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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Dunera Lives. Volume 1 A Visual History, 2018
A remarkable, thoroughly researched and detailed record of "Dunera" internee artists with examples of their varied styles of water and colour paintings, sketches and cartoons. Vivid reminders of the whole experience of internment in Australia during World War 2 for these men. Launched at the Jewish Museum in St Kilda, Sunday July 8th and Monday July 9th at Readings Books in Melbourne.Visual history of camp life of the Dunera boysBlue soft cover, with front cover painting by Emil Wittenberg. Painted at Tatura on 23rd May 1941, depicts a group of Dunera internees behind barbed wire. B/W and colour photos, sketches, paintings and watercolour.To the memory of Amirah Inglis. A photograph of Kenneth Stanley Inglis, 7 October 1929 - 1 December 2017dunera boys -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Certificate - RAAF Certificate of Service, 21/8/1945
... with compliments Dr Owen Mortimer 29th May, 1989... League with compliments Dr Owen Mortimer 29th May, 1989 Cream ...Royal Australian Air Force Officer's Certificate of Service No 2575 issued to Flying Officer Owen Campbell MORTIMER 420235. Discharged 2/7/1945 at own request to resume civil occupation. Awarded 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Victory Medal and eligible for Returned from Active Service Badge.Cream paper with black print and type with emblem centre top contained within a black border and attached by staple top left corner to large sheet of paper.Royal Australian Air Force Officer's Certificate of Service No 2575 Rear - To the Secretary the Returned Soldier's League with compliments Dr Owen Mortimer 29th May, 1989owen campbell mortimer, raaf, ww2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Video Tape, Tatura 1995 Uncut
Video tape made by SBS TV - remembrance day weekend 19 November 1995. Memorial service at cemetery, concert at Victory Hall, wreath laying at Restored Memorial at Camp 13 (Bonlac Shepparton) Tatura Museum Wartime camp display (Peter Decker, Gerda Kazenwadel, Dr Rolf Beilharz, Herman Ortmann, Alistair Templeton)Video tape may by SBS tv.Tatura 1995 Uncut1995 memorial service tatura, camp 13, peter decker, gerda kazenwadel, dr rolf beilharz, alistair templeton, herman ortmann -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp 1 School Report Josef Friedrich
Camp 1 School Report- Josef Friedrich, May 1944. 2 images. Signatures: Dr. G E Neumann; H Becker (Compound A Leader); A Illichmann (Compound B Leader); H G Brack; K Gielow; E Guth; U Kuss; W Luckemeyer; H Luensmann; H W Luyken; Dr. E Meier; Dr. G F Meister; F Penserot; M Ritter; J v C Schulenburg; R Schultz; W Schumacher; Dr. O Sternberg; Dr. K v Stutterheim; W Weitbrecht.photograph, people -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Document - Program, Methodist Girls' Comradeship and Methodist Order of Knights: An Order of Service
The service was conducted by Rev Dr D Grierson with the Installing Officer being Rev R F Giese. The Methodist Girls' Comradeship was formed in 1918 with the first Branch being in Bondi, NSW. There were three sections: Junior Rays, 8 - 11 years; Senior Rays, 11 - 15 years and Comrades, 15 years and over. The aims of the MGC was to "challenge young people with the saving power of Jesus Christ and provide avenues of christian service" and "to provide for the spiritual, social, physical and educational welfare of the members". The MGC's motto was "The Utmost for the Highest".Order of Service for a joint service of the Methodist Girls' Comradeship and Methodist Order of Knights for the Installation and Dedication of the Officers of General Grand Council and General Court at Wesley Church on Wednesday, 17th May, 1972 at 8pm. The document has both the MGC and MOK symbols on its cover. methodist order of knights, methodist girls' comradeship, rev dr d grierson, rev r f giese -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Programme - Methodist Girls' Conradeship Methodist Order of Knights, Dedication Service
This is the programme for the seventh dedication service of the officers of General Grand Council and General Court which was conducted by the President General of the Methodist Church of Australasia Rev Dr J W Burton. It was held on Monday 17 May, 1948 at 8.00pm in the Wesley Chapel, 159 Castlereagh Street Sydney. The Responsive prayer was led by Rev C Gallacher. The address was given by Rev Dr Geo A Wheen. The organist was Mr S R Stenton.Cream bi-fold paper with dark blue text and borders on three pages. The front bears an image of the MGC and MOK badges and has a gold border.methodist girls' comardeship, methodist order of knighthood, rev dr j w burton, wesley chapel castlereagh street sydney, rev c gallacher, rev w j bailey, rev dr geo a wheen, s r stenton -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Document - Program, Methodist Girls' Comradeship and Methodist Order of Knights: An Order of Service
