Destruction on the Western Front.hand coloured photowestern front, ww1, world war 1, ruins

photoww1, world war 1, a.i.f, camp, aif

Soldiers disembarking at a port, possibly Colombo, while on route to war. photoaif, a.i.f, disembark, ww1, world war 1

On the Western Front.photowestern front, resting, trench, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f

On the Western Front.photowestern front, ruins, graves, grave, cemetery, ww1, world war 1

photomedic, portrait, ww1, aif, a.i.f, world war 1

hand-coloured photosoldiers, fire, ww1, world war 1

hand-coloured photosailors, life jackets, ww1, world war 1

This item is of significance because it commemorates the unveiling of a life size bronze statue of Australian middleweight boxing champion Les Darcy at Maitland, NSW. This limited edition badge was given as a memento to the sponsor's of the monument and special guests who attended the unveiling. It has historic relevance because Les Darcy was born at Stradbroke near Maitland in 1895. He died in America in 1917 age 22 and is buried in the West Maitland cemetary where hundreds of tourists make visits every year. His family home in Maitland still stands and is also a tourist attraction although privately owned. The badge depicts an image of Les Darcy in his famous boxing pose.The figure of Darcy is surrounded by a floral motif depicting the Australian coat of arms at the top and the inscription Les Darcy Memorial encircling his image. A scroll at the bottom of of the medal says; Maitland Wonder.badge, les darcy, boxiing, sport, memorial, maitland, nsw.

Geoffrey (Geoff) Brooke was newspaper columnist, radio commentator, magazine writer and television broadcaster. He wrote a regular column for The Argus titled 'Your night out'. He opened his own restaurant, Geoff Brookes Steak Cave, in 1965. Later in his life he was a resident of Wellington Street, Kew. He died in 2003, aged 86.The Vandersluys-Kelly Collection of photographs, costumes and musical performance memorabilia was donated to the Kew Historical Society by Robin Denise Kelly in 2018. The collection is an important record of stage and recorded performances in Australia in the second half of the 20th century. This new nationally-focused and artistically significant collection augments and contextualises the local performing arts materials in our collection. Sheet music for the song The Three Bells, featuring a cover photograph of the Australian 'radio star' Geoff Brooke. Brooke, a resident of Wellington Street (Kew), was a close friend of the singer Robin Vanser (aka Robin Kelly The item forms part of the Vandersluys-Kelly Collection of performance memorabilia donated by her to the Kew Historical Society in 2018.geoffrey (geoff) brooke, performing arts - 20th century

1995, 285, doug bennett

Purchased, 1984Type C printgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Len CASTLE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011 ) Born New Zealand 'My best work is when intuition and conscious choice come together successfully.' Len Castle trained as a secondary schoolteacher and started making pottery in 1947. Initially self-taught, he was the first potter to be awarded a fellowship from the Association of New Zealand Art Societies, travelling to St Ives to work with Bernard Leach in 1956-57. He lectured at the Auckland Teachers' College until the early 1960s, before concentrating on making stoneware at Titirangi, New Zealand. Len Castle was an artist in residence at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD).Two piece press moulded ceramic form with glaze wash surface.ceramics, len castle, gippsland campus, jan feder memorial ceramics collection

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed lithograph by Marc Chagall.art, artwork, marc chagall, lithograph, printmaking

wonga park school, read, knee, st john

Cliff Beauglehole was an orchardist at Portland, Victoria, who throughout hislife took an intense interest in the plants of Victoria. Over his lifetime he collected 90,000 plant specimens as part of a comprehensive study of Victoria's plants and wrote thirteen books under the heading The Distribution and Conservation of Vascular Plants in Victoria, each written to cover the 13 study areas of the Victorian and Conservation Council.A mounted botanical specimen.beauglehole herbarium, herbarium specimen, botany, herbarium, plant science, plant specimen, field naturalists' club ballarat, federation university herbarium, ornduffia reniformis, villarsia reniformis, running marsh-flower, menyanthaceae

Green with tartan braces

Lithograph 156/300

LithographSigned l.l

B&W Photographbeaufort business, goddard