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City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Temperance Store, East Ballarat circa 1860
The store was located in Humffrary Street North. A land grant was given to William Lane on condition he maintained the store for miners and wood cutters.temperance store, william lane, building, commerical, persons, humffray street north -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Clock
From the Wyuna, a twin-screw diesel electric pilot cutter. Introduced in 1953 and served with the Port Phillip Sea Pilots until 1979.The MV Wyuna served as a Pilots tender from 1953 to 1979 before fast pilot boats were introduced. During this time the Wyuna would lower a work boat to transfer a pilot onto a ship which would have had to come to a full stop to allow transfer, thus losing time and extra fuel. Today the fast pilot boats come along side a still moving vessel to allow pilot access outside Post Phillip Heads. Brass ships clock from galley of pilot vessel Wyuna. White face, black roman numerals. port phillip sea pilots, mv wyuna, gally clock -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Bank Book, 1940's
The McHugh brothers were Wood and Chaff Cutters. The books were used from March 1942 to December 1946 and December 1946 to May 1952.2 x Maroon covered bank books. A buff coloured sticker on front with the words "In Account Current with The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited. Page ........) Mr LJP McHugh. (the owner of the two bank books.)commercial bank of australia, bank books, mchugh brothers, wood and chaff cutters in tatura, tatura businesses -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Bowl, c1805
Belonged to donor's grandmother, Mrs. Esther Gledhill. Esther came from a pioneer family and was married to Robert Gledhill who was a sleeper cutter for the railways.'Carnival Ware' glass bowl with three fluted edges standing on three legs. Leaf and berry pattern inside.glass technology, carnival -
National Wool Museum
Shearing cutter
19 shearing cutters inscribed "HEINIGER XP4S", 2 shearing combs inscribed "LISTER XLII' and 1 shearing comb marked "SUNBEAM Gem""HEINIGER XP4S" "LISTER XLII' SUNBEAM Gemshearing, cutter, sunbeam -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photos - Horse team working on farm x3
Horses were coupled together to form a team to pull farm machinery to work on farms. Later, petrol and kerosene equipment was used and then diesel. The Kiewa Valley consisted of farming families before the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme was constructed in the late 1940's at the upper end of the valley. Three large black & white photos of a horse team pulling farm equipment. 1. Mouldboard plough 2. header 3. thresher or chaff cutter. 1.& 2. are working on the farm 3. is pulling the machinery to a nearby farm. No labelsfarm equipment. horse teams. farming. crops. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1988 copy
Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. "Tatura Silver". Made from jam tins - biscuit cutters, tea pot, funnel shaped beaters used to agitate washing in the coppers. Embroidered table cloth (material supplied by Red Cross). Negative no 17.tin craft, hand craft, embroidery, red cross, pow, camp internees -
Queenscliffe Historical Museum
Four silver thumbles
Belonged to two grandmothers of donor - Emma Quimby, Maryland, USA and Anna Katherine Smailes Gilbert, Illinois, USA.1. Made in USA, Mt Patd. Thread cutter on side. 2. Handmade Victorian thimble, silver mark, fancy edge. 3. Silver thimble, floral edge. O for name. 4. Silver thimble size 8. -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Horse Clippers, A. Martin & Co, Unknown
Used in the 20h century.A pair of vintage hand horse clippers with two steel blades, a lower blade or comb and a moving blade or cutter that work together to cut the hair. It attached with screws to two steel handles with wooden grips attached by brass fitments.Imprinted on the metal joining the blades - 'A. Martin & Co. Manufacturers'horse accessories, horses, horse clippers -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Memorabilia - Shield
USCGC Northwind W-282 was a Wind-class ice breaker from the United States Coast Guard Cutter. Semper Paratus is Latin for "Always Ready".Wooden shield with large round plaque center with same shield shaped image on it. Image features a boat with a day scene on the left and a night scene to the right. Below the boat is a polar bear head. Around the side of this image reads "USCGC NORTH WIND W-282. POLAR EXPLORATION. SEMPER PARATUS". This round plaque is enclosed by a gold Laurel wreath. Under this is a rectangular piece of fabric mostly green with yellow and black/navy as well. Under this is a rectangular metal piece which would hold a plaque and under that is a decorated metal badge.USCGC NORTH WIND W-282. POLAR EXPLORATION. SEMPER PARATUS uscgc, northwind, w-282, ice breaker, polar exploration, semper paratus -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plane