The service was conducted by Rev Dr D Grierson with the Installing Officer being Rev R F Giese. The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia.Order of Service for a joint service of the Methodist Girls' Comradeship and Methodist Order of Knights for the Installation and Dedication of the Officers of General Grand Council and General Court at Wesley Church on Wednesday, 17th May, 1972 at 8pm. The document has both the MGC and MOK symbols on its cover. methodist order of knights, methodist girls' comradeship, rev dr d grierson, rev r f giese -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pleasant Creek Hospital with Doctors and Nurses on the Steps c1917
Stawell Pleasant Creek Hospital Staff 1917 & 1916 Nurses from left to right Ann Gullan, May Williams, Mayble Hyslop, Mamie Singleton, ? Whitney, Jess Taylor, May Booth, Jennie Wren. Left to Right Dr Fox, Matron Simpson, Dr Forshaw. Black and white photograph of a group on Nurses and Doctors standing on the steps of Pleasant Creek Hospital.stawell medical, hospital -
National Wool Museum
Letter
Letter, on "Murgha Pastoral Company" letterhead, dated 15th May 1943, from Bill Austin to W R Lang regarding wool samples for testing..wool - research wool - testing sheep breeding world war ii, gordon institute of technology murgha pastoral company limited, lang, dr w. roy austin, mr bill - murgha pastoral company limited, wool - research, wool - testing, sheep breeding, world war ii -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Doctors, Matron & Nurses at the Stawell Pleasant Creek Hospital c1917, 1917
... , May Booth, Jennie Wren Dr Fox? Matron Simpson Dr..., Mag Williams, May Booth, Jennie Wren Dr Fox? Matron Simpson ...Of Pleasant Creek Stawell Hospital. Sent back from France for safe keeping Two Doctors Matron and eight nurses on steps of Pleasant Creek Hospital Edinburgh Scotland 16.2.19 My Dearest Mother I am sending you these P.Cs to take care of them for me until come home. The Photo's you don't know I will tell you all about them when I get home. Iam having a good time here but go back to Eng. On the 22nd we may get away early in March to sail for home. With fondness love from your loving son Harry Group on steps of Pleasant Creek Nurses Mable Hyslop, Mamie Singleton, Jess Taylor, -Whitney Ann Gullan, Mag Williams, May Booth, Jennie Wren Dr Fox? Matron Simpson Dr Forshawhospital, ww1, medical, nursing -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Nurses, Committee & Wives seated at a function at the Pleasant Creek Hospital 1918, c1917
... Gullen, May Booth... George Mitchell Mag Williams, Mabel Wennerbom, Ann Gullen, May ...Of Pleasant Creek Stawell Hospital. Sent back from France for safe keeping . Mr Heal Laura McLeod, -Witney, Sister Mc Fay George Mitchell Mag Williams, Mabel Wennerbom, Ann Gullen, May Booth Theresa Healy Dr Fox Matron Jennie Wren Nurses seated at tables surrounded by committee at entrance to Pleasant Creek HospitalFavril France 1/12/15 This is the committeemen & their wives at afternoon tea with us . The unveiling of the Honour roll. Sincerely yours May 25-8-18hospital, ww1, medical, nursing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, The origin of L.L. Road, 1936
Article in Australian Home Beautiful, 1 May 1936 on the origin of L.L. Road, VermontArticle in Australian Home Beautiful, 1 May 1936 on the origin of L.L. Road, Vermont, challenging 'Suburban street names' by Richard Ross which says it ids named after Lewis Luxton, suggesting it is named after Dr L.L. Smith.Article in Australian Home Beautiful, 1 May 1936 on the origin of L.L. Road, Vermontstreet names, ross, richard, smith, l.l. (dr), luxton, lewis, l.l.vale road, vermont, boronia road, vermont -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Mitcham, ca 1920
Brochure for auction of 70 sites bounded by Mitcham, Doncaster East and Whitehorse Roads on 1 May ?1920.Brochure for auction of 70 sites bounded by Mitcham, Doncaster East and Whitehorse Roads on 1 May ?1920. Agents: T.R.B. Morton & Sons, Coghill & Haughton.|The home/hospital shown on brochure in Harrison Street near Mitcham Road owned by Dr Drake and later Dr Cochrane was called 'Coombe-Wood'Brochure for auction of 70 sites bounded by Mitcham, Doncaster East and Whitehorse Roads on 1 May ?1920.auctions, doncaster east road, mitcham, whitehorse road, mitcham road, mcdowall street, burnett street, t.r.b. morton & son, coghill & haughton, william street, harrison street, drake, francis, john, dr -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Pocket watch in leather pouch, Unknown
... Military pocket watch 'may be' belonged to Dr Kon Twiddy(ie... Mitcham melbourne Military pocket watch 'may be' belonged to Dr ...Military pocket watch 'may be' belonged to Dr Kon Twiddy(ie) and may be issued by Air Force.Small pocket watch with brass coloured face in leather pouch issued by Air Force.Inside watch case No. 24317watch, ww1, first world war, dr. twiddy(ie) -
University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) Archive
Functional object - Sign, 'Please do not study' sign, Circa 1960's
... Mintsenikos on 26th May 2004. In 1938 Dr Alfred E. Rowden White ...Originally located on large oak reading table in the Rowden White Library until the end of 2003. Replaced by brass versions made by Thomas Mintsenikos on 26th May 2004.In 1938 Dr Alfred E. Rowden White contributed 1,000 pounds and his own personal book collection to the University of Melbourne Student Union to establish the library that still bears his name. Rowden White's idea was that students should have access to materials beyond those prescribed for their courses. As Library Rule No. 7 stated, 'Except under exceptional circumstances, the room MUST NOT BE USED AS A WRITING ROOM'One of two white plastic signs mounted on a wooden base with black letteringSign reads 'Please do not study'. university of melbourne student union, rowden white library, signs -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Labour History No. 68 May 1995 (D.J. Spiers Collection), Irving, Terry
Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Deskilling Revisited: Continuity and Change in Craft Work and Apprenticeship in Late 19th Century NSW -'Depravity and Disorder': the Sexuality of Convict Women -'That Old Treasure-House of Constructive Suggestion': Australian Labor Ideology and War Organisation of Industry -'Four More Points than Moses': Dr. H.V. Evatt and the Press and the 1944 Referendum -Chifley, the Army and the 1949 Coal Strike Labour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Holding M, 2009
Dr Robert Hughes had a well set up surgery in what may have been originally a garage beside the family home, during 1970 - 1980's. Later resident converted surgery to a flat.Colour photograph of a timber dwelling with tiled hip roof. Brick chimney has been cement rendered. Windows on each side of central front entry have pictured window in centre of sash windows, at 20 Devitt Street Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/04/1997 12:00:00 AM
Colour photograph ofLucinda Goodman Mays three and a half year old descendant of first person to be vaccinated against smallpox by Dr. Edward Jenner - Henry Phipps, Lakes Entrance Victoriachildrens services -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, City of Ballarat, "Ballarat Heritage Festival - May 7 to 30 (2021)", Apr. 2021
Book or Program - "Ballarat Heritage Festival - May 7 to 30 (2021), 40 pages, centre stapled, giving the detailed program for the Festival following the cancellation of the 2020 event due to COVID-19. Has a table of contents and a message from the Mayor, Dr Daniel Moloney. Has a preliminary image of tram 18 as the "Night Tram" on page 8 and an image of 26 on page 23m, and a full page entry on page 33. See Reg Item 8142 for newspaper clippings.trams, tramways, city of ballarat, events, heritage, festival program -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Appeal tram is on the lines", 29/03/1969
Newspaper cutting of the launch of Ballarat Base Hospital decorated tram No. 21 at the depot, possibly the previous day. The tram No. 21 was "decorated by nurses and their friends". The tram was to publicise the hospital's $50,000 appeal until the end of May. Inspecting the tram in the photo were public relations officer, Mr. David Rees, Dr I.C. Goy and Mr. K.J.Neerhut with nursing staff members, SEC painters and carpenters who shared in the work. Tram photographed on the depot fan, with Lake Wendouree in the background. Tram known as the Trambulance. See Reg. Item 3750 for a print of the original Courier photograph. Yields information about the launch of a fund raising tram for the Ballarat Base Hospital.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat, 29/3/1969.trams, tramways, ballarat base hospital, appeals, decorated trams, 21 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GLEAMS FROM THE GOLDEN CITY BY FRED P. MORRIS 1908
