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City of Greater Geelong
Oil on Canvas, Hugh Guthrie, Wirruna Nursery Wallington
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Thompson's Foundry Band Inc. (Castlemaine)
Sheet Music, Nursery Ditties
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Merbein District Historical Society
Document, Season's Greetings - Taylor's Drive In Nursery(Calendar), 1961
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Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Greenlink Box Hill, Greenlink Nursery 1988-2020, [2020/2021] n.d
Pictorial history and celebration of Greenlink Nursery in Box Hill. Events and festivities and wide range of visitors are documented in photographs.approx. 56 pages; Coloured photosPictorial history and celebration of Greenlink Nursery in Box Hill. Events and festivities and wide range of visitors are documented in photographs.greenlink box hill, russell-young> minette, whitehorse spring festival, volunteers, anniversaries, bushy creek, jones> robert -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Colour photograph, Unknown
A colour photograph of Magic Creek Nursery in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Magic Creek Nursery in Marysville in Victoria. Magic Creek Nursery was located along Falls Road in Marysville and offered its customers the opportunity to play a round of mini golf.magic creek nursery, marysville, victoria -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Student at Burnley Gardens, c. 1950
Note by T.H. Kneen 4 March1992, "Student is Peter Smith now a leading nurseryman in the Mildura area (nursery in N.S.W.). Here is studying an approach graft using an irrigated scion for ? Camellia or Rhododendron ?."Black and white photograph. Student examining an plant in a pot in the Nursery.Inscribed, "Student at Burnley Gardens B19-1230."peter smith, nurseryman, mildura, grafting, scion, students outside class, approach graft, camellia, rhododendron, nursery -
Puffing Billy Railway
Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery
Metal Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery at Menzies Creek. The Land on which the Menzies Creek railway station and Museum are built on was once apart of James Hermon's & his son William Hermon's property on which Horse drawn scoops of this type would have been used. Historic - industrial Farm equipment used on the farm of James Hermon & his son William Hermon on which the museum is built Horse drawn scoop from Hermon’s nursery made of Metal West Footscray Engineering Works Pty Ltdpuffing billy, menzies creek, scoop, hermon -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/04/1993 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of Vic and Jane Piliciauskas proprietors of Whiter Street Plant Nursery Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph of Vic and Jane Piliciauskas proprietors of Whiter Street Plant Nursery Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, plant nursery -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Kitchen equipment, fire bellows, c1900
Early settlers had to daily maintain a fire in their kitchen hearth for cooking and heating purposes. Preservation of meat entailed curing by smoking in the kitchen hearth, hence domestic bellows were an important item of kitchen equipment. These domestic fire bellows were used to maintain the fire in the kitchen hearth for cooking,preserving and heating purposes by an early settler family in Moorabbin Shire.A small, domestic, fire bellows for maintaining a fire in the kitchen hearth for cooking and heating. brighton, moorabbin, cooking, pioneers, market gardeners, early settlers, kitchen equipment, bellows, meat, betleigh, fireplaces, farm equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Plant Man, 2019
Xavier 'Plant Man' David will shortly be vacating 479 Mitcham Road, Mitcham.Xavier 'Plant Man' David will shortly be vacating 479 Mitcham Road, Mitcham after operating the Mitcham Hobby Garden and Nursery on site for 34 years.Xavier 'Plant Man' David will shortly be vacating 479 Mitcham Road, Mitcham.mitcham hobby garden and nursery, david, xavier, mitcham road, mitcham, no.479, rangeview shopping centre -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lake Post Newspaper, 1990
Black and white photograph of staff of Esplanade Florist and Nursery, Patti Wills, Sharyn Childs and Rhonda Gray Lakes Entrance VictoriaBlack and white photograph of staff of Esplanade Florist and Nursery, Patti Wills, Sharyn Childs and Rhonda Gray Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, florist -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Whitehorse Emergency Relief Network
