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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINER'S RIGHT, 1855
Document. Miner's Right. Miner's Right issued in the District of Sandhurst to FredK. Fore (believe it is meant to be Faul), dated seventeenth July 1855. Light blue document with blue ink printing. 1 year licence. Cost - 1 pound. Signed by C Mollison?. Document contains writing on the back, words & sums. The words horse, chaff, hay, oats distinguishable.cottage, miners, miner's right, fredk fore -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds Vol 2
This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds Vol 2 Author: The Rev. F. O. Morris Publisher: Groombridge & Sons Date: 1855Label on spine cover with typed text PAT F598.2942 MOR Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Servicewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, a natural history of the nests and eggs of british birds vol 2, a natural history, the rev. f. o. morris, f. o. morris -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Port Melbourne, original iron church
Damaged/darkened photos in original 1915 Jubilee display were copied by archival photographer in 1997 (through Scriptorium)Sepia copy of photo from original set of four photographs mounted for Holy Trinity's Diamond Jubilee in 1915 - original iron church,1855religion - anglican (holy trinity) -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Book - Pulpit bible
Tooled brown leather pulpit bible with gilt text on the spine and gilt edged pages. There is a dedication pasted inside the front.rev david boyd, scots church heidelberg -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet - Memoirs, Aileen Elizabeth Brown, Garnered Sheaves: Memoirs of The Mission to Seamen, Victoria 1853-1934, 1935
Aileen was the daughter of Reverend Richard Vallencey Danne and Mary Danne , nee Johnston, herself daughter of Reverend Kerr Johnston. She was married to Alfred Augustus Brown. In 1935 she wrote the memoirs presented during the annual meeting of the Mission on the 10th of April by her brother, Reverend Noel Johnston Danne. It was sold for fundraising purposes for the Mission. In the article from the Herald published on Wednesday 10 April 1935, page 14 : "An interesting presentation took place during the afternoon when the Rev. N. J. Danne, on behalf of his sister, Mrs A. E. Browne, will present the Mission with a copy of the Memoirs of the Victoria Mission to Seamen from the year 1853, when their grandfather was the first chaplain of the Mission. Further copies of the memoirs were sold to assist the funds of the mission."Medium sized booklet. 16 pages memoirs with blue cover written by Aileen Elizabeth Brown in 1935 tells the beginnings of the mission and Kerr Johnston (1812-1887), seamen's mission chaplain. Foreword written by Aileen Elizabeth Brown. On page 2 are the photographs of the Reverend Kerr Johnston and his wife.reverend noel johnston danne, 1890-1969, aileen elizabeth brown, nee danne, 1879-1956, reverend richard vallencey danne, 1846-1904, mary alice isabelle danne nee johnston, 1851-1926, fundraising, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seamen, port melbourne, 1935, memoirs, history, reminiscence -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Accessory - Meerschaum pipe in custom-made leather case
The French Collection was donated to the Society in 2022. This collection includes documents, artworks, books, costumes and artefacts belonging to two families. A number belonged to, or were made by the grandparents of the donor: Vera May Wing and her husband Hubert Charles McDonald. [Other items belonging to Vera and Hubert are in the collections of the Australian Performing Arts Museum and Museum Victoria.] A second significant group of objects were gifts made to the donor's family by Lucy (Jean) Hornby of Queen Street, Kew whose family had been early settlers in the district.Meerschaum pipe, with fitted brown leather case. The stem of the pipe is shaped like an arm with a carved hand supporting the bowl. The pipe is believed to belong to Joseph Wing (1812-95) or John Wing (1841-1914). The pipe has been passed down through the Wing, McDonald and French families.wing family, pipes, meerschaum -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, If the Walls Could Speak, 2001
Written to commemorate the Centenary of Federation 1901-2001 and to "Reintroduce" and preserve the Mechanics Institutes and their sizeable contribution to Australia's social development. Produced in conjunction with a travelling photographic display of the Institute buildings.Hard cover - brown. Title on spine. Dust cover - book shelves in background, lithograph of Mechanics Institute, Melbourne 1855. Composite illustration, plaque and sundial.centenary of federation, mechanics institutes, australia's social development -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Relief prints, Thomas Baines et al, An Explorer's Camp, Circa 1875
From 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth. Thomas Baines joined Augustus Gregory as official artist and storekeeper, in the expedition across northern Australia between 1855-1857 sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society to evaluate the northern area of Australia for suitability as a colonial settlement. The Baines River was named after him.The item is socially and artistically significant as it is a very early image of Northern Australia.Framed black and white etching depicting a cap site located near the ocean.Artist T. Baines - J.J. Crew. From 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth. Thomas Baines joined Augustus Gregory as official artist and storekeeper, in the expedition across northern Australia between 1855-1857 sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society to evaluate the northern area of Australia for suitability as a colonial settlement. The Baines River was named after him.print, baines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. CHINESE ON THE GOLDFEILD, c1854
Diggers & Mining. Chinese on the goldfeild. Gold. The census of 1854 showed only, 2,341 Chinese in Victoria, but it was taken at a time when their numbers were increasing rapidly. In 1854, 4,920 Chinese arrived by sea in small, over-crowded vessels; and 11,289 came in 1855. Many pictures drawn by Gill in 1854 and 1855 show Chinese on the goldfields. Markings: 9 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS NUMBER 10, 2002
Australian Mining History Monographs Number 10 information about the Australian Colonies by Dr.G.H.Bruhn. Hamburg 1855. Transcribed from old Gothic by Marta.Birrell. Written in English.Dr.G.H.Bruhn.victoria, history, mining, mining history - victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS NUMBER 9, 2002
Australian Mining History Monographs Number 9 information about the Australian Colonies by Dr.G.H.Bruhn. Hamburg 1855. Transcribed from old Gothic by Marta.Birrell. Written in German.Dr.G.H.Bruhn.victoria, history, mining, mining history - victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Crown Land Valuations and Applications, Government Printer - John FERRES, Crown Lands Pre-emptive Right Applications: Victoria 1850-1854, 1855
Contains a valuation for Crown Lands applications under pre-emptive right by Victorian county, giving names of applicants name of run, area, and remarks.Contains a valuation for Crown Lands applications under pre-emptive right by Victorian county, giving names of applicants name of run, area, and remarks. Contains a valuation for Crown Lands applications under pre-emptive right by Victorian county, giving names of applicants name of run, area, and remarks. clarke andrew, anglesey, evelyn, bourke, dalhousie, dundas, follett, grant, hampden, heytesbury, normanby, polwarth, ripon, talbot, villiers, district of murray, district of wimmera, district of western port, early settlement, mornington -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Government Acts
BHS CollectionCollection of Government Gazette articles. Content includes documents relating to: 1. An Act to restrain by summary Proceeding unauthorised Mining on Waste Lands of the Crown 1852; 2. Gold Regulations 1853; 3. An Act for the better regulation of Mining Companies 1855; 4. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Gold Fields 1855; 5. An Act to limit the Liability of Mining Companies 1864. Phyllis Toy Collection:adventure gold mine, sandhurst, goldmining, adventure and advance amalgamated quartz mining company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS AND MINERS. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1855
Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. S.A. D. Ar. F.C. S. New fields established 1855-1857. Markings: 13 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Clunes Museum
Print - TWO FRAMES PRINTS, S.T. GILL, 1 KAPUNDA MINE. 2 DEEP SINKING, BALLARAT
FRAMED PRINTS REPRODUCED FOR NATIONAL BANK CALENDAR 1970 - LITHOGRAPHS BY S.T. GILL .1 APRIL - KAPUNDA MINE 1845 .2 MARCH - DEEP SINKING, BALLARAT 1855.1 ANNOTATION ON REAR RE HISTORY OF COPPER MINES, KAPUNDA .2 ANNOTATION ON REAR RE HISTORY OF DEEP SINKINGmining, calendar, lithograph, 1970, kapunda -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Charles Dorey
Charles Dorey, Grandfather of Iris Woolrich nee Dorey. Husband of Emma nee Biggin. Iris' father, Edwin Charles Dorey, born in 1855, was the first of of 10 siblings.charles dorey, iris dorey, edwin dorey -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LANDS OFFICE REGISTER OF CROWN LANDS SOLD SANDHURST, 1855 - 1869
Journal: black hard cover journal with buff spine and corners. Front cover badly damaged Written on spine ' S.I. Sales 1855 - 1869' '05' written in red ink on top of spine. On front cover 'G.W. Groves' written in blue ink under torn cover. Blue lined pages contain details of crown lands surveyed in district of Sandhurst, town, suburban and country. Details of parish, area, date of sale, price and name of purchaser. Indexed by parish on first page.Lands Officeland sales, lands office, land sales, land surveyed, sandhurst, bendigo -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Coin
1855 William Bateman Junr. & Co. Warrnambool, Importers and General Merchants, Trade Token found in the garden of West Warrnambool Primary School. 34mm diameter weight 15.54 gflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Eyres Brothers Centenary
16 page booklet with blue and grey cover. It covers information Eyres Brothers between 1855 and 1955, and their Man Road business "Eyres Brothers and Newman'. THe publication includes illustrations. eyres brothers, edward newman, william eyres, thomas eyres -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH: BLACK AND WHITE YOUNG FEMALE DRESSED IN VICTORIAN CLOTHING
Photograph - Black and white young female dressed in Victorian clothing - taken at F.H. Coldrey (late Wherrett ) Post Office Portrait Rooms Barker Street Castlemaine -Established 1855.photograph, person, female, f.h. coldrey (late wherrett ) post office portrait rooms barker street castlemaine -established 1855 -
National Wool Museum
Pennant
Beechworth Victoria Golden Horseshoe Monument 1855 Handprinted Made in Australia BEECHWORTH Vic. Powder Magazinebeechworth, victoria -
Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association Inc.
