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Unions Ballarat
Book - Labour History No. 66 May 1994 (D.J. Spiers Collection), Irving, Terry
Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Labourism: a Political Genealogy -Class, Populism and Labour Politics in Victoria, 1890-1914 -Keynesianism, Socialism and Labourism and the Role of Ideas in Labour Ideology -A Century of Laborism and the State, 1891-1993: An Historical Interpretation -We are of Age: Class, Locality and Region at Port Kembla, 1900-1940 -Researching Industrial Relations History: The Development of a Databas on Australian Trade Unions 1825-1900 -Loyalty and Communists: an interview with Bill Gollan -International Women's Day in Newcastle in the Fifties and Sixties: A Personal Account -Forthcoming: A Bibliography of Australian Communism -Postcard from California: the Hoover Institute -The ACTU Congress of 1993 -Australian Canadian Labour History Conference -The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History -The Classing Gaze: Sexuality, Class and Surveillance -Book reviews -Newcastle's Special Day; Australians in Spain Memorial UnveilingLabour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Labour History No. 68 May 1995 (D.J. Spiers Collection), Irving, Terry
Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Deskilling Revisited: Continuity and Change in Craft Work and Apprenticeship in Late 19th Century NSW -'Depravity and Disorder': the Sexuality of Convict Women -'That Old Treasure-House of Constructive Suggestion': Australian Labor Ideology and War Organisation of Industry -'Four More Points than Moses': Dr. H.V. Evatt and the Press and the 1944 Referendum -Chifley, the Army and the 1949 Coal Strike Labour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports -
Hume City Civic Collection
Badge
This is a small badge with a crown on top of a blue enamel oval and a blue enamel ribbon with the words "Issued by Dept. of Defence to Women of Australia for Duty Done" AIF is in the centre. It was issued to Rita Richards number 37351.A small blue badge with crown on top issued by the Department of Defence."...To Women of Australia/For duty done..."armed forces, 1940s, world war 2, military medals, george evans collection -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Image, Life in Ireland - A Farmer's Cabin, c1864
The tenant lived at the mercy of the resident landlord. Home was a one-roomed house, a chimney of wicker work plastered over with mud or just a hole in the roof. The walls might consist of mud too, or sods of grass. Any windows, were rarely glazed and would be open to the elements all year round. The Pig, if any, was kept in the house, the most valuable possession. Sold for cash at local market. The main items in the house were a potato pot and water bucket. As well as mother, father and children, there could well be grandparents all living in the same cramped conditions. The family would sleep on rushes or straw lain on the floor. Most tenants were tenants 'at will ', which meant they could be evicted at the 'will' of the landlord. Some had a lease for the life of the father and the eldest son, and this meant they were relatively safe from eviction as long as they could pay their rent. There was a tradition of passing on a portion of your land from father to each of the sons, who would build a small dwelling, and in turn pass a portion onto their own sons. This cycle of subdivision meant that many families were surviving on a tiny plot of land from which to derive a crop of potatoes for the year. Women worked hard in this environment, rearing children, cooking, cleaning, tending to any animals such a pigs or chicken and when needed, helping in the potato field. Life was dictated by the annual rent due to the landlord. Other typical expenses could be the Hearth Tax (actually charged by the number of fire places in a house) Turf, Hay (for any farm animals) and tithes. A tax known as the tithes were calculated at one tenth the value of everything saleable. Tithes were a bitter issue. They were for the support of the Church of Ireland, Protestant Bishops and Ministers, and a cess tax for the construction and maintenance of Protestant Church buildings. The problem being that the vast majority of those paying the Tax were Catholic and paying to support something that was contrary to their beliefs. Potatoes were the staple diet from September through to the end of Spring of the following year. But the summer months were months of hunger and hardship as they waited for the following harvest to come in Autumn. During these months people had to resort to eating anything they could find; turnips, cabbage, even wild grass, nettles, wild berries and dandelions. Those who lived close to the sea would collect seaweed and use it spread on their land as a form of manure. The dependency of so much of the population on the Potato as their sole source of food was to prove disastrous during the Famine years. [http://www.youririshroots.com/irishhistory/tenant.php, accessed 14 December 2013]A woman spins wools, while another cards fleece in preparation for spinning. I man smokes a pipe by an open fireplace, while a cow takes shelter in the cabin for warmth. ballarat irish, cabin, spinning, wool, cow -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Book - Pocketbook SVN
