This local flower show award from 1905 together with others in the collection demonstrates the significance of such shows as a form of social activity as well as horticultural science over the decades. It is also an example of church groups being involved in the social fabric of the community and activities that embraced all segments of the community of different religious persuasions as the certificate was awarded to Michael Taffe, a Roman Catholic in a Church of England enclave. The Girls' Friendly Society founded in England in 1875 was an Anglican Church group which formed to give maids and female domestic staff spiritual guidance and social activities for their days off. The first local Australian branch was formed in Adelaide in 1879 with branches being established in Ballarat from the 1880s. Other certificates from 1899 to the 1930s in this collection of Taffe awards come from a range of faiths and community groups. This award is one of a family collection from the nineteenth century through to the twenty-first century further demonstrating horticultural enthusiasts exhibition participation across generations.This certificate evidences one of the activities of the Girls Friendly Society St Paul's Branch in a community event that embraced the local community. The Girls Friendly Society commenced in Ballarat in the 1880s and this certificate evidences one way in which the movement not only raised funds but actively involved itself in the local community regardless of creed.Inscribed 'Stock Double Mr M J Taffe'.girls friendly society, st paul's, flower show, 1905,, ballarat

Established by George Guthrie in 1857 (about 5km north of its current site) and then again seven years later in 1864 after it initially closed, Bendigo Pottery remains one of the most influential and longest running Pottery’s in Australia. Over the years the Pottery has contributed to the growth and development of the district through both its products including building products, table ware and decorative and commemorative war as well as artistically, being responsible for training and supporting many potters locally. The City of Greater Bendigo has had a long history of partnering with Bendigo Pottery and the Civic Collection holds a number of important items within its collection. Ned Kelly is one of Australia's most iconic outlaws. Kelly was born and raised in rural Victoria, the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died in 1866, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kelly's were a poor selector family who saw themselves as downtrodden by the squattocracy and as victims of persecution by the Victoria Police. While a teenager, Kelly was arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power and served two prison terms for a variety of offences, the longest stretch being from 1871 to 1874. He later joined the "Greta Mob", a group of bush larrikins known for stock theft. A violent confrontation with a policeman occurred at the Kelly family's home in 1878, and Kelly was indicted for his attempted murder. Fleeing to the bush, Kelly vowed to avenge his mother, who was imprisoned for her role in the incident. After he, his brother Dan, and associates Joe Byrne and Steve Hart shot dead three policemen, the government of Victoria proclaimed them outlaws. Kelly died aged 25 at Melbourne Goal after being captured by Police in Glenrowan and sentenced to death. (Source Wikipedia).Brown glazed slip cast jug. Includes details which are iconic to the image of Ned Kelly including face and body armour pistol and gloves. Ned's left arm forms the handle.Verso; NED KELLY / Bendigo Pottery Epsom (stamp) Underside; Bendigo Pottery / Limited / Edition Series / 879 / 3000 / Australiacity of greater bendigo tourism, bendigo pottery

Mick Mulqueeney was born in Kilmore and arrived in Wodonga in 1886, when it was Australia's greatest store cattle market. It was not unusual to see 10,000 cattle sold in a single day. For a few years he spent time overlanding large mobs of cattle from Queensland and the back country of N.S.W He settled in Wodonga and began business as a stock and station agent at Wodonga. He was the Wodonga representative of Edward Trenchard and Co, and other Newmarket stock agents but also conducted auctions on his own account. For several years, he was in partnership with Mr A. L. Wright. Following the retirement of Mr. Wright in 1902, Mick Mulqueeney then joined with Harry H Peck under the trade name of Peck Sons and Mulqueeney. This partnership was dissolved after about 10 years and Mick was bought out by New Zealand Loan. Later he continued in stock and station agency on his own. During this time, he also conducted a very extensive stock forwarding agency where tens of thousands of stock of all classes were shipped owing to the break of gauge from N.S.W, into Victorian trucks and vice versa. He was regarded by stock owners as a genius among stock. Michael also had a sound knowledge of land in the Wodonga district and when the settlement of returned soldiers onto the land was taking place he was appointed valuer of properties being considered by the Repatriation Department. Mick also became a Government stock inspector on the Victorian side of any stock crossing the border. At this time his forwarding agency was carried on by his son, Mr. Jack Mulqueeney. Michael Mulqueeney died on 19th June 1929 and was buried at Yackandandah, VictoriaThis photo is significant because it depicts an important member of the Wodonga community and an vital industry in Wodonga.Two black and white images showing a portrait photo of Michael Mulqueeney and the Mulqueeney family home.michael mulqueeney, stock agents wodonga, livestock sales wodonga

Part of the Kurtze Collection purchased by the City of Portland in 1990s from Brendan Kurtze. Theo Frederics said his grandfather used this gun to shoot porpoise. He was a fisherman - Frederickson? Changed name when migrated to Australia from Sweden. Further research with Theo and other family personal conversation with Theo Frederics (Gordon Stokes 1997)Wooden stock, bronze breech, steel barrel. Barrel painted high gloss black, polished bronze sights and name plate running length of barrel. Gun has pivot mount. Harpoon, steel, with hinged flukes.Front: On bronze name plate. 'CHASE OSBORNE & CO WHITEHALL PLACE LONDON WORK BIRMINGHAM GOLD MEDAL AWARDED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1883'. Back: -harpoon, whaling, maritime

