These reading glasses plus the two additional replacement lenses were highly fashionable in the late 1800's and early 1900's due to their light frames ie. wire. They are of light material and are not as obtrusive, or heavy, as horn rimmed reading glasses.This minimisation of the eye wear was to allow the facial features to be presented without any obstructing eye wear, "au naturel". The "light weight" wire connections to nose and ears was to minimise weight upon those physical areas. It was an eye piece preferred by accountants and all forms of "book worms". This was a period when the "written word" was at its peak. This was well before the light enhanced computer screen and at an age where the "written word" was in the majority as compared to the typed word. These reading glasses are very significant to the Kiewa Valley as they provide additional material which supports the "isolational factors" which were prevalent in the 1800's and early 1900's. Poor lighting and lack of available optical technicians in rural areas, required those suffering with eye troubles in these rural areas to go to Melbourne. An advertisement placed by H B Bissel "eyesight specialist" in the "Independent" Newspaper in 1915 on page 3 " Every person's eyes are liable to be affected by some little weakness or other and these weaknesses, if not corrected at once, are apt to assume a most serious aspect as time goes on". This type of advertisement is putting "the fear of God" on those with slight eyesight problems. It also does not factor the poor lighting used by most in rural areas at this point in time. By the mid to late 1950's, electricity in the Kiewa Valley was available to all households and improved lighting helped nighttime readers. These reading glasses, made in Melbourne, highlight the fact that the Kiewa Valley and its region were still reliant on Melbourne based "specialists" and travel to and from these highly professional health practitioners not only involved a long, and time consuming journey, but also an expensive one.The frames of this oval wire reading glasses is made from gold plated copper wire. There are three nose bridges each with a slightly different angle and shape, each has a different magnification. This may suggest that they were in use at different developmental periods during the wearers ages. Each of the three lenses were fixed onto the frame by a screw and fastened directly onto the glass. Two of the glasses have nose "guides/rests" and one without.. The fine wire ear "loops" has a small "ball" feature at its end (to stop the glasses from slipping off the face).personal effects, spectacles, eye fashion, reading glasses

Mrs William Wright operated a shop at 95 Liebig street Warrnambool around the turn of the 20th century, where she sold clothing as well as a large range of embroidery and needlework requirement.Some of the work listed in advertisements include shadow work,princess applique and Mount mellick work. She was an experienced and talented needleworker and held classes in a range of work. Mrs Wright advertised that her students had success at local shows in items such as shadow work,, embroidered blouse, best cosy, canvas work, novelty pincushion,floss silk work.Her name was Martha but she always traded under her husband's name. She died in 1952. This dish is a a simple reminder of Mrs Wright This pin dish provides a link with one of Warrnambool's early shopholders and needlewomen. She is featured in a soon to be released publication about women in Warrnambool called Silent Lives. The dish itself is a pleasing little example of a pin dish.Small white plate with gold edging and gold text. It is a rectangular oval shape but all edges are rounded.With compliments Mrs Wm Wright Warrnambool in gold in middle of plate .Made in Czechoslovakiawarrnambool, mrs wm wright, mrs william wright shop, mrs wright liebig st

White plate with gold painted design of temple flanked by two dragons with mountains underneath and clouds surrounding. "PMA 0290/1" Sticker on reverse side "Made in the People's Republic of China"

G048.1 and G048.2 two rectangular wooden candle holders with a hole drilled on the top surface. Each has a gold coloured metal plate with text on one side."St Andrew's Kirk"st andrew's presbyterian kirk ballarat

Small rectangular plaque with an gold brushed metal plate on the front. This plate has a black border and a WHS logo sticker on the top left, as well as text reading:WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL MULTIMEDIA / SKILLS CENTRE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON 27th April 2004 By the Federal Member for Indi Sophie Panopoulos Funding for the project was provided by the Australian Government through the Australian National Training Authority.