Second Edition of ''Gleams from the Golden City'' by Fred P. Morris. Price one shilling. On front page: The whole of the profits from the sale of this booklet will be given towards building a Baptist Sunday School at White Hills. Copies may be obtained from the author, care of A.M. Drummond, Printer, Bendigo. On Page 2 a dedication to those two venerable servants of God who have influenced my life The Rev.W.C. Tayler of White Hills and Abraham Harkness, Esq. of Golden Square. Acknowledgemt is made to the following subscribers who have helped in publication expenses: His Worship the Mayor of Bendigo (Cr. A. Harkness), Sir John Quick, Senato rMcColl, Hon Joseph Sternberg, Dr. W.J. Long, Dr. J. McIntyre Eadie, Messrs. Barkly Heyett, J. M. Griffiths (Melbourne), J. S. Stewart, C. H. Davis, Vernon Rymer, H. Holmes, A. Dunstan, A. Bush, S.H. McGowan, and I.E. Dyason and Mrs. Thomson (Hamilton). White Hills Bendigo November 1908. On Page 3 a Dedication: Dear Mr. Morris, I wish you success in your effort to further the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ, your friend Charles W. Alexander.book -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - THE ARGUS 13/5/1916
Pages 5 & 6 of The Argus, Saturday, May 13, 1916. Contains various news items, references to the war, Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Scheme with photos, Court News and Womens news.newspaper, argus, news items, the argus 13/5/1916, tasmanian hydro-electric scheme, sir ronald munro ferguson, dr harry leigh atkinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST LUTHERAN SERVICE, 23rd February, 1986
Copy of a three page lecture presented at Bendigo on Sunday, 23rd February, 1986 on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the first Lutheran service in Bendigo. Titled 'The German Contribution to early Bendigo' by Frank Cusack. Mentioned are the areas where German diggers lived, why they may have left their home country, the gold mining, Germans who contributed to business, wine-growing, farming and other types of work.history, australian, bendigo, peter ellis collection, the german contribution to early bendigo, frank cusack, georg bruhn, menge, jacob brahe, bendigo general cemetery, blucher, johann gottfried tobias christopher ballerstedt, wittscheibe, schlemm, ernst mueller, morris collman, louis samuels, school of mines, gustave adolphus hugo thureau, rev dr george henry backhaus, pastor friedrich leypoldt, dean maccullagh, grieffenhagen, carl pohl, henry meyer, albert bruhn, ernst bruhn, louis bruhn, frederick grosse, the hamburg hotel, the berlin hotel, the european hotel, deutscher verein, paul bucholz, french foreign legion, william craig, herr gollmick, erna mueller, kate samuels, w c vahland, getzschmann, bosselmann, nicolai, emil mauermann, friedrich lehmann, dr barnett, dr landvoigt, dr sandner snr, conrad meyerhoff, benno sluytmann, ludwig becker, burke & wills expedition, gustavus von tempsky, von brusindorff, josef von st nicolai, captain von paleski -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, 29th January 1981
Four newspaper cuttings featuring the Wedderburn Old Timers. The first is a photo of people dancing with the band in the background at the Bendigo Psychiatric Centre (no date). The second is a page from the Loddon Times - Wednesday, May 15, 2002 with photos of Kevin and Averyl Fry, Moira Clarkson, Danni Devlin, Andrea Hollier, Don Manypenny. Lyn Lynlsing, Betty Jackel and a photo of four members of the band playing their instruments.The third is a photo in The Mercury 29/1/1981 of the band with their instruments. (The full page of this paper is part of the Collection). One member mentioned was Lindsay Holt and the fourth is a page from The Bendigo Advertiser 27/8/1988 telling the history of the band and an old man named Ted Noonan who taught the violin to a farmers daughter named Daisy in Wehla. There is also a photocopy of this article.Bendigo Advertiserentertainment, dance, barn dance, peter ellis collection, wedderburn old time ball, kevin & averyl fry, maira clarkson, danni devlin, andrea hollier, don manypenny, lyn lynlsing, betty jackel, campbell holmes, the loddon times 15/5/2002, bendigo psychiatric centre, wedderburn old timers, lindsay holt, ted noonan, elma ross, grummy ross, bendigo advertiser 27/8/1988, dr donald topley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: NOTES WRITTEN BY PETER ELLIS
Some brief research? Notes written by Peter Ellis from the years 1881 to 1899. Mentioned is the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society and some of its meetings and the number of people who attended. Also mentioned are: The animal of Australia by Dr. MacGillivray; a paper on graptolite by Mr T L Hall, M.A., Director of Castlemaine School of Mines; Annual Report June 30 1888, Spiders, ? & Marsupials (MacGillivray/Rev Williams; Nancarrow - Slides & Cross Courses - Geological quartz of Goldfield; 27/1/1887 Meetings held during the year - some were well attended, some were not; On the 31 May the President (MacGillivray) spoke at some length on the Requirement of a Local Museum; Annual report 1900; Mining Society formed 1899 and Scientific Conversation lecturettes on Chemistry & Electricity.bendigo, history, early bendigo, peter ellis collection, the a-- of australia, dr macgillivray, t l hall ma, castlemaine school of mines, bendigo school of mines science society, rev williams, nancarrow, sandhurst district, requirements of a local museum, melb public library -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