An official AMF publication issued to all Australian servicemen and women just prior to their deployment to South Vietnam during the war in that country. Contains information about the culture of the country, aspects of the armed forces of USA, Republic of South Vietnam and the Viet Cong and North Vietnam Army. Details of weapons likely to be encountered. Green soft covered book titled 'Pocketbook South Vietnam', saddled stitched and stapled, 74 pages.vietnam war, weapons, language, customs -
Melbourne Legacy
Badge, A.I.F. Female Relative's Badge, c 1914-1918
The Female Relative's Badge was issued to the wife and/or mother, or to the nearest female relative of soldiers, nurses and masseurs who had left Australia for active service abroad during the First World War. The service number of the relative is inscribed on the back of the badge. A bar(s) suspended below the badge was issued for each additional relative, son or daughter serving. (taken from awm.gov.au). The provenance of this badge is unknown. A search on the defence force numbers has been unsuccessful to ascertain the owner of the badge. More research would be required.Shows the importance placed on having relatives serving in the Defence Forces.Silver badge with blue enamel and safety chain. A.I.F. in cutout script in the centre of an oval. Oval has blue enamel with silver text "Issued by the Dept of Defence to Women of Australia". An enamelled scroll beneath this contains the word "For Duty Done". The badge is surmounted by a King's Crown. A brooch fastening and a safety chain are attached to the back, the original safety pin is missing. Two bars are suspended from the bottom of the badge indicating a total of 3 relatives serving overseas. Defence force numbers 33370, 20232 and 20233 inscribed on back. Manufacturer mark "WM Mclean & Co / Melb / STG SIL"female relative's badge, world war one -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Colac & District Family History Group Inc, Pioneering days: a woman's life, 2013
This is a collection of stories and newspaper clippings that relate to the women of the Colac district during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 300 women, some with a lot of information, others only covering a few lines, have been recorded. Many often would have had overwhelming issues to face in their day-to-day lives, with loneliness, lack of close communication and medical help, bad or unmade roads and harsh living conditions, ensuring that their children were fed. Pioneering days: a woman's life. Colac & District Family History Group Inc (comp.). 1st ed. Colac (Vic); Colac & District Family History Group Inc; 2013. vi, 284 p.; illus. ISBN 978 0975 0679 1 8 Soft cover.colac; otways; families; articles; -
Kyneton RSL Sub Branch
Female Relatives badge, 1942
... Front. To the Women of Australia. Back. Issued by the CWlth... Relatives badge was issued to the nearest female relative of members ...In the Second World War the Female Relatives badge was issued to the nearest female relative of members of the RAN, the AIF, including members of the Australian Army Nursing Service and the RAAF on active service abroad. Stars displayed on a bar suspended below the badge represented the number of relatives involved in the War effort.The badge on display was issued to Nora Marjorie Fielding, whose husband VX79262 Pte Donald Fielding, served with Army Headquarters Signals Regiment in WW2.A badge with a safety chain and pin attached, long pin on back for wearing. Laurel wreath on outer rim with crown at top. Map of Australia in middle. A bar is suspended by two loops, there is one star fixed to the bar. Front. To the Women of Australia. Back. Issued by the CWlth of Australia A123489 Angus and Coote 1942female relatives badge, ww2, homefront -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Knitting Books
Five knitting books. Three issues of Patons knitting books, issues 188, 218,234. One issue of the Paragon knitting book No.58. Glamor knits a supplement to the Australian women's weekly from March 9, 1955. Aileen and john Ellison Collection.knitting, clothing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Certificate - THE BROOK AND ANDERSON FORTUNA COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE
Photocopy of certificate of discharge No.66699 issued by the Australian Military Forces to VF507923 Agnes Mary Anderson, Australia army medical women's service who enlisted on the 22nd day of May 1943, who served for three hundred and ninety-eight days. Dated 22/04/1944military, world war 2 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Oct. 1944
Demonstrates an important part of Ballarat's tramway operations during the Second World War when Conductresses and many women were employed by the SEC.243 - Photograph reproduction of an illustration that appeared in Oct. 1944 issue of SEC News, p11 of the SEC float in procession to raise funds for the Red Cross - laminated with 4 Velcro dots on rear. 243.1 - unlaminated copy of same photograph - added 6/8/2002. Hi Res scan added 25/3/2011. See p11 of Oct. 1944 SEC Newstrams, tramways, secv, ballarat, world war ii, fund raising, conductresses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Sept. 1942
Demonstrates an important part of Ballarat's tramway operations during the Second World War when Conductresses and many women were employed by the SEC.Photographic reproduction of an illustration that appeared in the Sept. 1942 issue of SEC News, p6. Photo is of Ballarat's first 3 conductresses - E.Jakobi, J.Wightwick, and C.Browne. Laminated with 4 Velcro dots on rear. John Phillips from a State Library negative of the illustration in Sept. 1995. Hi Res scan added 25/3/2011 See p6 of Sept 1942 issue of SECV News.trams, tramways, secv, ballarat, conductresses, world war ii -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Sept. 1942
Demonstrates an important part of Ballarat's tramway operations during the Second World War when Conductresses and many women were employed by the SEC.Photographic reproduction of page 13 of Christmas - New Year issue (1942-43) issue of SEC News, from a negative supplied by State Library on photo paper, laminated with 4 Velcro dots on rear. Has photo of conductresses at Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat, car drivers and clerks at Flinders St. Gives names of conductresses and motor car drivers. Images files 246i1 - full page - small version 246i1a - full page 1200 dpi version - has to be opened in a separate viewed. 246i2 - Ballarat Conductresses 246i3 - Geelong - Geelong Conductresses 246i4 - Car Drivers (Motor Transport - HO) 246i5 - Bendigo Conductresses 246i6& i7 - Flinders St. clerical workers. trams, tramways, secv, world war i, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, conductresses -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Magazine, Australian Women's Weekly, The Australian Women's Weekly, March 10, 1954, 10/03/1954
... Single issue of the Australian Women's Weekly, published.... The Rt Hon R G Menzies was the Member for Kew. australian womens ...Magazine published at the time of Elizabeth II's visit to Australia. The Rt Hon R G Menzies was the Member for Kew.Single issue of the Australian Women's Weekly, published on March 10, 1954, picturing Queen Elizabeth II and the Australian Prime Minister, The Hon Robert Menzies, on the cover. This 63-page edition was published during the Royal tour of Australia. It contains photographs, articles, stories, letters, advertisements etc.australian womens weekly - 1954, royal tours - 1954 -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, 1912
Framed page from 'The Designer' magazine, June issue, 1912. Features large colour illustration of three women, one holding racquet, next to crowded lawn tennis court. Blurb at bottom states: WAIST 6167; SKIRT 6168...COSTUME 6159...COSTUME 6172/ AT THE TENNIS TEA ONE SEES SMART GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SIMPLE GOOD-LOOKING FROCKS. THE DEEP ARM-/ HOLE, PEPLUM, FRONT-CLOSING AND INSERTED PLAITED SECTIONS ARE SALIENT FEATURES OF THESE GOWNS/ FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS SEE OPPOSITE PAGE/ THE DESIGNER, JUNE, 1912'. No hanging fixtures. Numbers '103' and '157' handwritten on backing. Materials: Ink, Paper, Wood, Cardboard, Metal, Glasstennis -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, 1889
Two pages from Harper's Bazar magazine, June 29 1889 issue. The pages feature a section entitled: 'TENNIS GOWNS', including images (from lithographs) of women modelling outfits and holding tennis equipment. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboard, Wood, Metal, Adhesive label, Glasstennis -
Tennis Australia
Lithograph, Circa 1880
