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Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Hale & Iremonger, The Eye of the Beholder by Betty Roland, 1984
Autobiography of a leftist playwright. From the cover notes: This is an insider's portrait of Australian bohemia of the 1920s and the 1930s and in particular of the establishment, under the magnetic influence of painter/philosopher Justus Jorgensen, of the artists' colony Montsalvat at Eltham, Victoria. Cover image: Pool at Montsalvat325 p. : ill., ports. ISBN 0868061700betty roland, justus jorgensen, montsalvat -
Bendigo Military MuseumAlbum - BIOGRAPHY of a BCOF SOLDIER
Biography of a BCOF Soldier and his daughter. Soldier - Noel John HUGGETT NX 101125. Enlisted 12 August 1942 aged 21 years. Discharged 14 December 1950. Corporal. B.C.O.F Labour unit, KureFolder- cardboard, green plastic covering with 4 ring (metal ) spine. Paperwork collection- paper in plastic A4 sleeves Copies of - letters, certificates, photographs and documents containing autobiography and biography information. Entry of marriage- Noel John HUGGETT and Ruth Reiki YAMAMOTO on second April 1951. Daughter Kathleen Ruth HUGGETT D.O.B. 3rd December 1951 Tokyo Japan Front of folder- adhesive label, white paper,handwritten black pen. “NOEL HUGGETTS’S STORY FOR THE WAR MEMORIAL “album, military history, bcof, japan, biography -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK - AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Sir Edward Dunlop, "THE WAR DIARIES OF WEARY DUNLOP", First published 1986. reprinted 1986, 1987
"THE/ WAR DIARIES/ OF/ WEARY DUNLOP/ JAVA AND THE BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY 1942 - 1945" Book - item in the collection of Richard William McGILVERY, RAAF. Refer Cat. No. 7287P for his service details, photo, awards, HARD COVER BOOK WITH DUST COVER. Hard cover - cardboard with adhered red buckram, gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, white print on front, spine and back on red background. Folded flaps with black print on beige background. Illustrated - front - colour seated portrait of Sir Edward Dunlop. Back - copy in colour of watercolour painting of "Weary Dunlop" operating in a jungle hospital by "Jack Chalker". 401 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and sketches.history, books, ww2, autobiography -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Jan RUFF-O’HERNE, Fifty Years of Silence, 2008
“FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE” The extraordinary memoir of a war rape survivor “ from Dutch colonial Melanesia during ww2 Soft cover book Soft cover- cardboard, red white and cream print on front, spine and back. Front cover illustration black and white photograph of a woman, background red and white flag 214 pages, paper, cut, plain, off white. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs, maps and sketches books, autobiography, prisoners, ww 2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook, Monte-San: The Times Between, 1987
Book written by Ethel May Punshon.White fly cover over hard back book. Cover has her photograph on front.camp4, japanese family internees, books, autobiography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Andrews Recollections, 1954
Letters written by Mr. Andrews, subsequently copied and bound. Scanned for electronic copy at Tatura Museum.Bound copy of hanwritten pages.merrigum district, merrigum methodist church, books, autobiography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - autobiography, Bruno Simon, Remember life in Camp 13, 1991
a 40 page photocopy collection of addressed envelopes as indicate by the large inscription as indicated below with a six page autobiography "Remember life in Camp 13". Possibly an association with Mooroopna philatelist may have been the contact between Mr Pohlig and Lurline KneeBlack plastic cover containing 40 pages of photocopy collection of address envelopes.Gustav Pohlig Collection of POW mail.gustav polig, pow mail, internee correspondence, australian internee camps -
Unions Ballarat
Be just and fear not (Don Woodward Collection), Calwell, AA, 1972
An autobiography of Arthur Calwell a former public servant, Minister for Immigration (in the Chifley government) and Labor Leader of the Opposition. Includes views on immigration, Gough Whitlam and Archbishop Mannix. He resigned as Leader of the Opposition in 1967, at which time Gough Whitlam assumed the ALP leadership.Relevant to Australian political history, particularly that of the Labor movement. Autobiographical interest.Book; 274 pages. Paperback cover: green, black and white; photograph of Arthur Calwell; white and black lettering; author's name and title. Hardcover cover: green background; gold lettering; author's name and title. Dustjacket (hardcover): cover: green, black and white; photograph of Arthur Calwell; white and black lettering; author's name and title.calwell, arthur, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, public servants, minister for immigration, immigration, chifley, ben, leader of the opposition, government, politics, whitlam, gough, mannix, archbishop, alp, australian labor party, parliament, members of parliament, white australia policy -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, 30 September 1949
