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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Fur Coat, c1970
The coat was donated by Penguin Dry Cleaners Tunstall Square as it had not been collected for two yearsc1970 Full length imitation fur coat with tie belt. Coat is lined with brown rayon and has two pockets.costume, female -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Biography, Longmans, Green & Co, H G Wells A Biography, 1951
This book contains a biography of H.G. Wells by Vincent Brome and is part of Flagstaff Hill’s Pattison Collection of books which originated from the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. It was published by Longmans, Green & Co. The publisher firm, Longmans, Green & Co, was originally founded in 1724 in London by Thomas Longman under the name Longman. In August of that year, he bought the two shops and goods of William Taylor and set up his publishing house there at 39 Paternoster Row. The shops were called Black Swan and Ship, and it is said that the 'ship' sign was the inspiration for Longman's Logo. After many changes of name and management, the firm was incorporated in 1926 as Longmans, Green & Co. Pty Ltd. The firm was acquired by Pearson in 1968 and was known as Pearson Longman or Pearson PLC. The book is significant for its connection to the publisher Longmans, Green and Co., of London, a firm that has been established for over two centuries, renowned for publishing encyclopedias, dictionaries, books on English grammar, textbooks, poetry, reference books, novels, magazines and more. The book has additional importance for its connection to the Pattison Collection, which, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institutes’ Collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and its important role in people's intellectual, cultural and social development throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance.H G Wells A Biography Author: Vincent Brome Publisher: Longmans Green & Co Date: 1951 Inscription on spine label, and stickers. Logo of a sailing ship on the Fly page. The book is part of the Pattison Collection.Label: "PAT 920 WEL" Sticker: "Warrnambool Public Library" covered by sticker: "Corangamite Regional Library Service" Logo: "(sailing ship drawing) above "1724", within a rounded square"warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, h g wells a biography, vincent brome, h g wells, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, maritime museum, maritime village, shipwreck coast, free library, longmans green and co., thomas longman, paternoster row london -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
monuments in egypt / troops marching, red cliffs00158.tif
Three photos on a page from an albumstatue of mohamed ali 'the square' alexandria june 1915 pyramid of cheops egypt jan 1915 marching past sir george reid at mena camp cairo egypt jan 1915ww1, world war 1, a.i.f, mohamed ali, alexandria, cairo, pyramid, egypt, cheops, sir george reid, marching, mena camp, 1915 -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Lantern Slide, c1900
This lantern slide shows the Ovens District Hospital (also called the Ovens Goldfields Hospital) in Beechworth in approximately 1900. The Hospital was built as part of a community push to develop the infrastructure needed for a permanent town in the 1850s. At the time there was no hospital located between Melbourne and the NSW town of Goulburn and it was recognised that the nature of mining and agricultural work predisposed people to serious injury. The community voted in 1853 to raise funds for a hospital and a voluntary committee elected from people who contributed £2 or more annually determined the organisation's management policies, which aimed to provide care for poor people at rates levied according to the person's means. Ongoing operations of the hospital were primarily supported by Government grants, however. The foundation stone was laid at a site in Church Street at a ceremony held 1st September 1856 which was attended by 2000 people using a locally crafted trowel with a tin ore handle and pure gold blade. The hospital, which was designed by J.H. Dobbyn, cost £2347. The hospital had two wards, a dispensary, apartments for a resident surgeon and the matron, an operating theatre and a board room. Further medical facilities including services to meet the cultural and health needs of the local Chinese community were later added, in addition to a Palladian-style cut-granite face built in 1862-63. It functioned as the region's primary hospital until surpassed by the Wangaratta Hospital in 1910. In the 1940s much of the building materials were salvaged and repurposed, with the exception of the facade which was restored in 1963 by the Beechworth