Dado Plane also called a Cut and Thrust or a Raglet plane. The vertical side cutters and the skewed main iron allows the plane to cut cleanly across the grain. Maker Mathieson Has FWW stamped on end. Size is 1 inch.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clipper
Rouse Slug Clipper, The slug cutter is used to cut the thin strips of leading that are put in between the various lines of text. It has a stop plate to it to make sure that a series of leads being cut are made to all the exact same size.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clipper -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LOCAL TREES - AND OTHERS
Typed notes mostly on the native cedar tree (Cedrela australia - Australian Red Cedar). Notes describe the cedar as an attractive, easily worked timber that was plentiful. Most of the notes describes the loss of the trees by the timber cutters cutting the trees for furniture.document, local trees - and others, australian red cedar, bill beatty, along the great divide -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, The Nook
The photograph was taken in The Nook. Terence O'Brien rented the land from Goonawarra from the 1890s to 1905 where he grew cereal crops. The terraces on the hillside were built to grow vines when the property was one of the first vineyards in the area. The men in the image are from L-R: Mr. Heath in the white cutter owned the chaff cutter, John Leyden with hand on fence, Michael Dillon, Terence O'Brien and Phil Ratile are on top of the haystack, Andy Burke standing with hand on hip.The growing and harvesting of cereal crops was an important agricultural industry in the early days of Sunbury's settlement by both the Indigenous People and Europeans.A non-digital photograph black and white photograph of eleven men gathering hay with the aid of a steam traction engine in a wide open valley. A hillside in the distance has been terraced and there is a house on the hill in the distance.the nook, terence o'brien, andy burke, mr. heath, michael dillon, philratile, goonawarra, vineyards -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Wolf Klaphake
Story by Dr. Klaus Neumann about Wolf Klaphake, interned in Camp 1. Copy of newspaper article, 2003, pictures showing wood cutters and also guard tower.. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - CIGAR CUTTER: BUTTON STAMPER
A Cigar cutter? Or Button Stamper? The blade/stamper is missing. Has a black wooden handle. It is constructed of steel, painted black with gold painted patterning, displaying flowers and leaves. The base is 18cm x 8xm and the height is 15cm Previously numbered #113. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Horse-drawn lawn-mower, Port Melbourne, 1920
Copy of photo of draught horse harnessed to a lawn-mower with wooden grass-cutter. Horse standing on grass with trees behind, then Station Street with two-storey terrace houses, one inscribed 'Derwent SC House'. Near Corner Station and Raglan"Caption: And this, Sonny Boy, is how they used to turn grass into lawn in the old days: A horse drawn lawn mower used by the old Port Melbourne Town Council". Inscribed in pencil in one corner "Raglan St ?".parks and gardens, local government - town of port melbourne, transport - horse -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Photograph,Optical Munitions, Glass preparation
Part of a series entitled “Optical Munitions - School of Natural Philosophy, 1942-1945”. Black and white photo of hands operating glass cutter, producing rectangular strips in preparation for experimental fusing of glass “sandwiches” into optical blocks. Same photo as 265In ink on lower left hand corner : “24”. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Family History, To Enjoy The Interval, 1986
Autobiography of Cecil Jones. Spent early life at Bailesston, working as a sleeper cutter. In later life was employed as a forester in northern NSW. Encouraged to write life story by his daughter.Soft cover, bush picture in green on front, photograph of author on back. Line drawing of Adze cricket bat and ball on front. "To Enjoy The Interval An Autobiography by Cecil Jones" on front cover and spine. 253 pages.Presented to Tatura and District Historical Society by Mrs. Fred Perry of Tatura (life long friend of the author) with Best Wishes. Cecil Jones 26.8.86cecil jones -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Burwood East State School No 454
The school was started in 1861 by the Anglican Church and was known as Harkaway. At that time the area was heavily timbered and supported market gardens, orchards and timber cutters. The school became Burwood East in 1902.This photograph shows the wooden building that was the Burwood State School up until it was moved to the present location on the corner of Highbury and Blackburn Roads.burwood east state school -
Orbost & District Historical Society
journal, Gippsland Heritage Journal, 2002
This issue edited by Meredith Fletcher.This item is a useful reference for the history of Gippsland.A 60 pp magazine, covered in plastic, titled Gippsland Heritage Journal -No 26. The cover is blue with a b/w photograph of Walhalla timber cutters c 1910. The magazine contains articles, photographs on the history of Gippsland. It includes a story on John Flynn at Buchan.On the back is a library barcode and a price sticker -$9.90. On the front is a call no. 994.65 GIPmagazine-gippsland-heritage-journal history-gippsland flynn-john -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Artefact, Round Ball Bullet Mould, Early 20th century
This object could have been used either in the military sphere or by a private individual making his own shot. This item has no known local provenance but is retained for display purposes. This is a metal round ball bullet mould with two scissors arms held at the end with a screw. The arms hold a sprue cutter. The top ends of the arms are hollowed inside and close to form a round space or mould for the making of a shot or bullet. The object is much rusted. shot mould, history of warrnambool -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Horseworks, 1880
Horseworks for one or two horses, gearing, shafting and pulley, complete. Used as a power conversion unit via one or two horses to operate a chaff cutter or similar unit. Horseworks is set up outside a building with an underground shaft to a pulley inside the barnRobinsonfarm, machinery, horseworks, power, horse, churchill island -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Child Size Peat Cutting Spade
Wooden peat cutting spade with metal re-enforcement of the cutting edge.Varnished pine has been used and the cutting edge re-enforcement is painted black. Used together with wooden flat-bed wheelbarrow (Item 4139) and peat cutter (Item 4143) -
National Wool Museum
Shearing comb
Shearing machine comb inscribed "Sunbeam PACER".Sunbeam PACER/ MADE IN AUSTRALIA Although the L/H/pce appears to have been presented complete/with combs and cutter/ I feel the tools are modern/ TC.3/11/93shearing animal health sheep stations - management, shearing, animal health, sheep stations - management -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Booklet, Dredging for Gold and Tin, c1935
Thompson and Co. were a large foundry and engineering works in Castlemaine, Victoria.Fifty six page, soft brown covered booklet including methods of dredging and a catalogue of various pumps. Illustrations include: Thompson's Head Office: Natual Head Method; Pontoon Plant method; floating pontoon suction cutter method and pontoon plant method.thompson's foundry, dredging, gold, tin, thompson and co, castlemaine, engineering, foundry, pontoon, pump -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1900 c
Black and white photograph showing chaff cutting at Howlett property Inglewood using steam engine power. Identified are Andrew Brodribb and Arthur Howlett at the chaff cutter, James, Maud, Ethel, Ivy Howlett near steam engine Punt Rd Metung Victoriagenealogy -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Tools, hay cutter, c1880
Early settlers in Moorabbin Shire used these hay cutters to provide food for their Draught Horses , the family cow and clear pasture. The blade was very sharp and using a swinging action efficiently cut the long grass.Hay cutters were an essential tool for the early settlers, market gardener and dairy farmers in Moorabbin Shire c 1880A long curved steel blade with a long wooden handlepioneers, early settlers, market gardeners, dairy farmers, moorabbin, brighton, dendy henry, tools, hay cutters, blacksmith, -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: CHAFF CUTTER
Two photographs (proofs 64 and 65) No. 64, A traction Engine driving a chaff cutter?, threshing machine? Via a very long flat belt. Behind the machine is a large pile of hay with several men standing on the heap. To the right of the machine there is another group of men and bags of grain and several bag trucks are visible. Under this photo in very faded writing is: Threshing, Chaff Cutter, Chaff Factory Collingwood, Mrs. J. Collins. 65. A working Traction Engine, cutting or threshing, there are groups of men standing on a pile of hay and also near the machine. A sign on the roof of the machine reads 'Marshalls Gainsborough'topic, farming, threshing, chaff cutter, thresher, chaff factory collingwood, mrs. j collins, marshalls, gainsborough -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme, Norwood High School, Ringwood, Victoria, Investiture of School Leaders 1988
Order of proceedings, with names of School Captains, Prefects, House Captains, and SRC representatives.Special Guests - Mayor and Mayoress of Ringwood, Cr. J. Caffyn and Mrs. Caffyn, General Manager, Eastern Metropolital Region, Mr. Peter Cutter, President of School Council, Mr. Max Williams.