area in 1802 by Lt. Murray from the 'Lady Nelson' up until 1997. fortifications - victoria - nepean peninsula - history, coast defences - victoria - historia

p.311.non-fictionThe liberation of Vietnam from 1945-1975vietnam war 1961-1975 – history, vietnam war 1945-1975 - vietnamese perspective

bib, ill, maps, p.144.non-fictionRelates the experiences of RAF bomber squadron 101 to illustrate their social and operational conditions world war 1939-1945 - aerial operarions - britain, royal air fore - 101 squadron

Ill, p.159.non-fictionThe crucial battle for Tarawa - the beginning of the United States island hopping campaignworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area, campaigns - gilbert islands

The watch was presented to the Museum by John Stuart Hepburn's Great Great Grandson. Before travelling to Australia he was a seafarer in the Merchant Navy. In 1835 he was an Overlander. Capt. Hepburn returned in 1837 with his family to Victoria and was an early pastoralist and took up land at Smeaton. He died at Smeaton House in 1860 aged 57. Associated with Capt.John HepburnBrass outer case Pocket Watch with ceramic face. 1 to 12 are in Roman numerals. Fusee workings. Cracked face between 1 & 2. Internal Fusee workings with diamond and rubies. Pierced pattern metal case.Inside case T (?) Maddock London AD 1810pocket watch, fusee movement, capt, john hepburn, smeaton

Being a record of British & Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen.A record of British & Foreign decorations awarded to Australian Servicemen.service medals, british/foreign decorations

The authoritative encyclopedia seperates the facts of America's longest war from the polemics that obscured them.vietnamese conflict , 1961- 1975 - encyclopedias

The story of the attempt to establish the Rosstown industrial and residential complex in the Caulfield district, south-east of Melbourne, during the second half of the nineteenth century. The focus of the scheme was a major beet processing mill, the Rosstown Sugar Works. It also looks at the railways lines which serviced the sugar beet ventures in the Caulfield/Rosstown area.victorian history, local history, town planning, william murray ross, rosstown estate, rosstown railway

This paper is the first of a series on Aboriginal languages commissioned by the State Board of Education and forms part of a project conducted in conjunction with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated.B&w photographskoori english, education

Uses the Matariki, a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people, to promote language learning.Colour photographs, colour illustrationsmaori, matariki

Format using photographs and a brief description of each plant.Maps, colour photographsalps, victorian national parks association, bogong unit, alpine national park, mount buffalo national park, wonnangatta-moroka unit, kosciusko national park

Format using photographs and a brief description of each plant.Maps, colour photographswildflowers, plants, australia, grampians, identification, native plants

Contains brief descriptions of flowering plants in the Grampians area.Maps, colour photographswildflowers, plants, australia, grampians, identification

Head and shoulders sepia carte de visite portrait of Alfred Coatesmethodist, home missionary, alfred coates