This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of types of treatment used for cleaning wounds. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote. Clear glass bottle with glass stopper. The part of the stopper that fits in the neck is opaque as is that part of the neck.Straight sides taper sharply in to neck. There is a torn white label on the bottle. The label has a blue line border. The label has hand written blue ink printing on it.Label: 'Zephiran / 1 : 1000 / For Cleaning Wounds Base: F55 embossedmedical, hospital, cleaning wounds, zephiran

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of equipment . Provenance: Used in the Tawonga district General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Clear glass rectangular shaped bottle with straight sides tapering quickly to a neck with a screw top but fitted with an old black cork. Inside the bottle is a dark brown liquid about one third full. Label has been torn off & is unreadable. The bottle contains Tinchure of Benzoin & Co. - Steam Inhalation. Used for enhancing the stickiness of the traction material.Base: F1131 embossed Label: unreadablemedical, hospital, tinchure of benzoin & co.

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Small clear brown bottle with screw top opening. Base is a rectangular shape. Heavily embossed on the front. Short narrow neck. Heavily embossed on the base.Front:'The J. R. Watkins Co. / Made in Australia Base: 'MG888'medical, j.r. watkins co.

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Small clear brown glass octagonal shaped bottle with a black bakelite screw lid.The lid has lines around it for easy moving. Heavily embossed on frontFront: 'Poison' and 4 vertical embossed lines on either side faces.medical, hospital, chemist, poison

This jar was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 11950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Small wide white 'milk glass' jar with screw top. Used for ointment e.g.. zinc, magnesium sulphate. Embossed on base. Base is 'pushed inwards/upwards' forming a lip around the circumference.Base: Common Seal - A with G above and M below / 15 medical, hospital, ointment

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga district General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Clear glass Intravenous (IV) fluid bottle with opaque white plastic holder with rings around the neck and bottle. The wide lower ring has an extension that is oval shaped. The opening has a rubber stopper with 4 holes at the top that don't penetrate the stopper. The bottle is heavily embossed with a measuring gauge one side written for when the bottle is upright and the other side written for when the bottle is upside down. Base is heavily embossed. Straight sides taper gradually to a short neck and opening. Note: Unusual because of plastic holder. IV fluid bottle and drainage bottle or could be Wagenestein - form of suction (no suckers so form a vacuum)Gauge: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500. Below gauge 2 embossed lines around the circumference. Base: 5 / Resistent / 500 ml. Around the circumference short lines from outer edge to middle.medical, hospital, intraveneous fluid bottle, wagenestein

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Clear glass bottle with a triangular base with rounded corners tapering to a narrow neck for a cork. On one face there is heavy embossing. Lightly embossed on the base. The join of both halves does not continue through the lip at the top.One face: 'R. Harper / & Co Ltd' Base: 'Common Seal / L563 /M'medical, hospital, chemist, r. harper & co. ltd.

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Baby's feeding bottle. Small clear glass bottle with heavy embossing on the side and wide lip at the opening.On side vertically: Nestle / Lactogen / Regd and opposite: at the top 'MLS with a gauge underneath from 120, 100, 50 with horizontal lines every 10 ml baby's feeding bottle, nestle, lactogen, hospital

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Small clear glass bottle with a square base. The sides taper to the screw top opening with a bakelite lid which has embossed lines on it for easy opening. The top is on very tightly and a brown solid remains inside one quarter of the way up from the base. On 1 side is a yellow label with black writing and light blue back ground with white writing at the bottom (of the label). The label is complete but falling off. Base is embossed with numbers unreadable inside an embossed circle.Label: 'Evans'/ 50 ml / Nobecutane / Trade Mark / Marking Ink / A plastic ink for the / pre-operative mark- / ing of skin surfaces. / Inflammable / Keep well sealed / and in a cool place 'medical, hospital, nobecutane marking ink, evans suppolies ltd., medical operations

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Clear glass Baby's Feeding Formula bottle with a gauge on 2 faces - 1 with mls and 1 with ounces. The bottle holds 240 ml and 8 ounces. The third side also has heavy embossing as has the base. The base is rectangular with curved corners. The sides are straight with a gradual taper to a narrow neck which has a heavy lip on it (for the teat).Front: At the top 240 ml, 200, 150, 100, 50 with horizontal lines marking every 10 ml. downwards. Side: 8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1. with a horizontal line in between each number and 'ounces' along side of this gauge. Other side: 'Agee /Pyrex / Feeder' (cursive writing with word in middle printed) Base: Common Seal / IS 998 / 7baby's feeding bottle, formula bottle, hospital