Alan Charles Quinn went to sea at 16 years of age and photographed his work and the places he visited. His collection of photo albums form a pictorial autobiography. The Alan Charles Quinn collection also includes a series of letters written to and from his mother.Black and white photograph of a boats in a harbour in San Francisco. In the background there are hills and the Golden Gate Bridge. The picture shows a large number of small boats and one which is slightly bigger boat. Blue/green ink, handwritten on reverse: "30/9/49 S.F" Handwritten in pencil: "K8/B"san francisco, moorings, boats -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, Moored in San Francisco, 30 September 1949
Alan Charles Quinn went to sea at 16 years of age and photographed his work and the places he visited. His collection of photo albums form a pictorial autobiography. The Alan Charles Quinn collection also includes a series of letters written to and from his mother.Black and white photograph of a number of yachts moored in San Francisco Bay. There is a jetty or pier visible to the right of frame and trees along the background to the left.Blue/green ink, handwritten on reverse: "30/9/49" Handwritten in pencil: "K9/A"sailing boats, moorings, san francisco, alan charles quinn -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, Landing Docks, 30 September 1949
Allan Charles Quinn went to sea aged 16 and photographed his work and the places he visited. His collection of photo albums provides a pictorial autobiography for a period in his life. Included in the Allan Charles Quinn Collection are a series of letters written to and from his mother.Black and white photograph of landing docks at San Francisco. To the right of the photograph is the streetscape which includes a walking track and street lighting in front of a road and row of shops or houses. To the centre of the photograph are the ramps to reach the jetty where the yachts are moored. To the left of the photograph are the bows of a long line of yachts. In the background of the photograph there is a large multi-storeyed building.Blue/green ink, handwritten on reverse: "30/9/49" Handwritten in pencil: "K9/A"san francisco, sailing boats, ramps, promenades, allan charles quinn -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, 14 September 1949
Alan Charles Quinn went to sea at the age of 16 and photographed his work and the places he visited. In keeping all of his photographs he created a pictorial autobiography. Also included in the Alan Charles Quinn Collection are letters written to and from his mother during his time at sea.Black and white photograph of the bow of the Queen Mary taken from a "street-level" view. On the very front of the ship there is a person visible as well as several people to the left of the photograph, peering over the railing.Blue/green ink, handwritten on reverse of photograph: "14.9.49" Handwritten on original page within photograph album: "Bow on at pier ninety"allan charles quinn, queen mary, ship liner, passenger ship, passenger liner, new york, usa -
Unions Ballarat
From Curtin To Kerr (Don Woodward and D.J. Spiers Collections), Daly, Fred, 1977
Autobiography of Labor Party politician, Fred Daly (1913-1995). Daly was Member of the House of Representatives for several years, (1943-1975) and held office during the Whitlam government. Daly's political career ended at the time of Sir John Kerr's sacking of the Whitlam government that happened on 11 November 1975.Covers significant decades of Labor history as well as being an autobiography of a longstanding Labor MP. Pertinent to the history of the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975.Book; 268 pages. Cover: green and mauve background; artistic impression of Fred Daly; black lettering; author's name and title.Title page: one volume has author's signature in blue biro. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, daly, fred, daly, frederick, alp, australian labor party, whitlam, gough, whitlam, eg, government, house of representatives, kerr, sir john, grayndler, whitlam government - dismissal -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Document, My Life by Mavis Lucas, ?1998
Autobiography of Mavis Lucas Nee Pepperell.Autobiography of Mavis Lucas Nee Pepperell. Ms Lucas grew up in Tunstall, now Nunawading and vividly describes her life from about 1920, growing up in a working class family on a flower farm, her career in a soft furnishing factory, social life based around her church, the depression, her Marriage in the 1930's and the changes during and after the war. She tells her story to 1954. Autobiography of Mavis Lucas Nee Pepperell. lucas, mavis, pepperell, wesley college junior school, tunstall, flower growing, pepperell family, blackburn primary school, no. 2923, mount pleasant methodist church, hawthorn, frank, ashburton, hartwell, julie, helen, yos, arie, heathmont post office and store -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph - Mounted photograph, Black and white, Theological Faculty - King's College - London University - June 1919, 1919
Frank Leslie Oliver is photographed here in King's College, London in June 1919. Second row standing 8th from the left. According to his autobiography Frank Oliver, senior Chaplain from 1930-1960 at MtS, studied primarily at Trinity College, University of Melbourne after war service in the Army Medical Corps. Established in 1829 under the patronage of George IV, King's College is one of the oldest and most distinguished centres for the study of classical languages, literature, thought, religion, art, archaeology and history in the UK.Black and white mounted group photograph. Many in the group are wearing military uniform In black ink along the lower edge of mount: Theological Faculty - King's College - London University - June 1919kings' college, london university, student, theology, padre oliver, padre frank leslie oliver -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, Bollards in the water in San Francisco, 23 November 1949