Gold coloured plate set on to wood. The following is inscribed: Aged Care Australia 1995 National Conference and Trade Exhibition Best Display Stand National Centre for Ageing and Sensory Loss Award presented at the 8th National Conference Awards Dinner, Sponsored by Tunstall Australia, National Convention Centre, Canberra, Wednesday 8 November 1995 Paul Wilmot - President Richard Gray - Executive DirectorGold coloured sheet with black writing on wooden rectangleassociation for the blind, awards

Brown wooden 2010 Hume North East Region Sports Award plaques with gold metal plate on the bottom section and 3D Year Champion sticker in the centre. Team awards: Year 8 girls Basketball Year 7-12 mixed Snowsports Year 8 girls Cricket

From the home of Mrs. Nell Sebire, 2nd wife of Thomas.Fine china floral cup, saucer and plate with gold trim with daffodils and green leaf design. Three piece set."Royal Albert bone china England friendship series of 12 daffodil'.cups and saucers, tableware, drinking cups

Book. Blue coloured hardcover book with black embossed floral pattern. Gold coloured title plate with black lettering stating 'The Three Little Kittens & C'. Second gold coloured title plate with black & blue lettering reads, 'Coloured Picture Book for the Nursery'. Book has oval coloured floral emblem in centre. Printed by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh and New York. 'Florrie' is pencilled on one of the inner pages.book, childrens, the three little kittens & c, thomas nelson and sons london edinburgh and new york

Margaret Amess was the youngest child of Samuel and Jane Amess, who first purchased Churchill Island in 1872. Margaret Amess was renowned for her china painting.Plate with gold border at rim and gold inner circle. 5 swallows and 3 stylised birds hand-painted by Margaret Amess.plate, margaret amess, churchill island

Royal Stafford English six sided gold rimmed white souvenir plate with transfer black image of the Port Fairy lighthouse.Front - The Lighthouse Port Fairy Victoria Back - Guaranteed Bone China Royal Stafford Made in Englandceramics, domestic items, crockery, souvenir, port fairy

This side plate and accompanying pieces were used at the original Healesville Sanctuary Kiosk during the 1930's and 1940's.Small souvenir side plate. White glazed ceramic with gold rim. The plate has four images around the outside edge: a wedge-tailed eagle, koala and baby and 2 smaller wattle blooms with leaves. "HORATIUS" TRAINED HUNTING EAGLE/ THE SANCTUARY HEALESVILLEhealesville-sanctuary, wedge-tailed-eagle, koala, plate, kiosk

Dinner size plate with photograph of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Plate has gold.... Picture in rich taupe brown. "Avon shape" plate.MADE IN ENGLAND Crown Ducal Made in Englandcrown ducal, plate

Brown wooden 2006 Hume North East Region Sports Award plaques with gold metal plate on the bottom section and 3D Year Champion sticker in the centre. Team awards: Year 7 female squash Year 11 & 12 Cross country U21 relay athletics Year 11 & 12 Squash Individual Awards: Jayson Shaw- Baseball Outstanding Achievement

Brown wooden 2008 Hume North East Region Sports Award plaques with gold metal plate on the bottom section and 3D Year Champion sticker in the centre. Team awards: Year 9 & 10 girls cross country Skiing Year 9 & 10 girls soccer Year 9 & 10 girls squash Year 11 & 12 girls netball

Brown wooden 2009 Hume North East Region Sports Award plaques with gold metal plate on the bottom section and 3D Year Champion sticker in the centre. Team awards: Year 8 girls Netball Year 7-11 mixed Cross country snow Skiing Year 11 & 12 girls Squash Year 11 & 12 girls Badminton