A colour lithograph issued by the Salon de la Mode, featuring two women wearing high fashion of the late 19th century, posing next to a tennis court net. The woman on the left is holding a racquet. Below is the image of a coat-of-arms, with the monogram 'HVP', which is that of the director of the Salon de la Mode, Henry Petit. One of the engravers is identified as 'Lefranco'. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Metal, Paint, Wood, Glasstennis -
Tennis Australia
Periodical, 1929
Copy of Issue 16 of 'Le Petit Journal Echo de le Mode' (French), dated 21 April 1929. Cover depicts women in latest fashions & holding tennis equipment. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Midnight blue silk and velvet bodice
This bodice, belonging to Alice (Henty) Hindson has traditionally been identified as a travelling jacket by her descendants. Alice Hindson was the youngest daughter of Francis Henty and Mary Ann (Lawrence) Henty. Alice's father, Francis Henty, was the youngest son of Thomas Henty, who with his family, their retainers and property moved to the Australian colonies between 1829 and 1832. In 1834, Francis’ older brother, Edward, sailed from Launceston in Van Diemen’s Land to what was to become Portland in the western part of Port Phillip District [Victoria]. Francis, together with the first flock of Merino sheep [in Victoria], followed some months later. The first and second generations of the Henty family established vast pastoral properties in the Western part of the Port Phillip District. Francis Henty managed ‘Merino Downs’ near Casterton, while also living in his retirement at ‘Field Place' in Kew. The Henty Collection of nineteenth and twentieth century clothing, including outerwear and underwear, was collected, stored and exhibited over time by female family members descended from Francis and Mary Ann Henty. During the twentieth century, items from the collection were modelled in two fashion parades by various descendants [1937, 1959]. The items in the collection are historically and aesthetically significant, with provenance provided by oral and written tradition within or held by the family. A number of the items in the collection are very rare survivors, and provide researchers with the evidence needed to reconstruct the lives of notable women in the Port Phillip District [later Victoria] during the nineteenth and early twentieth century.Alice (Henty) Hindson's midnight blue sateen bodice is highlighted using velvet lapels, cuffs, and a rear bow. The velvet, in contrast to the plain midnight blue sateen, is embellished [in the weave] with pink and navy spots. Joined at the front with 23 round domed buttons, hooks and eyes are used to close the neckline. The bodice also features coffee-coloured lace at the front and on the cuffs, which may have been added later. The bodice has some condition issues, missing one cuff and the lace on the cuffs needing re-attaching. The inside of the bodice is heavily boned, complete with a floral chintz lining. Measurements (mm): BODICE: Girth - Neck 355.6, Chest 812.8, Waist 660.4, Hip 685.8, Cuff 228.6 Vertical - From neck to hem 406.4, Front waist to hem 152.4, Back neck to hem 546.1, Back waist to hem 228.6, Sleeve length 533.4. Horizontal - Neck to sleeve head 114.3, Cross back 266.7, Underarm to underarm 368.3.alice hindson, alice henty, bodices, women's clothing, alice (henty) hindson -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, The Kewriosity Sheet Vol.2 No.9 : March 1981
[Kew] Festival issue [programme] / p1&2. Typical craft work of the colonial period [Stefan Nechwatal] / p1. Festival photo competition / p2. What's doing in Kew for March / p2&3. The Alexandra Gardens / Elizabeth Mackie p3. Hyde Park Fellowship / p3. English classes for migrant women [Denmark Street Baby Health Centre] / p4. Citizens' Advice Bureau [International Year of the Disabled Person] / p4. Full participation and equality / [Disability; Rheumatism & Arthritis Association of Victoria] / M.J. Meyers p4.The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fiction[Kew] Festival issue [programme] / p1&2. Typical craft work of the colonial period [Stefan Nechwatal] / p1. Festival photo competition / p2. What's doing in Kew for March / p2&3. The Alexandra Gardens / Elizabeth Mackie p3. Hyde Park Fellowship / p3. English classes for migrant women [Denmark Street Baby Health Centre] / p4. Citizens' Advice Bureau [International Year of the Disabled Person] / p4. Full participation and equality / [Disability; Rheumatism & Arthritis Association of Victoria] / M.J. Meyers p4. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, The Kewriosity Sheet Vol.2 No.12 : June 1981