Lions Club and still stands today. The facade featured on the covers of local history volume 'Beechworth: a Titan's Field' by Carole Woods and heritage-focused travel guide the 'Readers Digest Book of Historic Australian Towns'. Lantern slides, sometimes called 'magic lantern' slides, are glass plates on which an image has been secured for the purpose of projection. Glass slides were etched or hand-painted for this purpose from the Eighteenth Century but the process became more popular and accessible to the public with the development of photographic-emulsion slides used with a 'Magic Lantern' device in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Photographic lantern slides comprise a double-negative emulsion layer (forming a positive image) between thin glass plates that are bound together. A number of processes existed to form and bind the emulsion layer to the base plate, including the albumen, wet plate collodion, gelatine dry plate and woodburytype techniques. Lantern slides and magic lantern technologies are seen as foundational precursors to the development of modern photography and film-making techniques.This glass slide is significant because it provides insight into Beechworth's built environment and infrastructure in the early Twentieth Century, around the time of Australia's Federation. It is also an example of an early photographic and film-making technology in use in regional Victoria in the time period.Thin translucent sheet of glass with a round-edged square image printed on the front and framed in a black backing. It is held together by metal strips to secure the edges of the slide.Obverse: Y /burke museum, beechworth, lantern slide, slide, glass slide, plate, burke museum collection, photograph, monochrome, ovens district hospital, indigo shire, north-east victoria, hospital, palladian architecture, granite, community fundraising, community infrastructure, j.h. dobbyn, beechworth lions club, ovens goldfields hospital, chinese community -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bottle
This was on display at the Slab Hut - Orbost Visitor Information Centre.A brown glass bottle which is square shaped. One side has a rectangular indentation for a label. It has no seal but is unthreaded and would probably have had a cork.On base - M711container bottle glass -
Orbost & District Historical Society
cover, 1911
Crochet covers for milk jugs, teacups and bowls were produced to repel the dreaded Australian blow fly. They were typically decorated with Australian flora and fauna and commemorative motifs and sometimes edged with beads, shells and other three dimensional forms, not only for appearance, but also to weigh down the crochet so it would stay safely in place on the jug. The three dimensional parts were stiffened with sugar syrup, or sometimes starch, paraffin or gelatine. The main sources for crochet cover and other needlework designs available to women were in journals, magazines and pattern books. In the first half of the 20th century women's focus was the home and its decoration was important. Embroidery and crochet work was an affordable way to personalise and add aesthetic value, and examples of embroidered and crocheted pieces could be found in most Australian homes, decorating or protecting furniture, floors and walls, and keeping off flies and insects from food. Small square milk jug cover that has been hand crocheted with crown, flag and date patterned into centre. It has a red, white and blue beaded fringe.cover milk-jug-cover handcraft tableware -
Ballan Shire Historical Society
Tool - Metal hand stamping tools
This box of metal stamps was owned by Mr D.K. Fraser, a property owner and grazier in the Ballan district.A timber box, split horizontally, with 27 (3x9) holes drilled vertically containing square section metal hand stamping tools each a separate letter of the alphabet.The top lid is marked "D K F & CO 1905" and each stamp is marked "D K FRASER".tools, ballan, fraser dk, metal stamps -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD, STOURTON, UK, c.WW1
Postcards sent to R.H. Baron's siblings Fred and Myrtle and future wife (?) Elsie. Notes on each card mention a three day journey playing with a band. Part of the "Robert H. Baron" No. 3596 and Cooper Collection. See Catalogue No. 1981P for details of Baron's service.1. Black and white photograph of a house partially covered with ivy. Garden in the foreground. 2. Black and white photograph of a church with square tower. Graveyard and cart in the foreground.1. The Convent, Stourton Gardens. Handwritten in black ink on back: 'Letter from R.H. Baron to Elsie and Fred - no date." 2. Stourton Church. Handwritten in black ink on back: 'Letter from R.H. Baron to Myrtle' - no date.robert h. baron, cooper collection, postcard, stourton uk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - ACCESSORY CONTAINER FOR 250lb BOMB, C.WW11
