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Merbein District Historical Society
Tool - Aggie pipe
... irrigation ...with early in precise furrow irrigation ground water mounds developed on blocks which were detrimental to vine growth Aggie pipes were laid on grade on the clay layer of soil 4 to 5 foot deep or every 4th row of vines (forty four feet apart) to drain the perched water table and the accumulated salts from the vines root zone with early in precise furrow irrigation ground water mounds developed on blocks which were detrimental to vine growth Aggie pipes were laid on grade on the clay layer of soil 4 to 5 foot deep or every 4th row of vines (forty four feet apart) to drain the perched water table and the accumulated salts from the vines root zone Long clay cylinder horticulture, merbein, irrigation, pipes, furrow irrigation -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Syringe
Used at Manning Chemist, Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne until 1984.228.3 - Metal electroplated Irrigation syringe in three parts, with removable tip and ring pull plunger. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Orchard in Flood, 1934
Orchard in flood: an irrigation ? Pipe is showing. Yarra River broke its bank on the night of 30.11.1934.orchard, yarra river, floods, 1934 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: MORTGAGE MR. GEORGE LADSON TO T. LUXTON
Mortgage document ( 19 August 1892 ) and related correspondence between Mr. George Ladson to Mr. T. Luxton Esq. re purchase of land in Parish of Macorna, County of Gunbower. Includes transfer of land between The Irrigable Estate Coy, to Mr. George Ladson. Letters from Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, Thomas Luxton, Irrigable Estate Company, Irrigation & Water supply Trust, George Welch, Railway Hotel, Macorna, draft of document which includes name of John Quick ( unsigned )cottage, miners, george ladson, thomas luxton, john quick, connelly & tatchell, macorna, irrigation and water supply trust, tragowel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DROUGHT AND IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS
Typed , stapled 3 page Document, Drought and Irrigation Development in the Northern Plains, Reporting from the 1860's -1916.Jim Rorkedocument, names of bendigo pioneers, bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - BENDIGO IRRIGATION SETTLEMENT, 12/02/1908
Map: Plan of Bendigo Irrigation Settlement, Parishes of Sandhurst and Wellsford, County of Bendigo ( number 160 in Map Cupboard 1)map, bendigo, irrigation settlement, bendigo irrigation settlement, parishes of sandhurst and wellsford, county of bendigo -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Way We Were, 1995
Timeline from 1841-1994, when squatters first settled at Tongala. Includes stories of families from Deakin Shire, now Shire of Campaspe.Cream cover, brown writing, 13 sepia like sketches of early buildings, transport, irrigation, farming, settlers, harvesting.tongala, deakin shire, shire of campaspe -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Centenary Committee Mooroopna NW Primary School et al, Mooroopna North West (Ram Dam), 1978
Published in association with Centenary Celebrations of Mooroopna North West Primary School 1978Brown cardboard cover. Oval photo - water scene. Illustrated. 36 pages, Mooroopna North West (Ram Dam) No 2002 1878 1978 on scroll.To Tatura Historical Society with my compliments. M J. Delaney, Tatura Irrigation and Local History Museummooroopna north west primary school, school centenary celebrations -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - BENDIGO WEST IRRIGATION SETTLEMENT, 27/07/1910
Map: bendigo West Irrigation Settlement, Parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo. Parish plan ( number 193 in Map Cupboard 1)map, bendigo, irrigation settlement, bendigo west irrigation settlement -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - BENDIGO WEST IRRIGATION SETTLEMENT, 13/02/1909
Map: Bendigo West Irrigation Settlement, Parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo. Parish plan. ( number 191 in Map Cupboard 1)map, bendigo, irrigation settlement, bendigo west irrigatioon settlement -
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Sculpture, Cheryl Kennedy et al, Thirst, 2019
Yearn Hunger Thirst Always on the edge of oblivion, craving sustenance in a dry land. McLean and Kennedy have collected dry materials: hollow pipes, old hoses and worn metal hose fittings. The materials were then wrapped with dyed, frayed fabric, string and yarn to create a piece that expresses the collective longing for rain.Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection. Winner of the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2019.A sculpture made out of recycled hoses and irrigation fittings that have been wrapped and tied in overdyed yarn, string, fabric stripswangaratta art gallery, wcta, sculpture, cheryl kennedy, linda mcclean -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill Cemetery, 2019, 03/01/2019
The Tower Hill Cemetery is located near Koroit on the north side of the Princes Highway The, between Port Fairy and Warrnambool. The first burial at Tower Hill Cemetery took place in 1856. Over 150 years there has been over 8,000 burials. Around 45 percent of the burials are in unmarked graves. Colour photograph of the Tower Hill Cemetery. with potatoes being irrigated in te background. The cemetery is laid out on design of a Celtic Cross.tower hill cemetery, tower hill, cemetery -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Rotary Club of Tatura 40 Years of Service, 2002
History of 40 years of service of Tatura by Rotary Club, including lists of office bearers and members, establishment of Moyola group. Blue cover, black writing, 1962-2002. Rotary Badge, map of Australia, including sign showing Tatura with irrigation, dairying, horticulture.rotary club of tatura, rotary clubs, rotary club of moyola -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Tatura Museum, 1995
Record of progress on Bill Doller Room 1991Work in progress at museum. Photographic records of same opening day, also early handwritten list of irrigation photos (Now displayed elsewhere)building museum, documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Fruit Research at Tatura Research Station
Fruit Research at Tatura Research Station.|Institute for Sustainable Irrigation.|Irrigation; Canning & Wire Tying.photograph, people -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Victorian Municipal Directory, 1892