Book, Castlemaine Primary School 150th, Circa 2005
Glue bound booklet published by Gail Woodward 2005Castlemaine Primary School No. 119 Celebrated 150 Years August 1st - 7th 2005, 1855-2005 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Administrative record - Wodonga Police Register of Duties 1855-1857
The Wodonga Police register dated to 1855-1857 provides a record of the names of police officers and details of their day-to-day duties, including crimes committed and steps taken to trace and apprehend perpetrators. It has several references to Robert O'Hara Burke, who was a soldier, police officer in Victoria, and well-known explorer in the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition.The Wodonga police register has local significance due to the detailed information and date in the 1850s, which was before Wodonga became a separate Shire from Yackandandah Shire. It is also significant on a state and national level as an example of early police records. The detailed information provides significant research and interpretive potential. Green leather and faded green and brown marbled paper bound register or diary, recording the day-to-day duties of the Wodonga Police in 1855-1857. Pale blue watermarked paper with faint lines in the interior. Every second page has been removed and there is staining on some of the pages.The entries are written in iron gall ink and are deteriorated/faded in places. Red-brown and green marbled paper on the interior front and back covers, with linen binding. There are three small red wax seals on the inside front cover used to secure an introductory page of writing. The paper around the seals is torn and the page has become detached. Fragmentary inscription written on paper on the green leather spine.wodonga police, robert o'hara burke, police records, police register, wodonga, police journal, police diary -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VARIOUS PRINTED ITEMS RELATING TO: THE SHAMROCK HOTEL
VARIOUS PRINTED ITEMS RELATING TO THE SHAMROCK HOTEL. a. Letter from Royal Historical Society of Victoria to BHS in relation to the application to the Historic Building Council (dated 28 Jan 1992); b. cutting from Bendigo Advertiser Sept 9, 1991 re the ''small booklet'' written by Frank Cusack - ''The Shamrock Story'' - has detail taken from the booklet; c. coloured postcard of the hotel (taken from the position of the Lansell monument) - 'Plastichrome' - Murfett Publishers; d. handwritten page with details of Shamrock Hotel incl. reference to: Messrs Heffernan & Crowley; alterations and enlargements (1855, 1859); present building (1897); reference to lighting with gas (1855)- this extract has ''Annals 1855'' appended as a source.buildings, hotel, shamrock hotel. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - CAROL HOLSWORTH COLLECTION: 1970 NATIONAL BANK PAINTING 'DEEP SINKING - BALLARAT'
1970 National Bank painting reproduction 'Deep Sinking , Ballarat' by S.T.Gill c. 1855 Below the picture title the words - Reproduced by the National Bank in 1970 from the lithograph in the La Trobe Collection , State Library of Victoria , by permission of the Library Council of Victoria .Also on the painting is written -James J Blondell & Co Melbourne 1855. The painting shows mine shafts with windsails and windlasses a horse and cart , three men in the foreground several in the distancepainting, watercolour, gold diggers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Coin - QC BINKS COLLECTION: GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG COIN
A 10 centime Luxembourg coin that was discovered by QC Binks whilst he was out metal detecting for gold. Around coin: Duchy de Luxembourg' Date 1855. On obverse ' 10 centimes'bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, qc binks, grand duchy of luxembourg. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Accessory - Badge - Proclamation Day, November 19th, 1949, 1949
Displayed at History HouseCoat of arms in blue within an orange outer rim. Metal badge with paper image under hard plastic covering. Metal pin on back.Front: Proclamation Day. November 19th 1949 (outer rim) Town of Portland. Vic./1855 (inner rim) -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Dictionary of Australasian Biography
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography Comprising Notices of Eminent Colonists from the inauguration of responsible government down to the present time. 1855-1892 Author: Philip Mennell Publisher: Hutchinson & Co Date: 1892Label on spine cover with typed text RA 920.094 MEN Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Public Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, great ocean road, the dictionary of australasian biography, philip mennell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1855
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. At the Caledonian Diggings (near Warrandyte), 1855. Slide; Slab hut with gold cradle amongst the trees. Markings: 45 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Wonders of the physical world: the glacier, the iceberg, the ice-field and the avalanche, 1875
Book prize awarded to Newton Wanliss for excellence in History by William Henderson Chair of Council. Newton subsequently donated the book back to the school for inclusion in the Weatherly LIbrary in 1937. Accession number 1812. The book was catalogued and call number 910.12 painted on spine. Socially significant item due to signature of William Henderson, founder of the school. Prizes were usually given in the name of the Headmaster. During Headmaster McCoy's time (1864 - 1874) the prizes were given in his name and at his expense. The school was between principals at Christmas 1876, hence the signature of William Henderson. Dark blue calf binding with gold borders to front and back covers, raised bands on spine with six compartments and gold title lettering; marbled endpapers; book plate on front cover verso; library plate on right endpaper; pages gilt-edged; black and white illustrations; left side of back endpaper missing; Book plate inside front cover; Ballarat College crest / 1st Prize for / History / AWARDED TO / N Wanliss / Xmas 1876 / W Henderson, Chairman. Book plate on right endpaper: Crest / Ballarat College Library / PRESENTED BY / Mr Newton Wanliss 1937 newton-wanliss, william-henderson, 1876, book-prize,