Choral Festival Service 1981 [Kew Inter-Church and Church Affiliated Schools Choral Festival Service; Holy Trinity Church] / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Do you live in Kew or nearby? [Volunteers; Meals on Wheels] / p1. Kew Crossroads Club [A Christian Fellowship for Handicapped Teenagers] / p1. Volunteer Reader / p1. The Mouse House [104 Peel Street] / Elizabeth Mackie p2. What's doing in Kew for June / p2&3. Kew C.A.A. Winter wine bottling [Kew Community Aid Abroad] / p3. Multicultural Church [East Kew Baptist Church] / p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Council News - I.Y.D.P: Can you help [International Year of Disabled Persons]; Victoria Welcome Group [Volunteers; Migration]; Message from the Minister [Jeff Kennett; Immigration and Ethnic Affairs] / p4. Kew Garden Club / p4. Hyde Park F'ship [Hyde Park Church] / p4. New members needed for [Kew Royal Women's Hospital Auxiliary] / p4. Copy Shop / p4.The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fictionChoral Festival Service 1981 [Kew Inter-Church and Church Affiliated Schools Choral Festival Service; Holy Trinity Church] / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Do you live in Kew or nearby? [Volunteers; Meals on Wheels] / p1. Kew Crossroads Club [A Christian Fellowship for Handicapped Teenagers] / p1. Volunteer Reader / p1. The Mouse House [104 Peel Street] / Elizabeth Mackie p2. What's doing in Kew for June / p2&3. Kew C.A.A. Winter wine bottling [Kew Community Aid Abroad] / p3. Multicultural Church [East Kew Baptist Church] / p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Council News - I.Y.D.P: Can you help [International Year of Disabled Persons]; Victoria Welcome Group [Volunteers; Migration]; Message from the Minister [Jeff Kennett; Immigration and Ethnic Affairs] / p4. Kew Garden Club / p4. Hyde Park F'ship [Hyde Park Church] / p4. New members needed for [Kew Royal Women's Hospital Auxiliary] / p4. Copy Shop / p4. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, The Kewriosity Sheet Vol.4 No.12 : August 1983
R.A.A.V. Action Program 1983 (Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria) / p1. Kew Library / p1. Council Immunisations (Rubella) / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Scrabble / p1. Can you spare some time for your neighbours? (Volunteering; Meals on Wheels) / p1. Meet the editor of "Gardening News" / p1. Correction (Recycling) / p2. Community Centre??? (Kew Swimming Pool; Kew Depot; North Ward Action Group) / p2. Kew Rotaract / p2. Uniting Church East Kew (calendar of events) / p2. S.C.F. fundraising morning (Save the Children Fund) / p2. Kew Recreation Program: Term III - 1983 [short courses] / p2. Kew in that other Depression (Great Depression; 1930s) / Barbara Giles p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Kew Historical Society / p3. Unique cards: feature views of Kew (Gregary Chase designer) / p3. Look out for funding! (Family and Community Services Program; F.A.C.S.) / p4. "An Asian experience" (The Asian Evangelical Fellowship) / p4. Parkinson's Disease Association / p4. Hyde Park Fellowship (Hyde Park Uniting Church) / p4. Kew drop-In Centre - holiday program (Sacred Heart Church) / p4. Back by popular demand (Kew Garden Club) / p4. Native planet Group / p4. Daytime Garden Club / p4. Camberwell Film Society / p4. Women's Discussion Group / p4.The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fiction R.A.A.V. Action Program 1983 (Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria) / p1. Kew Library / p1. Council Immunisations (Rubella) / p1. Save the Children Fund / p1. Scrabble / p1. Can you spare some time for your neighbours? (Volunteering; Meals on Wheels) / p1. Meet the editor of "Gardening News" / p1. Correction (Recycling) / p2. Community Centre??? (Kew Swimming Pool; Kew Depot; North Ward Action Group) / p2. Kew Rotaract / p2. Uniting Church East Kew (calendar of events) / p2. S.C.F. fundraising morning (Save the Children Fund) / p2. Kew Recreation Program: Term III - 1983 [short courses] / p2. Kew in that other Depression (Great Depression; 1930s) / Barbara Giles p3. Kew Philharmonic Society / p3. Kew Historical Society / p3. Unique cards: feature views of Kew (Gregary Chase designer) / p3. Look out for funding! (Family and Community Services Program; F.A.C.S.) / p4. "An Asian experience" (The Asian Evangelical Fellowship) / p4. Parkinson's Disease Association / p4. Hyde Park Fellowship (Hyde Park Uniting Church) / p4. Kew drop-In Centre - holiday program (Sacred Heart Church) / p4. Back by popular demand (Kew Garden Club) / p4. Native planet Group / p4. Daytime Garden Club / p4. Camberwell Film Society / p4. Women's Discussion Group / p4. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Manresa Musical Society, A Country Girl, 1957