After meeting for 14 years in rented premises, in the Prince of Wales Hall, Wodonga Council built its first Shire Hall on the corner of High and Elgin Streets in 1890. The first Shire Hall was demolished in 1971. The second building, Wodonga’s new Municipal Offices in Woodland Grove were used for the first time by Wodonga Councillors on 7th August 1957. The Woodland Grove building has since been used for a range of purposes, most recently as a café, but is currently unoccupied. The third purpose-built council chambers were opened in November 1976 with the first council meeting there on 1st December 1976. Westminster Fine China Australia started in the Melbourne suburb of Cheltenham at 7 Arnold Street, in 1954 by Stanley Rogers and Son Ltd. They initially used imported blanks from Japan, which were made to their specifications, and which were then decorated locally. They produced a standard range of shapes for souvenir ware, later expanding into a wide range of tea sets, dinnerware and many other styles of china ware. The Abbey mark, based on Westminster Abbey in London, was used from the start of production until about 1962.Woodland Grove was named in honour of Wodonga Shire’s first president, John Woodland. The building depicted served as the centre of municipal government for approximately 20 years, throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Woodland Grove is a central point in the Wodonga CBD and a focus for many civic and cultural activities.Small square plate with gold trim and central coloured image of Wodonga Shire Chambers. The trademark of Westminster Fine China Australia is on the under side of the plateOn front beneath image "SHIRE CHAMBERS WODONGA VIC" Underneath the plate, surrounding an drawing of Westminster Abbey "FINE CHINA/WESTMINSTER CHINA /AUSTRALIA/ 7" municipal offices, woodland grove wodonga, souvenirs, westminster china

Tag on cup: "Cup & saucer from Sydney Rd Methodist church used by the Ladies' Guild from ? until 1936 - 38 when each member paid 2/6 - 5/- for a set and the money went to buying a new set. This belonged to Mrs David Phillips".Four cream china serving plates, one cup and saucer with black transfer print and gold edging. Serving plates registration numbers CH011.3; CH011.4; CH011.5 & CH011.6. Cup registration number CH011.1. Saucer registration number CH011.2. Brunswick Wesleyan church. brunsick wesleyan church, wesleyan methodist

This brooch is small and tasteful and the ‘forget-me -not’ wording in the centre probably indicates that it was given by someone to a loved one as a token of love or friendship. It was most likely pinned to the collar of a blouse at the neckline or to a jacket lapel. This brooch has no known local provenance but is retained as a fine example of an early 20th century piece of jewellery and for display purposesThis is a rectangular-shaped gold brooch with a blue plate with gold lettering in the inner section and ornamental gold scrolls around the outer section. The back of the brooch has a metal clasp.For Get-Me Notwomen’s, vintage jewellery, warrnambool

A metal circle sits on a brown wooden board. Within the circle are the words 'Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria' around the upper edge, an outline of a tree with a bush either side in the middle of the circle, and 'Award' below this. A gold coloured plate rests below this and reads: Community Horticultural Award 1987-88 This award was presented to The Association for the Blind George Vowell Centre, Mt Eliza in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the extensive uses of horticulture in an innovative programme being experienced in a practical way by visually-impaired elderly persons who are assisted by a strong volunteer group and staff. President: Val Sinclair 26 November 1988Wooden rectangle with 1 large round and 1 rectangular plaqueassociation for the blind, george vowell centre (mt eliza), awards, royal horticultural society of victoria

Insignias worn as part of the uniform to indicative. Division of Service. In this case the RAAF. Belongs to Peter T. Stoklahsa who joined in 1966. Refer Cat No. 7674P.Two identical RAAF Airforce Insignia's uplifted eagle wings and a crown bolted on to wing shaped plate. All gold in colour and connected each by 3 threaded small bolts. raaf, uniform

Treadle sewing machine in wooden cabinet with a fold out lid, and opening door, and a foot operated treadle below. Gold floral painting on plate and machine body, and a bag of 'feet'."Victor Medium CS Serial Number 173897"sewing machines

Brown wooden 2004 Hume North East Region Sports Award plaques with gold metal plate on the bottom section and 3D Year Champion sticker in the centre. Team awards: Year 7 boys squash team Year 8 girls squash team Intermediate boys football team Boys senior squash team Individual Awards: Andrew Kelly- Golf Outstanding Achievement heather Oliver- Basketball Outstanding Achievement

Book. Large brown hard cover. Title written in gold on front cover and on spine. Manufacturer name also written in gold on spine. Illustrations, plates (black & white). 37 p. + plates.civil engineering, design, roofing, iron and steel

William Rain was Auditor of Ballarat Shire and Road Board, during the period 1873-1890.He was also a teacher in Sunday School at Learmonth Uniting Church 1884-1887,and Superintendent 1887-1930. Original Historic PhotoPhoto of William Rain,is Sepia in colour and set In dark Brown frame (moulded),with gold trim on inner edge and dark brown mount with "wood grain " effect.Name plate is gold metal set at bottom of mount.William Rain.ballarat shire council, rain william, auditor 1873 1890, learmonth uniting church sunday school teacher 1884 1887

This shield was presented by 3KZ to the hotel which raised the most funds on Christmas Day in 1955. This money was distributed between the Ausin Hospital and RVIB. The shield has some detailing at the top, and the gold coloured centred plate is surrounded by a chain of laurel which is overlapped in four corners by the inner part of the shield. On the plate is written: 3KZ XMas Day Appeal for Austin Kiddies and Blind Babies. Beneath the plate is inscribed: Presented to Patrons, Morrisons Family Hotel 1955.Tin shield with a centre piece coloured gold3KZ XMas Day Appeal for Austin Kiddies and Blind Babies Presented to Patrons, Morrisons Family Hotel 1955carols by candlelight, nameplates

William Henry Maw was a British civil engineer and astronomer. He was born in 1838 and died in 1924 at eighty-five years. Maw worked as an assistant at the workshops of the Eastern Counties Railway before he became a draughtsman in the design office. He designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in India. In 1865 he founded the journal Engineering and continued to be an editor for the rest of his life. Maw became a consulting engineer. He was president of the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers. This book contains a wide range of articles and reviews related to industrial developments such as rail mill engines at the Dowlais iron works (constructed by Messrs. Kitson and Co., engineers, Leeds), cable tramway, Clay-street, San Francisco, U.S.A., road and railway bridge over the river Dnieper, at Jekaterinoslow, Russia (constructed from the designs of Professor N. Belelubsky, St. Petersburg, by the Brjonsk iron works) etc. A book with blue large hard cover. Title and publication date are written on spine in gold. Illustrations (fig., plates, plans, diagrams) in B/W. Includes collection of the engineering weekly journal vol. xxxix-from January to June 1885. This book contains a wide range of articles and reviews related to industrial developments. Page no.712.machinery, tools, engines, engineering, railroad, w h maw, rail, mill engines, cable tramway, clay street, dowlais iron works, twin screw engines, royal italian torpedo ram vessel, messrs r and, w hawthorn engineers, electro plated carriage, the tehuantepec ship railway, otis elevator

Brown wooden 2005 Hume North East Region Sports Award plaques with gold metal plate on the bottom section and 3D Year Champion sticker in the centre. Team awards: Boys Year 7 Football Year 8 boys squash Cross Country U/ 15 Intermediate girls soccer Boys relay U/17 Athletics Year 7 girls squash Boys intermediate squash Senior boys squash Individual Awards: Daniel Boyle- Football Outstanding achievement Alistair Robertson- Badminton Outstanding Achievement

Blue plate with gold rim featuring design of American families boarding a steam ship in Yokohama, Japan from smaller ships. Reverse features a circular rim of fold anchors inside of which is text in Japanese and English and an image of a ship."1996/ Yokohama" on reverse: "The 8th series of YOKOHAMA UKIYOE/ "American Families Boarding Large Steamship in Yokohama"/ by Gountei Sadahide, 1865 (Genji 1)/ The Steamship drawn in Ukiyoe is not American ship./ However, it is believed he based upon illustrations/ from the Western newspapers which depict her maiden voyage./ Plate number 585/ Ants (r) / Hand Decorated / Masuda Arts/ Yokohama Motomachi" "PMA 0152/1"

Cast iron scales with porcelain plate and set of weights. Black enamel with red and gold banding, white porcelain plate with W & T Avery Ltd insignia underneath. Six weights, 2lb, 1lb, 8oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz.W & T Avery Birmingham to weigh 7lbsweighing, weights & measures, scales, k33.1.2.3.4.5.6.8