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Clear glass bottle with glass stopper that has string around it and the bottle so remaining attached when taken out. The fitted part of the stopper is opaque as is that part of the neck into which it fits. The neck is short. Base is embossed. Used for anaesthetic possibly ether. It may have had a special cork with dripper on it to drop on the mask.Base: 'L 75 / M / Common Seal'anaesthetic bottle, medical, hospital

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Clear brown glass bottle with rectangular base with curved edges. Straight edges and almost horizontal shoulder to short neck. Front is heavily embossed as are the two sides and base.Front: From top to bottom 'Not to be Taken' with 4 vertical lines from top to bottom. Both sides have 4 vertical lines down them. Base: 'A 10 oZ?'medical, hospital, poison, medicine

This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Brown glass bottle with rectangular base, horizontal shoulders and short narrow neck with thick lip. Heavily embossed on front. Embossed on base. Used to hold tonic.Front: 'This Bottle Always Remains / The Property of / Clements Tonic / Limited Base: 'AGM /3 /....'medical, hospital, tonic, clement's tonic

Clover Power Station was being constructed on 9th June 1942 by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria as part of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Clover Power Station is situated near the Bogong Township and was the first power station in the KHES to be constructed.Green filtered photo with title ( black on white) underneath framed with green cardboard.clover power station, kiewa hydro electric scheme

Mt Beauty was constructed by the SECV in the late 1940s. Built as a construction town for workers and their families during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. This photo shows the shops and cars in Kiewa St, Mt Beauty and the houses and Chalet in the background in the early 1960s.Large black and white photo taken from Lakeside Avenue end near the Post Office and looking towards the Chalet and Mt Beauty hill.Stamp in purple: "Please quote / No. LH1399 / when ordering / Laurie Richards / JW 1528"mt beauty township, kiewa st mt beauty, shops and cars in the 1960s mt beauty.

This milli-volt meter was manufactured after 1950 and used by the SEC Vic (Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme) from that date until late 1900's. It was used to measure very small voltages associated with the operation of the various Hydro Generators. The readings were able to be shown by the resistor in use in the current circuit. During this time period, high quality testing instruments were either sourced from Europe or England.This milli-volt meter is very significant to the Kiewa Valley as it was used by those electrical technicians, who were part of the Kiewa Hydro Scheme. An "off spin" from the Scheme was the beginning of an explosion in "human" resources into the Kiewa Valley. This influx of population transformed the region from that of a basically quiet rural region to one which evolved into both industrial and larger residential community. This evolution in the Kiewa Valley created a change, not only in the "physical" landscape(better roads and infrastructure), but also the socio-economic growth within the Valley allowing other "tourist" based industries to expand within the valley and Alpine areas.This millivolts DC meter was used in the 1950's. It is contained in a wooden box and has two coloured (red/black, positive and negative) screw tight knobs which have bake-lite connections. It also has a covered (black tin) view meter marked from zero to 10 millivolts. Underneath this and within a round bake-lite is a small adjustment screw. The top of the box is fastened onto the main structure by six brass screws. The back of the structure is fastened by eight brass screws and there are four small bake-lite rest knobs.On the face of the millivolt compartment , and at the top "TO BE USED WITH DIAL HORIZONTAL TEMP. COEF. +- .08 % PER oC. Underneath the scale "MILLIVOLTS D.C. F.G." (LEAD RESIS. .05 OHMS)" underneath and to the left "MADE IN ENGLAND BY" "EVERSHED & VIGNOLES Ltd" and to the right "No. 857842" underneath Regd. TRADE MARK MEGGERkiewa valley tourism, victorian alps, alternate energy supplies, alpine population growth

Mt Beauty township was sold in the 1960's after the State Electric Commission of Victoria had finished the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. The sale of Mt Beauty township signified the end of construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme and the beginning of Mt Beauty under the Bright Shire (now Alpine Shire). Many of the workers for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria remained in Mt Beauty and many returned to retire in the town in later years.An A3 sized Photocopy of the newspaper article regarding the sale of the Mt Beauty township with a photo of George Rosen and two houses and an A4 newspaper photocopy of the headline newspaper; mt beauty sale; secv; bright shire

