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Orbost & District Historical Society
calf yoke, 1920's
This calf yoke is a wooden beam used between a pair of calves to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs. This item was made for John Mundy as a child. The original Mundy family moved to a land "selection" at Betebolong in the early 1880's from Buchan. This is an example of a hand-made item commonly used in Orbost on dairy farms in the first half of 20th century.A hand-made wooden yoke painted brown. It has two iron neck pieces and a piece of chain attached in the centre. There are two different locking devices for the necks.calf-yoke rural -
Orbost & District Historical Society
scythe, early -mid 20th century
Scythes were used with a long sweeping movement which made them much less tiring for labourers to use than reaping hooks or sickles though they still involved great physical labour and considerable skill to perfect. Both hands were in use and the operator did not have to bend his back to reach down to the crop. Scythes were not used as often on farms after the mechanisation of harvesting. They were still used for cutting awkward shaped small plots and for opening a path for the tractors. This item is an example of a tool used by the early settlers of the Orbost district.A curved iron blade with one sharp edge. It is attached to a curved hollow handle with two extensions on one side where the scythe can be held by two hands.scythe agriculture tool -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plane
Plane, Low angle a metal plane having the iron set at a low angle to the workpiece. Used for trimming cross grain. Piece broken off end of plane.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, plane, metal plane -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Wood Stove, circa 1880-1920
Stoves of this design are used for heating domestic places and were available in many designs and shapes. They commonly used wood as fuel and were not only used for heating but cooking as well. This stove was part of the original furnishings of the 1922 vessel 'Reginald M a South Australian costal trader it was made from material and fittings obtained from salvage yards. The vessel “Reginald M” was a two-masted coastal ketch, owned and built by Mr. Jack (John) Murch of Birkenhead, Port of Adelaide, South Australia. Its construction took approximately 6 months and it was launched at Largs Bay in 1922. Reginald M had a very shallow draft and a flat bottom that enabled it to come close to shore and to sit high and dry at low tide or to be beached on sand. The flat bottom was also to make the ship able to skim over reefs. Wagons could load and unload direct from her side. Her cargo included Guano, Barley, Wool, Horses, Cattle, Timber, Explosives, Potatoes, Shell Grit and Gypsum. On April 9th 1931Reginald M weathered a large storm in St Vincent Gulf, SA. The vessel suffered much damage; mast snapped and the crew labored for four hours to free her by chopping off the past and rigging. The crew patched her up and slowly returned to Port Adelaide with only a portion of the insured cargo being damaged. Her crew members at the time were owner Mr John H Murch of Wells Street Largs Bay, Skipper Mr R Murch John’s brother, Murray – son of Captain Murch and Seaman John Smith. Reg Webb purchased Carribie Station, at Marion in the Warooka District, south of Adelaide, in 1921. He cleared the land and farmed sheep and grain. In 1923 he shipped his own wool and grain from Marion Bay, having first carted 300 bags of the barley grain, 12 bags at a time, along the unmade track to the jetty. A photograph donated to Flagstaff Hill, dating about 1929 - 1942, shows two men on the Reginald M, holding between them their fishing catch of a large hammer shark. The photograph is stamped “GRENFELL STUDIO PORT LINCOLN PRINT” and titled “hammer shark caught on Reginald M”. The donor’s family lived on the Your Peninsular and dispatched their grain from a chute at Gleeson’s Landing to the awaiting transport vessel. Reg knew the Murch Brothers from Port Adelaide. The brothers had been using their ketch REGINALD M to ship Guano from the Islands, led by Captain Richard Murch. Reg approached them in 1934 about shipping grain from Marion Bay. The brothers visited the bay and thought it was an ideal place. They showed Reg where to stack his grain and they measured up the cliffs. When Reg was ready, they brought down and installed a ninety foot wooden chute. The bags of grain were then individually sent down the chute, landing in a waiting small boat then rowed to REGINALD M, 14 bags at a time. After 10 hours REGINALD M would be fully loaded with 1300 bags of grain and shipped to waiting ports. At one time a wild storm destroyed the chute but it was rebuilt and strengthened. REGINALD M was involved in shipping the grain from there until 1938. In 1940 Able Seaman Allan H Lucas served on Reginald M between September and December, being engaged and discharged from Port of Adelaide. His Certificate of Discharge was signed by ship’s Master W S Murch. It seems that at some stage Reginald M was used as a Customs vessel, as one photograph in Flagstaff Hill’s collection shows “H.M.C. No. 3, Pt Adelaide” on the bow. In 1969 the last freight left Marion Bay on the ketch REGINALD M carrying grain, wool and explosives. In late 1970 she was sold to the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Company and was used by them as a barge to carry explosives. In 1972 the Navy League of Strahan, Tasmania, purchased her for use by the Strahan Sea Cadet Unit to use at Macquarie Harbour and renamed her T.S. Macquarie. However this plan for use of Reginald M did not come to pass. In 1974 Mr. Andrew Rennie, of East Brighton, Melbourne, bought her for a similar purpose. , paying $5,000 and donating a ‘Cadet of the Year” trophy to the Sea Cadets. He sailed her from Strahan to Melbourne, planning to use her for pleasure sailing. In 1975 Reginald M was sold to Melbourne Ferry Company at auction. Later in 1975 the Reginald M was bought by Flagstaff Maritime Museum for $20,000 . She has been restored and is now one of the exhibits in the Village lagoon or lake. It was restored in 2006 using funds from a $4,000 government grant. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s Collection holds several other artefacts associated with Reginald M. They include photographs of the Reginald M, including one photograph of her in Outer Harbour, S.A. dated 1947, with Skipper- R.F. Dale and Owner- John Murch. Another shows her docked at Port Adelaide, with the lettering H.M.C. No. 3 Pt ADEL (standing for His or Her Majesty’s Customs). The stove is significant as it represents the heating and cooking appliances used in late 19th and early 20th century, both on board vessels as well as for domestic purposes. The stove has additional significant for its association with the vessel "REGINALD M" a coastal trading ketch from South Australia built in 1922 at Largs Bay. It is one of very few sailing coastal trading vessels built in Australia with its flat bottom, single chine shape designed for navigating shallow water. See additional comments in the Production section this documents under Comments for further information regards the stove. Stove a cast-iron, rectangular, four-legged stove with a hinged front door. This stove was part of the original furnishings of the vessel 'Reginald M', built in Adelaide 1922. Image of a log cabin with an illegible inscription below it.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, coastal trader, trading vessel, vessel reginald m, ketch, john murch ship builder, reg webb, carribie station, mt lyell copper company, queenstown navy league, andrew rennie, melbourne ferry company, r.f. dale, port adelaide vessel reginald m, macquarie training vessel, grenfell studio port lincoln, stove, domestic heating, domestic cooking, heater, cooking unit, wood fired stove, wood stove, wood-burning stove -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1960s (?)
A photo of the gate barring vehicle access to the top portion of the Mt William Road. The photo is part of a Ministry of Tourism campaign.The photo shows an iron gate across a road (Mt William Road). There is a man standing on the edge of the road in the background. A sign on the gate reads 'No vehicles beyond this point'.'Ministry of Tourism of Victoria, 276 Collins St., Melbourne, Nag. No.... , Date ..., Locality Grampians, Subject Gate-Mount William Road.' stamped on back.access routes, roads, scenery, mount william -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, After 1900
Cottage once stood in the Mafeking area and was owned in the 1920s/1930s by a prospector and timber worker, name unknown.Wooden slab cottage with corrugated iron roof in apparent good condition. Small front yard enclosed in picket fence, bracken in forefront and eocalypt trees at rear.buildings, houses -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Hammer Blacksmith, 1900's
This blacksmith's hammer was an integral tool used by cattle property "blacksmith's" for the maintenance of horse shoes and the manufacture/alterations and repair of any other metal item required by the property. Self sufficiency was the key element to the success of a cattle property especially in semi isolated rural areas(early Kiewa Valley) and the larger the property ie. stock holding the greater the need..This blacksmith's hammer would not only have been used on the cattle property of the pioneer family (the Ropers) in the earlier part of the 1900s but also up in the Bogong High Plains grazing region to maintain the constant refurbishment/maintenance of horse shoes and other metal items. Depending on each property's requirement for blacksmith's service, one from the larger property could have serviced all the valley's requirements.Large blacksmith's hammer has a handle of twisted iron encircling 19 cm. hammer head. It has a round striking end and a wedge shaped punch end.V.B. [in dots ]tools, horses, punch, blacksmiths -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - G.S. Mackay company seal, Late 19th century
George Sutherland Mackay came to Warrnambool in 1891 and in 1893 joined his practice with that of James Fletcher and the firm became known as Mackay and Fletcher later changed to Mackay and Taylor. G S Mackay served for a long time on the Warrnambool City Council including 4 terms as Mayor. He was also an active member of the Presbyterian Church and worked to establish the Warrnambool Agricultural High School. He built the offices which still stand at 131 Kepler Street. He died in 1926. The firm celebrated its centenary in 1993.A commonly used office item which is well linked to both a long established business in Warrnambool and G. S. Mackay who contributed greatly to the community of Warrnambool and district. Cast iron painted black with rounded rectangular base. Circular seal and shaped handle which moves down 45 degrees. Trimmed with worn gold paint. Excelsior in gold on the front. The oval seal reads G. S. Mackay Warrnambool solicitor.warrnambool, g s mackay, mackay & taylor, mackay solicitor, company seal -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Fruit Press, 1890-1900