Alan Charles Quinn went to sea at the age of 16 and photographed his work and the places he visited. He has left behind a pictorial autobiography enclosed in a number of photograph albums. Also included in the Alan Charles Quinn Collection are a series of letters written to and from his mother during his time at sea.Black and white photograph of bollards in the water at San Francisco. There is some rippling of the water in the front of the photograph with complete calm toward the rear. In the background and to the right is a pier with what appears to be an upturned boat on the pier. There is a visible fog or mist through the background of the photograph.Blue/green ink, handwritten on reverse: "23.11.49". Pencil markings: "K8/B" mission-to-seafarers, missions-to-seamen, alan-charles-quinn, docks, san-francisco, bollards, pier, california, united states of america, usa -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY WW2 AND PROGRAMME, "Smokey" F.A. REEDER, "DIARY OF A RAT", 1977
"DIARY OF A RAT" "7th AUST. DIV/SUPPLY COLUMN" "2/6/ AUST. COY/A.A.S.C. Item in the collection re Ron Bollard VX14150, refer Cat No 5919P for his service details.1. Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black print on yellow colour background. 72 pages plus 8 pages index. Cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. 2. Programme - cream coloured paper, facsimile brown print, maps and illustrations. Two A4 sheets folded in half, stapled.books, military history, ww2, tobruk, autobiography -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, AUTOBIOGRAPHY WW2, A. B. Palmer, "Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk", 1981
Owner and donor details, see Cat. No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard with navy blue buckram. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, black colour print on yellow background, front and spine. Front illustration - black print of RAN portrait. Back cover, sepia tones, photograph of trucks and boats dockside. 384 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. End papers front and back - maps.books, military history, ww2, ran, autobiography -
Bendigo Military MuseumBook - BOOK, Soldier's story in a War Zone, Allen and Unwin, "Eleven Bats - A story of COMBAT, CRICKET AND THE SAS", 2020
Book - soldiers story of Combat, Survival and Backyard Cricket.Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white brown and dark green print on front, spine and back. Front cover background illustration montage of 2 colour photographs. Top portrait of soldier in uniform, bottom street scene in Afghanistan. Back cover - colour photograph of "Eleven Bats" 366 pages, cut, plain off white paper. Illustrated colour photographs. Hand signed on Title page.non-fictionBook - soldiers story of Combat, Survival and Backyard Cricket.books, autobiography, east timor, iraq, afghanistan, -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - J. C. HEIDRICH, J.C.F. OBST, AND G.F.SCHMIDT DESCENDANTS IN AUSTRALIA, 1983
J. C. Heidrich, C. G. Obst, and G. F. Schmidt and descendants in Australia , 1845 - 1983'.A. J. Schillerautobiography, heidrich, obst, and schmidt., family history. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Biography, Fred Lowen, 2001
Life story written by Fred LowenSoft cover, pale green cover. Picture of Fred Lowen, Feb 01.For the Tatura Museum with Best Wishes. Fred Lowen. Feb. 01camp 3, tatura, ww2 dunera, autobiography, fred lowen -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook, Sing Me That Lovely Song Again, 2006
Helga Griffin, daughter of Austrian engineer father and German mother. Interned aged 6 years and sent to Australia with her parents and young brother. Five years interned in Camp 3 near Rushworth, then released to Melbourne. Helga vividly describes her early childhood in Persia. The mixed emotions of her whole family during the internment experience and postwar, trying to adjust to a new country, new culture, new language. Very evocative memories of wartime dislocation.Blue/green front soft cover, red and white printing, white back cover and spine, black printing.With my very best wishes to the Tatura museum and the sterling work of the volunteers that contribute to its valuable presence. Helga 26.5.06ww2 camp 3, books, autobiography, helga griffin, helga griffin (girschik) -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Harold Macmillan, At the End of the Day 1961-1963, 1973
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketautobiography, memoir, politics, government, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, The Lord Boothby, Boothby : Recollections of a Rebel, 1979
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketautobiography, memoir, politics, government, walsh st library -
Clunes Museum
Book, FIRST PUBLISHED THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE BENDIGO, THE LAMP STILL BURNS, 1989