Personal account of Gordon Smith's life when living in Mt Beauty and Bogong townships while working for the SECV on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.Gordon gives an account of both working and living during the 1950s and early 1960s in a remote part of Victoria - the Kiewa Valley and in 2 small construction towns. He gives a lot of detail eg. the weather, his work, the people, the activities, his family and leisure time.Plastic threaded spine holding 282 pages with black and white photos. Front Cover includes 2 small black and white photos either side of the title at the top and below the title a larger colored photo of Rocky Valley Dam. Author's name is underneath. "Dick Puttyfoot" on cover page.kiewa hydro electric scheme, state electricity commission of victoria., gordon smith

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Metal scissors used to clamp the stomach during medical procedures. Near finger ends steel between with 4 "teeth" for firm and permanent hold. Lond grip section with longitudinal serating . Screw at pivotmedical, hospital, equipment, clamp, scissors, tawonga, mt beauty, nurse, operations, doctors, stomach

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and it therefore required good equipment.Long metal instrument with sliding two finger piece. The other end is hollow and fitted with a very fine wire which was used to snare the tonsil (or nasal polyps). Note: incomplete - wire to be fitted into holes.BRITISHMADE at handle end.medical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. hospital. mt beauty. medical instrument. nurse. medical. tonsil.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance- Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacityMetal instrument with 2 parts. 1. heavy solid metal cylinder - hollow with 1 section open to fit onto handle 2. long metal hollow 3 sided curved handle spreading out to saddle shape and back on 80 degree angle to wide curve shape. Holes used for tape and tied to stirrups (therefore self retainer).BRITISHMADE between 2 holds on saddlemedical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. medical. hospital. nurse. doctor. speculum. auvard.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historically Significant: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel instrument - handle wide with gentle curve. Blade short, thin, flat and sharp with some rust.H.A.T.MELB. on handle Some rust on blade.medical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. hospital. medical. knife. nurse. doctor.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built specifically in the 1950s for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historically Significant: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Rachet Closure to Clamp Arteries Metal shaped like scissors - serrated across at end for gripping. Finger grips have 3 teeth attached both sides to hold arteries firmly and permanentlyT.D.G.H. on one side (at junction) LRI / STAINLESS on other side (at junction) medical equipment. hospital equipment. mt beauty. tawonga. medical. hospital. nurse. doctor. artery. scissors. spencer wells. forceps. artery.

This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Inside white and orange cardboard packet. Metal ends like wire attached to metal sections adjacent to each other. Used instead of stitches. Requires applicator and remover.'100 Michel' (in white writing on orange background) and other side - '18/8' circled (white numbers in orange circle). 'Mt Beauty' handwrittenmedical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. medical. hospital. nurse. doctor. medical aid. health. stitches.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme. Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.In sterilised bag. Steel medical instrument used as scissors for holding needles. The handle section is very long with teeth at the end enabling that end to join. In between the two handles is a piece of steel running lengthwise and attached at the end to each handle (goes across). The scissor end is short and blunt. Used as a needle holder during operations. medical instrument. hospital instrument. mt beauty. tawonga. doctor. nurse. needle.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel medical instrument used as scissors for holding needles. The handle section is very long with teeth at the end enabling that end to join. In between the 2 handles is a piece of steel running lengthwise and attached at the end to each handle (goes across). The scissor end is short and blunt. In sterilised pack.medical instrument. hospital instrument. mt beauty. tawonga. doctor. nurse. needle. mathieu

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel curved scissors used for grasping nasal polyps for removal. The handle is used with a spring like action controlled by pieces of steel in between. At the join the handles cross have a hinge and then cross back again and become scissors - flat and blunt.medical instrument. hospital instrument. doctor. nurse. tawonga. nasal. polyp.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel scissors used for dressings. Look like school scissors.medical instrument. hospital instrument. scissors. dressings. nurse. doctor. tawonga.

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel scissors used for dressings. Blunt ends. Look like child's safety scissors.medical instrument. hospital instrument. tawonga. dressing. scissors. doctor. nurse.

This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built specifically in the 1950s for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Steel wires tapered at each end. Orthopaedic - Used to stabilise e.g. the toeshospital equipment. medical equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. orthopaedic