The fruit juice or lemon squeezer is a small kitchen utensil designed to extract juice from lemons or other citrus fruit such as oranges, grapefruit, or lime. It is designed to separate and crush the pulp of the fruit in a way that is easy to operate. Lemon squeezers can be made from any solid, acid-resistant material, such as plastic, glass, metal (usually aluminum) or ceramic. The oldest known lemon squeezers were found in Kütahya, Turkey and date to the first quarter of the 18th century. These ceramic presses are in the traditional style of Turkish pottery of the 18th century and have a superficial resemblance to today's press equipment with cones, though they are designed differently. These examples were individually made, and specially designed for making the then popular citrus drink sorbet. Lemons are not native to northern Turkey, though during the 17th and 18th centuries they were imported in bulk to Constantinople.The fruit juice press is an example of early 20th century kitchen utensils and is not associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unable to be determined at this time and the item is believed to have been made around 1900. This item is currently being used in Flagstaffs Hill village display and regarded as significant as it demonstrates domestic kitchen utensils used around the turn of the 19th century and today is a collectable item. Vintage lemon/citrus fruits squeezer cast iron juicer with two sections hinged together strainer on one section has holes for letting liquid escape.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, food press, food preparation, fruit juice press, kitchen utensil -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Frank Wright at Hyde Park, London, Oct. 1933, 10/1933
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.A black and white photo of Frank Wright leaning against a wrought iron fence at Hyde Park, London in October 1933. He is wearing a sports jacket and trousers.frank wright, brass bands, conductor, hyde park -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plane, Mathieson and Son
Plane, Moulding, Roman Ogee. Maker A Mathieson and Son with 5/8 inch iron and wooden body and wedge. Stamped CC,No185,GN inside a W.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, plane, moulding, a mathieson and son -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4., Fourth Term, 1909, 1909
Tan soft covered magazine on 17 pages. Contents include: Ambulance class, Meteorites, Werribee gorge, Ovens Valley dredging, Electrical Furnace in Iron Metallurgy ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines students' magazine, ambulance class, gold treatment, e.c. hurdsfield, jack adam, w.e. burbridge, d.w. bonar, j. booth, r.e. cowles, r. clinton, t.e. copeland, g. evans, w.e. figgis, a.a. gibson, j. gryles, hubert f. hall, e. heighway, o.e. jager, w. kingston, h.r. koefoed, w.j. lamb, v. leggo, c. lund, w.s. macartney, r. ingram-moore, v.a. nico, h.b. owen, p.a. pratt, e.h. prendergast, j.a. reid, w.t. sayer, . stuckey, albert e. tandy, r. vale, j. wallace, s. white, r. williamson, account keeping, meteorites, werribee gorge, ovens valley dredging, electrcution, e. scholes, george baillie, a.d. gilchrist, v. tucker, electric furnace, c. corrie, william baragwanath, a.c. hesselmann -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - construction site, Portland, 1960s
Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives, construction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - SPIRE
Black and white photo: roof top scene, with tile roof in foreground, ornate spire in centre with clock face. Building behind has corrugated iron wall.buildings, commercial, spire -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Gates, Missions to Seamen, Port Melbourne, Alison Kelly, 1988
Photographed by Alison Kelly while she was joint caretaker of the building during the Mission Arts Centre days 1987 to 1991From album of photos mostly by Alison Kelly: Port Melbourne Missions to Seamen wrought iron gate of mission grounds, believed to have been added in the 1950smissions to seamen, built environment, alison kelly -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Box spanner
Blacksmith made box spanner with octagonal collar, attached to long iron handle with rounded end. Made from bar stock with collar extension piece added on1 1/2 box, spanner, blacksmith, blacksmithing, smithing, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: B&W PHOTO OF BATTLEGROUND WITH STRIPPED TREES, PHOTOGRAPH, 1914-1918
Photograph, WW1, B&W image of a battleground with stripped trees. Handwritten in pencil on the back - The cemetery by Pozieres One Iron cross remains standing S985 73photo, ww1, france, pozieres -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - CENTRAL GARDEN GULLY GOLD MINING COMPANY
Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Central Garden Gully Gold Mining Company, with gold trim and C.G.Gully painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-central garden gully gold mining company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - MONUMENT HILL CONSOLIDATED
Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Monument Hill Consolidated (Bendigo) mine, with gold trim and the name Mon.Con painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-monument hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - NORTH VIRGINIA GOLD MINING COMPANY
Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the North Virginia Gold Mining Company with gold trim and the name N.Virginia painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- north virginia -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Top (tol)
These tops normally driven by small whips. Thin string was wound around from the bottom up up to the groove. Then a sharp pull on the whip would start the top spinning. It was kept going by whipping. Wooden top, hand turned, traces of red paint. Pear shape with groove at widest diameter, stem at top. At bottom, small iron knob. Slightly damaged.toy -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Equipment - SS White nitrous oxide/oxygen apparatus
With the introduction of nitrous oxide for patients undergoing dental treatment, 100% nitrous oxide was usually administered as an anaesthetic. This caused the patient to lose consciousness quickly and could also cause severe hypoxia. In the late 1890s, dentist Samuel Stockton White introduced this two cylinder apparatus, which could administer oxygen with N2O.Early model apparatus with cast iron stand, and two gas bottles. Comes with two canvas gas bags and a detached metal mask and fabric connecting tube.samuel stockton white, nitrous oxide, oxygen, hypoxia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Model - Army hut, Bill Doller
Living quarters for internees. Very hot in summer, cold in winter. Any improvements were largely carried out by the occupants.Model of a hut. Timber frame, galvanised iron roof and walls. Wire mesh under the eaves, instead of windows. Painted olive green outside and white inside.living accommodation in camps, internment camps tatura, bill doller -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Congregational Church with Manse in Scallan Street c1930's
Congregational Church Scallan Street Stawell. This photograph shows the Manse beside the church and was taken in the 1930's. The manse has an established garden around the building which looks in good condition. The picket fence is the same as in the post card photograph 106 of the Congregational Church built in 1874. Black & white photograph of a scene depicting a brick Church with a manse beside the Church and a picket fence. The manse has a verandah out the front with a corrugated iron roof. Congregational Church Stawellstawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Barrow
Hand Barrow. Appears to be handmade and it was used to transport products around the pottery.The wheels are made of cast iron; it has a steel frame with springs and the sides are made of wood.ceramics, terracotta -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Dorothea and Jacob Van Prooyen
Dorothea (Dora) Both (daughter of Wilhelmina Schwerkolt) was first married to Franz Schwarzman in 1883 at the age of 17. He worked as a miner in South Africa and his wife had to write to the Australian Consulate re: his whereabouts. When he did return home Dora had little to do with him. They had four children. Franz died c.1915. Dora remarried in 1917 to Jacob Van Prooyen, a widower and a Dutchman. In 1929 they lived in Como Parade where they kept a private zoo.Sepia photograph of a wooden house with two people standing in front. The roof is corrugated iron, so is the water tank to the right. The couple are clothed in dark & light coloursvan prooyen dora (dorothea), van prooyen jacob -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bennett, Vera, 1991
Date made May 1991|Old building demolished c2008. Ostler family arrived at Cunninghame (Lakes Entrance) by boat, walked to the site with their belongings, cleared the land, built a dwelling, farmed dairy herd, grew maize, had beehives.| Also one colour photograph of new dwelling constructed next to the old dwelling taken 29th September 2007|Also two other colour photographs old dwelling.Colour photograph of Ostlers old home, 106 Ostlers Road, showing a timber and corrugated iron structure amongst farm buildings and trees. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Davies, Judy, 2000
House provided by the community for Miss Hammarstrom and family after Mr Hammerstrom, a fisherman, was lost at sea in 1926. The Age newspaper collected 400 pounds in an appeal to support the family. House was originally timber clad.|Also one other colour photograph similar, side of building, fibro cladding and two brick chimneys.Colour photograph of a small fibro cement cottage. Corrugated iron gable roof, two substantial brick chimneys, at 43 Roadknight Street, Lakes Entrance Victoriacamping, houses, accommodation, heritage study -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000
Erected by voluntary labour in 1924 as Community Hall and School, on land donated by H Jemmeson. The Education Department paid rent. Opened September 1924 by Albert Lind, used as school until new school opened in February 1963. Destroyed by fire September 2011 and site cleared.Colour photograph showing side of old Nungurner Hall / School, timber clad, corrugated iron gable roof, small window in side wall. Nungurner Victoriaschools, halls -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Holding M, 1999c
Colour photograph showing rear of the Club Hotel. White weatherboard building and corrugated iron roof. Random additions indicated by the form of the outbuildings. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels