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University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, 587/13/6, 1947
Cypress was destroyed by storm on 6/9/48." THK"Mid Sept 47. Cupressus macrocarpa across Croquet Lawn.cypress, croquet lawn, e. m. gibson collection -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Letter/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), 23/09/1965 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the nature of correspondence between the SEC and the City re Council issues.Copy of a letter on Electricity Supply Department letterhead, quarto paper typed, from Engineer and Manager (Melbourne) to City of Ballarat, dated 23-9-1965, with a copy to the "Works Superintendent", about the condition of the drainage in Gregory St, storm water not getting away - stagnant. Signed F, K White as Manager,trams, tramways, city of ballarat, drainage, depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Richard Gilbert, c August 1971
Yields information about the appearance of Wendouree Parade, after a hail storm the day before the closure of the Victoria St line. Series of 2 Black and white photographs of tram operations following a heavy hail storm on Friday afternoon 21/8/1971. .1 - single trucker with a Twin Lakes sign westbound in Wendouree Parade, rounding the Haddon St curve. .2 - trams 12 and 21 parked on the SEC depot fan.trams, tramways, haddon st, wendouree parade, depot, tram 12, tram 21 -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, Jock Varcoe
South Beach Development drain being dug for storm waterColoured photograph of Male with brush cutter , large mechanical digger in backgroundsouth beach, development, people, digger, drain, ocean, sea, reef -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Breakwater between Station and Princes Piers, Douglas Smallpage, 1970s
The catwalk shown in these photographs was removed after a storm severely damaged it (1970s)Five black and white photographs of the breakwater between Station and Princes Piers and the catwalk to service the outer lead light, 1970sbuilt environment, piers and wharves, beacons -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ironbarks 2004 -- Coloured
Colour photo Ironbarks taken 2004 After severe wind storm.stawell -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 25/01/1952
Allan writes of the sinking of the SS Flying Enterprise. Having been damaged in a storm it was towed about 300 miles with only the captain Kurt Carlsen and the Mate from the salvage tug on board. The ship sank when hit by a second storm 40 miles off Falmouth.Quinn CollectionA pale blue self-folding letter (0893.a1) headed 37 Elsham Road, London W 14 and dated 25/01/52. Letter is typed using a very small font. It is addressed to Mrs K Hayes, 14 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia and postmarked London W1. The return address is Allan Quinn, 37 Elsham Road, London W14. letters-from-abroad, allan quinn, alette andersen, london-uk, ss flying enterprise, captain (henrik) kurt carlsen -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Guild Cookery Book, 1909
Guild Cookery Book - Small cookbook with cover and title page(s) missing so 'Contents' becomes first page, containing a number of advertisements for Port Melbourne businesses. Produced by Holy Trinity Church Ladies Working Guild as fundraiser after church collapsed in 1908 storm. Recipes collected by Mrs Hayman of the Guild.domestic life, business and traders, religion - anglican (holy trinity), societies clubs unions and other organisations, mrs h h hayman, holy trinity anglican church ladies guild -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Catherine Shaw et al, Come Unto Me, 1928
A children's religious instruction book of bible stories retold by Catherine ShawGrey hardcover children's religious instruction book, Come Unto Me, with a coloured illustration of Jesus standing in the bow of a boat with his disciples in a bad storm. The title is red at the top of picture. Grey back cover, faded blue spine with title, publisher and lined design. Coloured plates with black and white illustrations throughout.fictionA children's religious instruction book of bible stories retold by Catherine Shawchildren's fiction, religious stories, books, fiction -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fay Bridge, Santa Claus is coming to Eltham, December 2011
Main Road at Dudley Street and Santa Claus is coming to town. Unfortunately, after Santa had passed through, late on Christmas Day afternoon a strong storm also swept in from the south bringing torrential rain and large hail resulting in flash flooding and wide spread storm damage.fay bridge collection, 2011-12, christmas, dudley street, eltham, main road, santa claus -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Wal Jack, 4/08/1943 12:00:00 AM
Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No. 7 at Eaglehawk terminus with a conductress completing the turning of the trolley pole. The F. Esposito's Town Hall hotel in the background along with advertisements for Velvet soap. Photo taken 4-8-1943 by Wal Jack. The tram has the destination of Quarry Hill, has white bumpers and white steps. i1 - scan of print in the album i2 - rear of image i3 - scan of negative at 3200dpi added 6/6/2020. On rear in ink "SEC Bendigo, 2nd No. 7, (ex PMTT), Eaglehawk (heavy snow storms) 4-8-43" with the Wal Jack copyright stamp in the top right hand corner and the number "T208" written in.trams, tramways, eaglehawk, world war i, conductresses, tram 7 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Chester Wilmot, Tobruk 1941, 1993
Book is part of the Australian War Classics series presented by E E (Weary) Dunlop. Author documents the story of the fighting in & around Tobruk from January to December 1941.Book, soft cover, cardboard, white colour print on front, back & spine, cover illustrations - Troops debussing in a sand storm, Libya by Ivor Hele, purple, black, red & green colour background. Rising Sun badge on front & back covers, 348 cut plain pages, illustrated black & white coloured maps.Handwritten in blue colour ink on front flyleaf: F Fuller In black ink on front title page & page 348 - RSL Stampbooks, military history -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 21/04/2005
This photograph was taken during the upgrade of the Bendigo Railway line at Sunbury Station. The upgrade took twelve months to complete and during that time bus services replaced the trains.A coloured photograph of construction on the site of the Sunbury Railway Station. The photograph has been taken from the Macedon Street bridge looking south towards the station and the pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks. On the tracks the old railway lines have been removed and storm water pipes are being put into position before the new lines are to be laid.railways, bendigo line, railway stations, bridges, sunbury railway station, george evans collection -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, Drought, 1997
Framed colour photograph titled "Drought" Photographed by Bronwen Frizell 1997, Mardan, South Gippsland. Features low yellow coloured hills with grazing cattle and strands of trees. Low storm clouds on the horizon form shadows over the hills. Details and signature of photographer on reverse. Brown timber frame with black card window mount. -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - North Gardens Wetlands Information Notes, Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Guiding Friends Group), C 2001
Important information about the North Gardens Wetlands and the primary objective of improving storm water quality.This project was completed in March 2001 and besides its ecological importance, it provides a destination at the northern end of the Gardens, creates social linkages between various environmental groups as well as improving the aesthetic standards of the site.1 page set out with subheadings.Nonenorth gardens, north gardens wetlands, north gardens wetlands project, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, john garner, regional indigenous plants, aquatic and terrestrial plants, storm water, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat, garner -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Film - Film - S-E Storm/ Main breakwater, Oct-63
Port of Portland AuthorityFront: Oct '63/ B/W S/E/Storm/Main/B/WATER/ (blue pen and white sticky tape, top of reel) Back: outside general (on paper sticky-taped to one side of reel.port of portland archives -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Photocopy, Letters regarding Captain John Venebles, 1700 - 2000
From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .21 - Letters regarding Captain John Venables . His ship the "Salsette" was berthed at Sandridge following crew desertion to the goldfields and was wrecked during a storm and broken up on Sandridge beachEach leaf is numberedliardet family, phillippa gamlin, ynys grecian -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
Bathing Boxes - South Beach. One of several versions as they were washed away during big stormsBlack and white photograph of Boarding School Bay looking south east showing bathing boxes on the right and in the background what maybe the boarding school on the far hillJ.L.Fox Hairdresser and Tobacconist Port fairy Hattams retunour?beach, boarding school bay, south beach, pea soup, bathing boxes, reefs, rocks, ocean, sea, boarding school -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 20/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Demonstrates the last bogie tram on a Friday night service from Victoria St and the impact of the hail storm late that afternoon.Black and White photograph of a bogie tram in Victoria St, Friday 20-8-1971, the last bogie for the day. Has evidence of the big hail storm on the ground that day, late afternoon. Andrew Cook notes, gives tram 35 as the last regular bogie tram on the line that night - see image 31.jpg. Photographer unknown, from the Dave Kellett collection. on rear in ink "Last