The Manresa Theatre Company, in this 1957 programme, states that its aim was to bring Catholic men and women together in an atmosphere of joyful entertainment and culture. It contends, in 1957, that it is almost eight years old.The Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme issued by the Manresa Musical Society for a performance of A Country Girl, performed in 1957. The location of the performance is unstated in the programme.manresa musical society, theatre (kew), performing arts (kew), a country girl (musical) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Cr Jill O'Brien, Mayor of Kew 1983-84, 1983
Born in Bendigo and trained as a nurse in the 1950s, Sonia Jill O’Brien devoted a lifetime to social and environmental issues at both the state and local level. From her work in the 1960s with the Family Planning Association of Victoria, of which she was a founding member, through to the 1990s as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Department of Health, she supported efforts to improve women’s health and reproductive rights. At the local level she was most active on committees that worked to save the natural and built environment. The Power-line Action Group, the Studley Park Conservation Society, and the Yarra Bend Park Trust all benefitted from her indefatigable endeavours as well her vision. In 1980, Jill O’Brien successfully stood for the Kew City Council and served as Mayor in 1983 and 1984. With an eye to preserving the past as well as guarding the future, she had the Mayoral robes restored and in 1980 and 1981 was president of the Kew Historical Society. The preservation and restoration of Villa Alba in Walmer Street owes much to her determined efforts throughout the 1980s. On Council, she chaired a number of committees involved in the saving of the Kew River Parklands from the proposed transmission line of the SEC. To this end, she was the Council representative on the Merri Yarra Municipal Protection Committee.Rare colour photograph, used as the official mayoral portrait of Cr Jill O'Brien.Formal civic portrait of Cr Jill O'Brien in red mayoral robes wearing lace jabot and cuffs. The portrait is part of the larger Jill O'Brien Collection donated by her daughters.cr jill o'brien, city of kew -- mayors, mayoral portraits -- city of kew -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Magazine excerpt, Can you help refugee and migrant women?, July 2007
From, Get Creative: Passionate about crafts Spotlight magazine. Volume 3 issue 9. Page 76. Colour images present. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, More than just gumtrees: a personal, social and artistic history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, 1993
Joan Richard was a speaker at the Surrey Hills Historical Society meeting in November 2013. A watercolourist, she has been a long standing member of MSWPS, Past and Recent President in 2017 and a Life Member. The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors was founded in 1902 by women who had been students at the Art School of the National Gallery of Victoria, to provide a forum for artistic discussion and an opportunity to view and comment on each other's work. Originally named the Students' Art Club, it became "Woomballana" (meaning either 'everlasting beauty' or 'search for beauty') Art Club, The Women's Art Club, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and finally, in 1954, the present title was adopted. The history of the MSWPS and its members’ achievements, issues of the workplace, family and art commitments, the economic survival of artists, migrant artists and prejudice against women are also explored. Much of the information in “More Than Just Gumtrees” has not been available in previous publications; it includes hitherto unpublished sources - oral history interviews, minute books, reviews, letters, early photographs. There are includes biographies of over 300 artists, with individual exhibition lists, representation in public collections etc REF: MSWPS website. Artist Mabel Pye, who lived in Surrey Hills, is one of the featured artists.A history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and of the women who have belonged since 1902. Some of these women have become well-known to the art world, other have slipped by un-noticed. Incl. index, bibliography.To the Surrey Hills/Historical Society/Presented by/Joan Richard/19th November/2013melbourne society of women painters and sculptors, women painters, women sculptors, mabel pye, joan richard -
National Wool Museum
Quilt, No Sugar