IN A NURSING CAREER SPANNING ALMOST FIFTY YEARS (1936-1981) ISABEL "SPARK" GILL WAS AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL..1 TANGERINE HARDCOVER COLOURED BOOK COVER, DUSTCOVER WITH IMAGE OF AUTHOR IN NURSING UNIFORM, CREAM COLOURED BACKGROUND. SIGNED BY AUTHOR 187 PAGES .2 TANGERINE PAPERBACK 187 PAGES non-fictionIN A NURSING CAREER SPANNING ALMOST FIFTY YEARS (1936-1981) ISABEL "SPARK" GILL WAS AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL.local history, book, autobiography, gill, isabell spark -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Ross, Andrew
Andrew Ross was schoolmaster at Kangaroo Ground from 1851; he was later also post-master, lay preacher, and electoral registrar Contents Copy Latrobe Manuscript Collection index card: Ross, Andrew. Extracts from Latrobe Library Manuscript Collection, Box 2584: Bound book "Autobiography - Andrew Ross". Photocopies pages 295 and 367 re Kangaroo Ground. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcandrew ross, kangaroo ground, robert ross, margaret ross nee mitchelson, alexander mitchelson, alison wight, andromache ship, scots school melboourne, kangaroo post office, caledonia gold rush, eltham road board, mountain diggings, william brimmer, william mclaughlin, t johnston of greensborough, evelyn observer newspaper -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Book, I fell down a beer cellar, 2004
This is the autobiography of Jill Suggett, born 1940, the daughter of Lindsay and Enid Suggett of Warrnambool. She suffered from cerebral palsy and, in later life, bi-polar disorder. Despite this she lived a rich and active life, becoming a librarian and publishing several books. She was a member of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society and was the newsletter editor for the Society from 1968 to 1976 and was a Life Member of the Society. This book is of interest as it is the autobiography of Jill Suggett, a life member of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society (Jill is now deceased). This is a soft cover book of 120 pages. The cover has a black background and a black, grey and white image of a girl tumbling into a cellar. The lettering on the front cover is white and on the spine it is black. On the back cover there is a printed extract from the Foreword. The book has a Foreword, 21 chapters and several black and white photographs. The inscription is handwritten in blue biro. ‘Donated by Reg. Smith 2005’ history of warrnambool, jill suggett -
Melbourne Tram MuseumBook, Norm Cross, "Around the Tracks", 2004
Book - perfect bound - card covers - 186 pages printed on off white paper + 32 pages gloss paper printed with a mixture of black and white and colour photographs. An autobiography of a Rail Worker (Preston Workshops) and Enthusiast Norman (Norm) Cross. Tells the story of Norm, his work at Preston Workshops, characters, work mates, his travels within Australia and overseas and family. Has photographs of his work, travels and family. Published by Norm Cross 2004.trams, tramways, preston workshops, mmtb, mta, railways, tramways, heritage -
Melbourne LegacyPhotograph, Legatee William Donovan Joynt, V.C. book launch, 1979
Photograph taken to record the launching of Donovan Joynt VC's autobiography, Breaking the Road for the Rest (see Cat. No. 01353). The Legacy torch on the wall behind indicates that the launch took place at Legacy House in Swanston Street, and is confirmed in the text of the newspaper cutting. The cutting also records the fact that Joynt was then the oldest surviving member of Melbourne Legacy. A further newspaper cutting by Geoffrey Hutton reviews the book in detail.A record that the Governor of Victoria launched the book is an indication of the high profile of both Joynt and Melbourne Legacy.Black and white photo of L/- Donovan Joynt and Governor WinnekeOn back of photo: 'MELBOURNE LEGACY' stamped in purple. '19.3.79' written in blue biro 'The Governor Henry Winneke launching Donovan Joynt's book Breaking the Road for the Rest' in green biro On newspaper cutting: 'L11' in blue biro donovan joynt, biography -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Otto Rupp, The Life and Experience of an Immigrant, 1999
An autobiography by Otto Rupp (1904 -1993). Transcribed by the Yarrambat Historical Society from the original manuscript in 1993. Otto Rupp was born in Switzerland in 1904. He migrated to Australia in 1927 and after working in the South Australian outback bought land in Yarramabt. He married Edna Young in 1935. This diary includes recollections of his life from 1927 to 1983. Bachelor Days, 1919-1935: Murray Bridge, Karoonda, Wirrabara, Appilia, South Australia, Central Australia, Tancks Corner (Yarrambat), Balranald, and Yarramabt. Married Life, Gold in Yarrambat, Times, People and Memories, 1943-1987.58 p. : ill., fascsims., geneal. table ; 30 cmnon-fictionAn autobiography by Otto Rupp (1904 -1993). Transcribed by the Yarrambat Historical Society from the original manuscript in 1993. Otto Rupp was born in Switzerland in 1904. He migrated to Australia in 1927 and after working in the South Australian outback bought land in Yarramabt. He married Edna Young in 1935. This diary includes recollections of his life from 1927 to 1983. Bachelor Days, 1919-1935: Murray Bridge, Karoonda, Wirrabara, Appilia, South Australia, Central Australia, Tancks Corner (Yarrambat), Balranald, and Yarramabt. Married Life, Gold in Yarrambat, Times, People and Memories, 1943-1987.otto rupp, edna young, yarrambat, tancks corner victoria, autobiography, migrant