Albert Stocks born Archer fostered by Alice and Edgar Stocks Seventh Day Adventists after his parents deathBlack and white postcard showing Albert Stocks on right fostered son of Alice nee Grant and Edgar Stock. Also in picture is Ted Fish Bairnsdale Victoriagenealogy, families

THIS TOOL CAME FROM WALTER COOK'S FARM AND WAS USED WHEN BLASTING ROCK DURING CONSTRUCTION OF SHEEP DIP. IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE USED MUCH EARLIER IN THE HISTORY OF THE FARM TO BLAST THE WELL WHICH IS THE MAIN WATER SUPPLY FOR STOCKTOOL USED TO CLEAN OUT HOLE FOR DYNAMITE WHEN BLASTING ROCKlocal history, trades, tools, cook family

This postcard was sent from France during World War One WW1 to Violet Holmes [mother and aunty of other WW1 soldiers], by the son of a neighbouring Ascot Tourello District Family, the Wrigley Family. Violet inherited "Sauchieburn" an Ascot property on the death of her husband William Holmes in 1914. On her death this property was to be left to their 4 children and administered by a relative till the youngest child turned 27. As young boys, Violet's husband William, and his brother Henry, lived with their Aunt Catherine Coghill and Uncle William Coghill at ‘Sauchieburn’ Ascot. The Coghills had no children of their own. He and his brother Edward started a stock and station business at Clunes. Henry and Violet Holmes subsequently inherited "Sauchieburn" from Catherine (nee Holmes) and William Coghill, direct descendants of the Coghills Creek, Ascot, Tourello pioneer settler Captain William Coghill [Jane Dyer, May 2024] Catherine and her brother Edward Carter Holmes drowned at sea.This is an extract from the Korumburra Times, Wednesday June 6, 1956: The fated travellers wrecked off N.S.W. ‘On May 29th, 1886 in bright moonlight the Ly-e-Moon, the pride of the Australian coastal fleet, broke her back on the treacherous rocks of Green Cape, off the NSW coast. Eighty souls perished within range of the beacon rays of the lighthouse, including representatives of the earliest families ever to settle in Poowong. The passengers. On the main deck, Mr Edward Holmes, a Poowong grazier and former owner of ‘Wombalano’. He had sold this property with the object of going to Queensland and settling there. The proceeds of sale amounting to 1,200 pounds in gold sovereigns were under lock and key in the Purser's Office. Mr Holmes, although advanced in years, had unformed plans to invest his money in some Queensland enterprise. In the meantime he would visit his married daughter and [his] two sons, who had previously settled in Queensland. With him on board was his widowed sister Mrs Coghill who had also accepted an invitation to go north. News of the shipwreck, means of communication being slow, did not reach Korumburra for nearly a week. By then all hope had been abandoned for the missing. Relations and friends thronged the Melbourne shipping office, but the answer was always the same - All passengers unaccounted for were presumed drowned. Black and white postcard of a sugar refinery in The Somme, France. The name of the town has been scrubbed out in purple pencil by a censor during World War One. The back of the card is written on in pencil,Written on back of card: Dear Violet, received photos and letters and thank you for forwarding same. Are we having lovely spell of weather. This morning is quite warm and pleasant. The photo of you all standing in front of your house is a good one and you all look to be getting enough to eat. Mother looks as if she it getting stronger after her severe illness. Your concert party will be broken up through the Vale girls leaving but you should have no difficulty in finding volunteers to fill the ranks. By all of your letters you are all looking forward to the day we return 9as we are). I wouldn't like to bet too much that we would be home by this time next year [ ? ] by the way fritz is fighting lately he would very much like to get [peace?] I think we will give him all he wants this summer. J. Waller was here last night is looking well. With best wished to you all. I am sincerely. [W.Wrigbee? Wrigley]somme, la suererie, chatham family collection, amiens, france, world war 1, postcard, ly-ee-moon, william coghill junior, ascot victoria, pioneers of ascot, shipwreck