Photocopies of five newspaper cuttings from 11/5/1988 to 20/6/1990 mentioning the German Society by Bendigo Advertiser writer Maurie McDonald. Mentioned are German Society plans memorial to its pioneers, German contribution to Bendigo, German dinner an outstanding success, German settlers established vineyards in the district and German Society plans to remember its pioneers. One cutting has a photo of an ornate bookcase which was made for a Miss Pike. It was the work of a German tradesman, Mr C Nagle. Another has a sketch? Of the Brache & Co Weroona Vineyard, Sandhurst. It also mentions a number of early vineyards. These cuttings were held in an extra copy of the drawing of the man with the wine barrels (8803.33).bendigo, clubs, bendigo heritage, german heritage society collection - newspaper cuttings, bendigo advertiser 11/5/1988, 3/5/1989, 6/9/1989, 20/6/1990, maurie mcdonald, daryl pinder, peter hyett, glen schier, josef mika, ian walder, bendigo library, peggy & bill schlotterlein, annita schlotterlein, renate & hans ruemelin, michael ruemelin, max drechsler, vin drechsler, dr david stolz, rosemary schulz, mrs june stolz, ali zvirgzdins, eva mika, johann detleff kahland, eugene sandner, glen schier, lydia & josef aniolkowksi, helen, christa & dieter scharenberg, brache & co, weroona vineyard sandhurst, dr backhaus, bruhn, pohl, mannes' strathfieldsaye vineyard, hercynia vineyard, greiffenhagen, wittschiebe's vineyard, carl august heine, adventure vineyard, scheuffle, streckfuss, henry mayer, frederick kramer, frederick klemm, kahland, miss pike, mr c nagle, johann gottfried tabias christopher ballerstedt, gustavus von tempsky, ken wust, frank cusack, clem schmidt, dorothy strauch, ausrey drechsler, reg schleiger, ian weibegen, ron meurer, bill mannes tim iser, neil mertens -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Advertising Brochure, abt 1926
The Bendigo based Sandner family business - Sander and Sons, were producers of eucalyptus oil/extract in the 19th and 20th centuries. Carl Sandner established Sandner and Sons Eucalyptus Distillery in 1875. It operated until 1967. Dr A. Sandner and Sons Advertising Brochure for the Genuine pure volatile Eucalyptus Extract. Two copies. Four page brochure with lists of testimonials and recommendations by doctors. Inside there is a list of Complaints that may be treated with Eucalypti Extract and instructions for use.history, bendigo, dr a sander, eucalyptus extract -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - B/W photograph, St. Alban's Cottage c 1873, former home of Dr. Sparling, July 1993
Built around 1873 by Dr. Sparling, on land formerly occupied by the first Buninyong Inn (aka Jamieson's Hotel). Some materials from the demolished hotel may have been used in building the house.Good example of 1870's professional residence, links to prominent citizen Dr Sparling.B/W Photograph, Polychrome brick cottage, L-fronted with bullnose verandah, on bluestone foundations with low bluestone fence. Signs "Buninyong Antiques" (under verandah) and "Antiques" on front of building.buninyong, sparling, jamieson, house, brick -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Album, Kenneth Bailey, Art Therapy Sketchbook : Kew Mental Hospital, 1952-1969
Herbert Joseph Chambers was born in 1912 in Clifton Hill, Victoria. Later he was to live in Clark and Charles Streets in Northcote, in South Caulfield, and finally in Mentone. While he may have worked at the Kew Asylum before 1945, that year was when he was presented with a Certificate issued by the Department of Mental Hygiene (Victoria) declaring that he had completed training and passed the examinations required to work as a 'Mental Attendant’. The document is dated 19th December 1945 and signed by the Director of the Department and by the Co-Examiners. From at least 1945, he was to work as a member of the male staff of the Asylum, mainly in the Refractory Ward. A donor gifted to the Kew Historical Society in February 2019 a number of items collected by Herbert Chambers in his work at the Asylum. These include his Certificate of Registration, a photograph taken of him with two colleagues at Circular Quay in Sydney, a notebook containing ‘SP’ betting records of male asylum staff, and five sketchbooks with artwork created by Kenneth Bailey, a patient of the Asylum. Herbert Chambers’ period of employment at the Kew Asylum coincided