... Women's Work', page 27 of issue Article from New Zealand Quilter... Women's Work', page 27 of issue Article from New Zealand Quilter ..."No Sugar" was the winnning entry in the Expressions 2002; The Wool Quilt Prize. It was on exhibit at the National Wool Museum from 23 September to the 15 December 2002.Large green handstitched quilt with orange cross. (This picture shows the quilt on its side - it is displayed with the cross on the left and the darker area at the lower left.) Statement from Katherine Morrison regarding working technique and Expressions. Statement by Katherine Morrison regarding working methods and Expressions. CV of Katherine Morrison, Winner of Expressions 2002 Entry from 'Expressions 2002: The Wool Quilt Prize 23 September - 15 December 2002 National Wool Museum, Geelong', no.15. Article from New Zealand Quilter issue 28 'Featured Quilter: Katherine Morrison', page 1 (page 4 of issue) Article from New Zealand Quilter issue 28 'Featured Quilter: Katherine Morrison', page 2 (page 5 of issue) Article from New Zealand Quilter issue 28 'Featured Quilter: Katherine Morrison', page 3 (page 6 of issue) Article from New Zealand Quilter issue 37 titled '2 Women's Work', page 27 of issue Article from New Zealand Quilter issue 41 titled 'Rural Composition', page 21 Photo and explaination of Katherine Morrison's quilt 'Something Borrowed', made 1997"No Sugar" by Katherine Morrison 84 Blue Mountains road Silverstream upper Hutt New Zealand ph/fax 04 5288624 "NO SUGAR' 2002 An original quilt by Katherine morrison Hand dyed woollen (old) blankets handquilted QUILT CARE MADE WITH PURE N.Z. WOOL BATTINGquilting, blankets, new zealand -
National Wool Museum
Magazine - Women’s Day, January 12 1953, Women's Day, January 12, 1953
Forty page colour magazine with printed text, coloured and black and white graphics and photographs. The front cover shows a colour photograph of three women, two are holding quoits dressed in swim wear and one is seated. The back cover features two colour illustrations of men playing golf. front: [printed] THE MAGAZINE THAT HELPS YOU MOST / Women’s Day / AND HOME / SUMMER CRUISE FASHIONS / Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a periodical. / BIG FICTION ISSUE / Sensational New Serial, “Windom’s / Way,” by James Ramsey Ullman . . / also Complete Novelette . . Erle Stanley / Gardner Mystery. / JANUARY 12, 1953 9D.women's day, fashion, women, magazine, serials, novelette -
Public Record Office Victoria
Document (item) - The 'Monster' Women’s Suffrage Petition
It took just six weeks in the spring of 1891 to collect nearly 30,000 signatures on the ‘Monster Petition’ for women’s suffrage. Dedicated suffragists collected an average of 5,000 signatures a week (over 700 per day) before the petition was presented to the Victorian Parliament in September 1891. The six-week drive proved the determination of the suffragists, and was one of first major steps along the road to 1908 and the achievement of women’s franchise. Now a prized possession of the State of Victoria, the petition itself was truly a ‘monster’, running 20 centimetres across and 260 metres in length. Several men were required to carry it into Parliament. Its sheer size and unique shape make it a marvel; a stack of paper with an equal number of signatures would not be nearly as impressive as the huge, winding roll presented to Premier James Munro. Quoted from the article ‘The “Monster Petition” and the Women of Davis Street’ by Brienne Callahan, in Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria, issue no. 7. -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Journal - Ski-Horizon Vol 5 No 1, September 1953
Ski-Horizon is the official journal of the Federation of Victorian Ski Clubs which began publication in 1949. The were 26 original member clubs which included Albury Ski Club, Bogong Ski Club, Myrtleford Ski Club, Tallangatta and District Ski Club and Wangaratta Ski Club. Two pioneers of Falls Creek, Tom Mitchell, M.L.A., and Martin Romuld were Vice-Presidents of the Federation.This Journal is significant because it documents the early development of skiing in Victoria.The journal features stories and events chronicling developments in Victoria and internationally. Items related to the Falls Creek Area in this issue include:- Page 2- Nineteen "Kiwis" have arrived, first visiting Mt. Buller, then Falls Creek. Unfortunately Mt. Buller turned on a 3 day blizzard. Falls Creek was a complete contrast. Perfect snow and weather coupled with N.E.D.S.A. hospitality contributed to a "good time being had by all." Races in slalom, downhill and giant slalom were held. Dick Walpole (Myrtleford) won the downhill and giant slalom. Skippy St. Elmo won two of the Women's events. Page 3 - A new event, the Swinburne Cup, was held at the meeting at Falls Creek last month. Eight teams took part in the inter-club race for a trophy presented by the Hon. Ivan Swinburne, M.L.C. who had walked to Falls Creek but skied out, his first time ever on skis.swinburne cup, skippy st. elmo, new zealand visit