Donor's father, Mr W S Lang, was city valuer of City of Port MelbourneFaded green paper cover with 1898 and W S Lang stamped on front, Victorian Municipal Directory with gazeteer and waterworks. Irrigation Trusts record for 1898Title Page; "W S Lang, 11 Ashby Grove, Ivanhoe, Tel 499219built environment, local government - town of port melbourne, w s lang -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Students Hoeing Rows of Vegetables, 1950-1951
Note by T.H. Kneen, "Students are Peter Smith and Margot George (1951)."Students, Peter Smith and Margot George, hoeing Rows of Vegetables, note the Webb-way Irrigation system. See B91.133 for description of Webb-way system.webb-way irrigation system, students, peter smith, margot george, vegetables, students working outside, orchard -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (item) - Notebook, W.R. Hearn Scotch College Leaving Agricultural Science Burnley Horticultural College
W.R. Hearn, 1311, Arthur Robinson House, Scotch College, Hawthornburnley horticultural college, agricultural science, scotch college, pressed plants -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
'Heisswasserpülar' vaginal douche associated with Dr Edward Rowden White
This douche, with the manufacturers object description of "heisswasserspulungen" which translates as healing water douche, came from the Edward Rowden White Estate. The heisswasserpular designed by Dr Walzer-Frank was used as a vaginal douche by attaching a rubber hose to the glass connector which was then inserted into the vagina. Acquired from Dr Harold Attwood, the Curator of the Medical History Unit, University of Melbourne, 2 April 1996. In a letter to Geoff Bishop ... " I think they are best held in your collection rather than here." (see accession file)Transferred from the collection of the Medical Unit (Brownless Medical Museum) University of Melbourne, from the Sir Edward Rowden White Estate. Sir Edward (1884-1958) was a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Regional Council of RCOG and was the first Chairman of the Arthur Wilson Foundation, and created (with his brother) the EA Rowden White and Edward R White Foundation for Medical Research at the Royal Women's Hospital in 1955. Black bakelite bulb with glass douche nozzle and irrigator connections at each end. Stored in original box. Handwritten in blue pencil on side of box: "Vaginal Douche".vaginal irrigation -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Incomplete vaginal douch apparatus set associated with midwife Mary Howlett, c. 1866 - 1920
These are parts of a vaginal douch apparatus set. The apparatus appears to be a T More-Madden model, as used at the Rotunda Hospital, Ireland.Mary Howlett (1840-1922) began practising as a country midwife in 1866 in the western district of Victoria. She qualified as a 'ladies monthly nurse' in 1887 and continued to practise as a nurse and midwife until 1920.She began her six months training at the Melbourne Lying-In Hospital. She was known by many as 'Auntie', and her career spanned more than 50 years. Mrs Howlett's midwifery box and contents were given to Dr Frank Forster, and he donated them to the museum collection in 1993.Black vulcanite bridge attachment (.1) and irrigator (.2). The bridge would attach to the rubber tubing of the set and a lead sinker, The bridge would attach to a stopcock at the proximal end of the set.midwifery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FLOWING
The Laanecoorie Weir on the Loddon River supplies both irrigation and domestic water. It was the second Victorian irrigation scheme after the Goulbourn. It was constructed 1889-1892 with the outlet valves installed in 1891.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Flowing: this photograph was taken at the Laanecoorie Weir in the mid 1980s. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
South West Healthcare
Ear Irrigation Syringe, 20th century
Pomeroy Ear Irrigation Syringe: Chrome Metal Cannister; 1 tapered nozzle cannula and screw top plunger. "British Make" 13ear irrigation syringe, syringe, surgical instrument -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Nagambie Waterways The way they were, May 2009
History of the Goulburn Irrigation System and the waterways.Collection of early photographs of the area telling the history.Rectangular shaped book, Cover is a B/W photo of the 'Merriwee', boat, owned by W. L Forbes C 1920 with a group of people on board about to enjoy a sailing. There are 92 pages with many B/W photos detailing the history of the waterways.Credits page, supported by the Strathbogie Shire Council.and Nagambie Historical Society.irrigation history, lake nagambie, goulburn weir and environs, life in the area -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph
Irrigation.|Cattanach Canal Construction c.1955|Channel reconstruction.Bill Honey, migrated from the U.K. to work on the heavy equipment used in the construction of the Cattanach Canalphotograph, people -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
'Coronet' vaginal douche associated with Dr Frank Forster, Coronet
... Irrigation ...This douche syringe was in the collection of Dr Frank Forster.Douche syringe consisting of a hollow bakelite rod with a red rubber bulb. Imprinted in black, "CORONET GUARANTEED", "ENGLISH MADE".irrigation -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Glass aural syringe associated with Dr Geoff Bishop
... Irrigation ...This item belonged to Dr Geoff Bishop. Similar in appearance to Heath's glass aural syringe.Glass aural syringe with glass plunger, rod with compressed cotton plunger, and (loose) rubber cap [237.2]. The tip of the syringe is elongated and has no attachment for needles. Distal end of plunger has a widened area shaped like a small glass cork. Cottom thread is wound around a small depression. Distal end of plunger has been inserted through a small cork. Above the cork is a wooden cap with a central hole. The head of the plunger has a 'cotton reel' depression and fits into the outside of the wooden cap.irrigation -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Tool - Vaginal douche applicator
... Irrigation ...Perforated canister was used for the intravaginal application of perfumes and medical creams. Very similar to a vaginal douche pipe.A black bakelite cone shaped instrument with perforations.irrigation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Report, A Background Paper - "The Commission's Role", 1980s
... irrigation ...Typed reports about water management in Victoriairrigation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Report, Systems and the New Role of the Water Industry Services Division, 1980s
... irrigation ...Typed reports about water management in Victoriairrigation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Report, Change Implementation Summary Report, 1980s
... irrigation ...Typed reports about water management in Victoriairrigation