with the employment of the English psychiatrist Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1908-2008) as Chairman of the Mental Hygiene Authority in 1952. Dr Dax introduced an art therapy program into Victorian psychiatric hospitals, including Kew, where it is likely that the five sketchbooks were created. The sketchbooks are believed to have been presented to Chambers by ***** as a “gift for looking after him”. Herbert Chambers retired from the Kew Asylum in c.1970 after working there for almost thirty years.The Kew Historical Society has been the recipient of a number of important collections relating to the Kew Mental Hospital and the Children's Cottages, Kew, including their former incarnations. This is an important donation in this context as it includes five sketchbooks by a patient in an art therapy program at the Hospital. Art therapy programs were introduced by Dr Eric Cunningham Dax to Victorian asylums in the 1950s. The sketchbooks contain incomplete drawings and finished artworks. The donor believes that the patient who created the sketchbooks suffered from Schizophrenia. The sketchbooks are historically significant as representative examples of works created by patients in the program and for what they reveal about how mental illness may be manifested in a patient's artworks. The most significant repository of comparable works is held by the Dax Centre at Melbourne University.One of five sketchbooks with illustrations by Kenneth Bailey, a patient of the Kew Mental Hospital in an art therapy program, during the 1950s or 1960s. No work is dated although a number of the drawings/paintings are signed with the artist's name. art therapy, kew mental hospital, herbert joseph chambers, dr eric cunningham dax -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Album - Art therapy sketchbook, Kenneth Bailey, Imperial 4to Sketchbook, Kew Mental Hospital, 1952-1969
Herbert Joseph Chambers was born in 1912 in Clifton Hill, Victoria. Later he was to live in Clark and Charles Streets in Northcote, in South Caulfield, and finally in Mentone. While he may have worked at the Kew Asylum before 1945, that year was when he was presented with a Certificate issued by the Department of Mental Hygiene (Victoria) declaring that he had completed training and passed the examinations required to work as a 'Mental Attendant’. The document is dated 19th December 1945 and signed by the Director of the Department and by the Co-Examiners. From at least 1945, he was to work as a member of the male staff of the Asylum, mainly in the Refractory Ward. A donor gifted to the Kew Historical Society in February 2019 a number of items collected by Herbert Chambers in his work at the Asylum. These include his Certificate of Registration, a photograph taken of him with two colleagues at Circular Quay in Sydney, a notebook containing ‘SP’ betting records of male asylum staff, and five sketchbooks with artwork created by Kenneth Bailey, a patient of the Asylum. Herbert Chambers’ period of employment at the Kew Asylum coincided with the employment of the English psychiatrist Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1908-2008) as Chairman of the Mental Hygiene Authority in 1952. Dr Dax introduced an art therapy program into Victorian psychiatric hospitals, including Kew, where it is likely that the five sketchbooks were created. The sketchbooks are believed to have been presented to Chambers by **** as a “gift for looking after him”. Herbert Chambers retired from the Kew Asylum in c.1970 after working there for almost thirty years.The Kew Historical Society has been the recipient of a number of important collections relating to the Kew Mental Hospital and the Children's Cottages, Kew, including their former incarnations. This is an important donation in this context as it includes five sketchbooks by a patient in an art therapy program at the Hospital. Art therapy programs were introduced by Dr Eric Cunningham Dax to Victorian asylums in the 1950s. The sketchbooks contain incomplete drawings and finished artworks. The donor believes that the patient who created the sketchbooks suffered from Schizophrenia. The sketchbooks are historically significant as representative examples of works created by patients in the program and for what they reveal about how mental illness may be manifested in a patient's artworks. The most significant repository of comparable works is held by the Dax Centre at Melbourne University.One of five sketchbooks with illustrations by Kenneth Bailey, a patient of the Kew Mental Hospital in an art therapy program, during the 1950s or 1960s. No work is dated although a number of the drawings/paintings are signed with the artist's name. art therapy, kew mental hospital, herbert joseph chambers, dr eric cunningham dax