Bogie, Vic St 20-5-71" and "Victoria St"trams, tramways, victoria st, night photo, closure, secv, tram 35? -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, John Ward, 21/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the Victoria St appearance and a major hail storm in Sturt St at the time of the tramway closure.Digital image of No. 21, outbound in Victoria St to Victoria St. On either side of the road is the remains of a major hail storm that struck Ballarat the previous day. Tram has destination of Victoria St. Photo by John Ward 21 August 1971. Slide title "01311 210871 SEC single truck tram 21 on Victoria St line in suburban Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, victoria st, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), Nov. 2004
Laminated A4 sign produced by the BTM early November 2004, advising potential travellers/visitors that the tramway was not operating due to severe damage to our power system by an electrical storm. Advises that the Depot / Museum is open. Sign was positioned at Depot Junction and secured by four tacks. It was removed by Peter Winspur at the time of the first tram run out on 26/12/2004.trams, tramways, lightning strike, closure, power supply, btm, 30th anniversary -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - "Most Begonias Survive Storm". Courier, Ballarat, Begonia Plants in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, begonias, ballarat courier, courier, storm -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Scrapbook Clipping, Library Collection, Ringwood, Victoria, `
``Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 21-1-97, P11, Move on club soon. By Jamie Duncan The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has still not handed down its decision on whether to allow construction of the controversial Glenwood Social Club in North Ringwood. The proposal caused a storm of protest as residents, churches, traders and commumnity groups resisted the plan.` -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NSW COAST, Max Gleeson, Shipwrecks, Storms & Seamen of the New South Wales Coast, 1996
From back cover: Shipwrecks, Storms & Seamen of the New South Wales Coast remembers some of the greatest maritime stories of the state.Soft cardboard cover. White print on dark blue background. On front cover is a colour photo of The Satara's propeller above a sepia photo of The Satara. Back cover has black & white photo of The Wollongbar. 167 pages, cut plain, white. Illustrated black & white & colour photos & illustrations.book, maritime, ship wrecks, nsw coast -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Efforts have students in the good books [Watsonia Primary School Wa4838], 03/10/2018
Watsonia Primary School students read up a storm in this year's MS Readathon to raise funds for Victorians living with multiple sclerosis.News article 1 page, black text and colour image .watsonia primary school, ms readathon, multiple sclerosis society of victoria -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Conrad, Joseph, The rescue : a romance of the shallows by Joseph Conrad, 1920
Captain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.416 p. fictionCaptain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.fiction, joseph conrad -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Work on paper (Sub-Item) - Photograph, Main Road Bridge, Eltham peak flow of flood 8 April, 1977
Colour photograph. Flooding of Diamond Creek at Main Road Bridge, Eltham peak flow of flood. Easter storm, 8 April, 1977flood, diamond creek, flooding, eltham, bridge, main road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Diamond Creek floodwater at Monash Bridge, Hurstbridge, Dec. 1934
The historic 1934 flood of the Diamond Creek and Yarra River following the storms of 29-30 November set the levels for future planning with respect to flood water rise.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, hurstbridge, 1934 flood, floods, monash bridge, diamond creek (creek) -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Victorian Historical Journal Volume 87 Number 2 December 2016
Articles on various topics, including Melbourne Labour Market, Storm Centre of Asia, Beechworth Goldfields, Wirrengren-Kulkyne Pathway, Messrs Gellibrand and Hesse. 336 pages.Soft cover book, front cover has title in dark grey on cream background. Picture of a lady looking to the right. Volume, number and date and Royal Historical Society of Victoria at the bottom. Spine is black with white writing. Back is brown with Royal Historical Society logo and address.melbourne labour market, storm centre of asia, beechworth goldfields, wirrengren-kulkyne pathway, mr gellibrand, mr hesse -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Don Rickard, Cobb & Co Staging Area, Armstrong, c1990's
Cobb & Co Staging Area Armstrong next to Post Office, Low Building is site of Stables Since Rebuilt (Storm Damage) and clad in Flattened Steel Sheets.Colour photograph of Staging Area next to Post Office, Partly Hidden Behind trees