The Nunawading Ladies Benevolent Society became the Whitehorse Emergency Relief Network in 1999, when a number of local organizations were encouraged to form a network by Betty and Keith Rooney. The object was to collect domestic items of good quality to assist people in need, especially women who have been the victims of domestic violence.Coloured photograph of the interior of the Whitehorse Emergency Relief Network 10-12, Thornton Crescent, Nunawading. Domestic goods showneastern emergency relief centre, thornton crescent mitcham nos 10-12 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Plants go on sale, 1991
Nunawading Horticultural Centre is selling trees and plants propagated at the centreNunawading Horticultural Centre is selling trees and plants propagated at the centre, suitable for planting in parks and gardens. Many of these indigenous plants are not available from commercial nurseries.Nunawading Horticultural Centre is selling trees and plants propagated at the centrehorticulture, horticultural centre, forest hill, perry, scott, weatherill, mark -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, The Gardens of Edna Walling
Extracts from 'The Gardens of Edna Walling' by Peter Watts, A National Trust publication.Extracts from 'The Gardens of Edna Walling' by Peter Watts, A National Trust publication. She used to visit Sparkes and McAlpine Nursery, Box Hill on the way to town.Extracts from 'The Gardens of Edna Walling' by Peter Watts, A National Trust publication. gardens, walling, edna, sparkes and mcalpine nursery -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Functional object - Tin with Lid
Cylindrical tin with lid containing Pears' Precipitated Fuller's Earth. Picture of nurse and baby on lid Domestic ContainerPears' Fuller's Earth is a necessary adjunct to the Nursery and the Toilet as a dusting powder. It is absorbent and prevents irritation due to friction and chaffing. Pears' Fuller's produces a soothing effect and gives a sense of ease and comfort. A & F PEARS. Limited, SYDNEY tin, fullers earth -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Parkland Community Forum, 2010
City of Whitehorse booklet .City of Whitehorse booklet containing information and comments by various parkland advisory committees, community nurseries and the Tree Preservation Society made during the Forum, 9 Sep 2010City of Whitehorse booklet .parks and reserves, city of whitehorse -
St Kilda Historical Society
Document - Advertisement, G Brunning & Son St Kilda Nurseries, Pre - 1901 (original)
George Brunning was born in Suffolk, England, on 2 October 1830 and settled in St Kilda in June, 1852. He was a gardener and became part-proprietor and manager of Rule's Nursery in Richmond before establishing the first nursery of his own in 1861. Following his death on 5 June 1893, his sons continued the business. An article published in Punch in 1907 observed 'Nearly all the flowers grown in and around Melbourne, indeed, throughout Victoria, which are not native to Australia, had their origins in the nurseries of George Brunning and Sons. The statement is a large one to make, but it is literally true.'Single page black and white photocopy of advertisement from an unidentified publication for G Brunning & SonG Brunning & Son, St Kilda Nurseries, Near Melbourne, Beg to announce they have the Largest and Most Extensive Nursery Stock in the Australian Colonies. Ten acres of our ground are under cultivation with Flowers and Shrubs, upwards of two acres being covered with pot grown plants. We are the biggest Importers of new florists flowers in the Southern Hemisphere, always adding to our Stock all the Novelties as they appear in Europe. Our nurseries are particularly noted for the fine collections of roses, show, fancy and zone pelargoniums, fuchsias, picots, carnations, and other leading Plants, Shrubs, etc. In addition, we cultivate extensively the best and most popular kinds of fruit trees, of sorts suitable for private gardens, or for market purposes. Priced Catalogues are published annually in May, and will be forwarded gratis on application to G Brunning & Son, St Kilda Nurseries, Near Melbourne. Visitors to Melbourne are respectfully invited to inspect our Nurseries.g brunning and son, plant nurseries victoria, st kilda, 19th century -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, James Hitchmough, Sunken Garden, 1981-1989