https://historyoutthere.com/2015/09/14/ham-and-cheese-please/ The company was founded in 1904 when Charles Emanuel Foggitt and Thomas Llewellyn Jones left food manufacturer J.C.Hutton. Together they took over the floundering Oxley factory. Within five years their trade in ham, bacon, cheese, and related foodstuffs, was worth over £1,000,000 a year. They paid over-award wages, premises were scrupulously clean, and their products filled banquet halls and kitchens across the country. Foggitt ran the processing. He was born to a farming family in Yorkshire, England, in 1865. Two of his sons served on the western front in the First World War, and his third son in the Second World War earning a Distinguished Service Cross and Mentioned in Despatches. His brother-in-law was William Bertram, the long-time Labor member and speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Foggitt didn’t live to witness the crowning glory however. He died in 1926, the year before his company with partner Thomas Jones as chairman of directors, took over his old employer J.C.Hutton. Jones himself passed away in 1946. With the founders gone, after a while so too was the passion. The holding company United Provisions Ltd changed its name to Huttons, eventually selling its operations, and delisting from the stock exchange. Jones ran the business. He was born to a radical family in Welshpool, Wales, in 1872. His father was a strong radical before the labor movement was founded, and his grandfather was a militant chartist who narrowly escaped transportation. Jones was elected as a Labor member to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1915, defeating the then premier. He was subsequently appointed to the Legislative Council. In his spare time he served as commodore of Royal Queensland Yacht Club.All printed in tan ink on thick cream paper. Each with two holes punched in the left side of the page. 10934.31a - receipt number G27 or 79908 Receipt dated: 9th August 1940 The receipt header reads "Bought of Foggitt Jones Pty. Ltd. Rex" in capital letters. The header also reads: ham and bacon curers. Packers of rex Canned Delicacies and Luncheon Cheese - Cheese merchants. Above the company name, it lists the company's: Locations - "Also at: - Brisbane, Oxley, Sydney, Maitland, Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide, Littlehampton, Perth, Fremantle and Bellevue." This receipt is from their Bendigo location. Addresses - registered office: 34 King Street, Melbourne. Contact Info - Phone 1488 Telegrams: Foggitt Jones, Golden Square. Correspondence to P.O. Box 195, Bendigo. receipt items typed in black ink. For the purchase of 3 backs, Aust Sge, Saveloys etc. Purchased for the price of: 4 pounds, 15 shillings and 7 pence. 10934.31b - receipt number G9 or 79565 Receipt dated: 5th August 1940 The receipt header reads "Bought of Foggitt Jones Pty. Ltd. Rex" in capital letters. The header also reads: ham and bacon curers. Packers of rex Canned Delicacies and Luncheon Cheese - Cheese merchants. Above the company name, it lists the company's: Locations - "Also at: - Brisbane, Oxley, Sydney, Maitland, Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide, Littlehampton, Perth, Fremantle and Bellevue." This receipt is from their Bendigo location. Addresses - registered office: 34 King Street, Melbourne. Contact Info - Phone 1488 Telegrams: Foggitt Jones, Golden Square. Correspondence to P.O. Box 195, Bendigo. receipt items typed in black ink. For the purchase of 6 backs bacon, saveloys etc. Purchased for the price of: 5 pounds, 14 shillings and 4 pence. 10934.31c - receipt number G38 or 80159 Receipt dated: 13th August 1940 The receipt header reads "Bought of Foggitt Jones Pty. Ltd. Rex" in capital letters. The header also reads: ham and bacon curers. Packers of rex Canned Delicacies and Luncheon Cheese - Cheese merchants. Above the company name, it lists the company's: Locations - "Also at: - Brisbane, Oxley, Sydney, Maitland, Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide, Littlehampton, Perth, Fremantle and Bellevue." This receipt is from their Bendigo location. Addresses - registered office: 34 King Street, Melbourne. Contact Info - Phone 1488 Telegrams: Foggitt Jones, Golden Square. Correspondence to P.O. Box 195, Bendigo. receipt items typed in black ink. For the purchase of 2 backs bacon, Saveloys etc. Purchased for the price of: 2 pounds, 7 shillings and 6 pence. 10934.31d - receipt number G70 or 79420 Receipt dated: 2nd August 1940 The receipt header reads "Bought of Foggitt Jones Pty. Ltd. Rex" in capital letters. The header also reads: ham and bacon curers. Packers of rex Canned Delicacies and Luncheon Cheese - Cheese merchants. Above the company name, it lists the company's: Locations - "Also at: - Brisbane, Oxley, Sydney, Maitland, Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide, Littlehampton, Perth, Fremantle and Bellevue." This receipt is from their Bendigo location. Addresses - registered office: 34 King Street, Melbourne. Contact Info - Phone 1488 Telegrams: Foggitt Jones, Golden Square. Correspondence to P.O. Box 195, Bendigo. receipt items typed in black ink. For the purchase of 2 backs bacon, Aust Sge, Saveloys etc. Purchased for the price of: 3 pounds, 8 shillings and 4 pence.bendigo, morton's stores, foggitt jones pty ltd

The stall holder, Andrew Vlassopoulos (Kiourkiouris), was one of four brothers who operated three fruit stalls in the Queen Victoria market from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. They were from the village of Lahos on Ithaca and migrated in the early years of the twentieth century. Andrew left the retail side of the fruit market when he bought a market garden and continued to work in the wholesale market where he sold his produce to other fruit stalls and shop owners.A black and white photograph of a fruit stall in the Queen Victoria market on a market day. The large banner with the heading 'Southern and Tropical Fruits' hangs above a well stocked stall. The fruiterer and his wife are behind the stall and a customer is standing at the side-front of the tall. Other market stalls are visible in the distance.Written on the back: 335vlassopoulos, edna nee norbury.

An fruit shop owned by an Ithacan family, possibly owned by a member of the Kallinikos family in South Melbourne.A black and white photograph of a lady and man with a little girl standing in a well stocked fruit shop with promotional posters displayed above the fruit display.