Most plans were held in Geoff Olives's office.(1) Sunken Garden. 1 tracing paper copy and 1 paper, laminated, coloured. Designed by Dr. James Hitchmough, drawn by Jill Kellow c1989. Plants supplied by Victorian Wholesale Nurseries Pty. Ltd. (2) The Sunken Garden. 1 tracing paper, partly coloured, 1 paper copy. Designed by James Hitchmough, drawn by Jill Kellow 20.12.1988. (3) Burnley Horticultural College Gardens Development Sunken Gardens: Plan Proposal I, March 1981 on tracing paper. (4) Burnley Horticultural College Gardens Development Formal Sunken Garden Proposal 2, March 1981 on tracing paper. (5) Burnley Horticultural College Sunken Garden Scheme II by G. Olive on tracing paper. Plants supplied by Victorian Wholesale Nurseries P.L. sunken garden, james hitchmough, jim kellow, andrew smith -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Book, Catalogue of Fruit Trees 1915 C.A. Nobelius Nurseryman, Gembrook Nurseries, Emerald, Victoria, Australia, 1915
This is the twenty fourth catalogue of trees and it contains fruit trees, nut trees, berries and some ornamental trees. Carl Nobelius wrote in his General Remarks that he had one million trees to sell, clean, healthy and pest free. The nurseries were 250 acres in extent and contained two and a half million trees in various stages. His nurseries were at Emerald, Railway Siding and his office half a mile from Emerald Railway Station. He imported new varieties from overseas and the nursery was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, employing 80 people between 1903 and 1930.Green Catalogue 1915 of Fruit Trees, also Elms, Oaks, Planes, Poplars and other Deciduous and Ornamental Trees. The catalogue contains 5 black and white prints of landscape views of the nursery, plus there are 5 bright colour inserts of individual pears and apples.nobelius -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Janette is waste wise, 18/09/1991 12:00:00 AM
Article from Nunawading Post on a 10 year old Janette Lewis from Forest Hill.Article from Nunawading Post on a 10 year old Janette Lewis from Forest Hill winning first place in a state-wide science competition for her survey on domestic garbage and waste minimisation.Article from Nunawading Post on a 10 year old Janette Lewis from Forest Hill. lewis, janette, garbage collection -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Noelle Kendall (Vaughan), Potting Shed and Planting Frames May 1918, 1918
Original of this photo comes from the photograph album (B09.0003) of Noelle Kendall ( Vaughan, graduated 1919.) Note by T.H.Kneen 19 November 1991, "Shows potting shed and at left an open fronted store for seedling boxes. The cold frames in the centre were replaced by a glasshouse. The watering can held by the student was standard equipment in the nursery." Later examination by Eric Littlejohn suggests a quite different purpose for open fronted store, he recalls it being used for storage of tobacco leaf. Black and white photograph. 2 copies of original. 2 female students working outside the potting shed in the Old NurseryInscribed, "Title: Potting Shed Neg: 176." female students, potting shed, noelle kendall (née vaughan), watering can, tools, equipment, old nursery, seedling boxes, tobacco leaf storage, students working outside, cold frames -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
Domestic Ironstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - The Wimmera Forest Nursery
This document was part of a media campaign to have Mr. Gray, the boss, of the nursery at Wail reinstated to that position after being forced to retire. the media campaign was successful.A five pages typewritten document titled: The Wimmera Forest nursery and what it has to offer to Northwestern tree growers by L. John Ellison. The document was sent to the editor of the Educational Magazine in Melbourne. Part of the Aileen and John Ellison collection.On front page in pencil: Mr. Graywimmera, wail nursery -
Mont De Lancey
Tin
"Cerebos" Table salt tin - Navy, Light blue and gold tin Weight is 1.5lbs Ideal for the table and all domestic use.tins, containers -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph, 50
"Budding in Nursery."budding, nursery -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
film - VHS, ABC, Mission to Seafarers Flinders Street: ABC News Extract, 2001
Domestic recording of free- to-air TV news bulletin about the Mission to Seafarers from ABC News showed in October 2001. As mentioned in the Ship to Shore 2002, the broadcast brought Ron Reid, great garndson of Hugh Reid to visit the Mission.This type of program brings the attention of the public to the Mission.Black plastic domestic VHS tape in printed-card slip cover, with white sticky label affixed to spine on tape, blue ink handwritten note describing contents. Handwritten tape label: M.T.S 717 FLINDERS STREET / ABC NEWS EXTRACTtelevision news, reporting, flinders street, melbourne, historic buildings, abc news, mission to seafarers, media copy -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
Domestic Stoneware Jarstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, c1950's
Domestic Glassware Bowl stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, c1950's
Domestic Glassware Bowlstawell