This cylinder was used for holding the bomb fin and fuse pistols for 250lb bomb. Belonged to Harold Chatfield, 401493, RAAF. Refer to Cat. No. 198P for Chatfield's RAAF service history.Thick cardboard cylinder with metal end cap. Cotton webbing straps for cover cap and for handle. Inside is 3 squares of yellow rubber on metal end cap.Stenciled on outside, “BOMB GP 250 LB IV TAIL No 2 HEBCO PISTOL No. 27 F.R.I."war, bomb, air force -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - COLOUR PATCHES, C.1939 - 45
.1) 2/23rd Batt AIF Patch used from 1942-46. .2) If viewed as a diamond shape white over red it is possibly 2/24th Batt AIF. Items belonged to Frederick CARLETON VX33476. Refer Cat 142 (medals) for his service history. .1) Felt colour patch, T-shaped; light blue, dark blue on grey. .2) Felt colour patch, square; diagonal white and red on grey.uniform, army, colour patches -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED WW1, Post WW1
Frame timber with no glass front, rear plywood. Square black &white photo of a WWI soldier looking through a telescope, sitting on ammunition boxes in a muddy trench. Photo top right: “IDA POST” Frame bottom left: “E1834” (maybe an AWM collection number) Frame bottom centre: “Observation post, in the Ploegsteert Sector, Belgium, Jan 1918”brsl, smirsl, trench -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1880's
San Remo house built by Charles Grayden 1880?? Possibly Miss Elms' house.coloured print - side view of weatherboard painted white/cream. Verandah with slender square posts - framed by Pine Tree on left and small leafed tree on right.local history, photography, san remo, local area development by europeans, housing, coloured photograph, commercial development san remo, domestic development -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Flag Box
Wooden box containing two fabric flags and metal plaque. One flag is blue with white rectangle, the other is design of red, white and blue concentric squares. "FLAG BOX CONTAINING THE CITY/ AND PORT FLAGS OF OAKLAND CALIFORNIA/ PRESENTED TO THE PORT OF/ MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ON THE OCCASION/ OF THE PORT OF OAKLAND VISIT. MARKING THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF/ THE SISTER PORT AFFILIATION/ MARCH, 1986/ BOARD OF PORT COMMISSIONERS/ CITY OF OAKLAND/ -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Painting, Lisa Carman, S.O.S, 2019
The painting explores the mental health issues often faced by those who work at sea as a result of loneliness, isolation and illness, amongst other things. This seafarer’s face is made up of thousands of SOS Morse code symbols: dot,dot,dot dash,dash,dash dot,dot,dot. Morse code was used to signal to land that a ship or crew was in trouble. This seafarer is in trouble- his face says it all and speaks volumes. Mental health issues are often hidden when we look from afar but when we take the time to look closer and listen, the signs are often there.Lisa Carman entered this painting to the Maritime Art Prize 2019 and donated the artwork after the exhibition.Naive, Marine artLisa Carman, MTSV Collection Squared shape painting depicting a portrait in blue and dark tones of a sailor with a beard wearing a beanie. His face is made of dots using the SOS Morse code.sos, seafarers welfare, maritime art prize, 2019, lisa carman, morse code, seafarers, sailors, beanie, blue -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - View Ware Dish - Portland Harbour, n.d
Square view ware dish with coloured panorama of Portland Harbour. Sides of dish diamond cut. 'PANORAMA OF THE HARBOUR, PORTLAND' - black print on white at the bottom of photo.souvenir, portland harbour, view ware -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Baby Shawl, n.d
Items hand made by Mrs Grace Osbourne. She won prizes at the Warracknabeal Show and elsewhere for her hand work.Cream baby's shawl. Square, 14 cm filet crochet boarder, rest zig-zag pattern, knitted. Border different thickness of thread to central part. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Harbour, 1977
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Bottom left - 6/10/77 (0979 ?) - pencilport of portland archives, portland harbour -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - China Ashtray - Portland souvenir, Westminster, Australia, c. 1970
White fine china, Westminster ashtray. Decal, coloured images of K.S. Anderson wharf, historic cottage and obelisk. Square with rounded corners, gold rim and corners.Front: 'PORTLAND - VIC' Back: Makers stamp 'Fine China Westminster Australia' -
Streatham and District Historical Society
Picture, Streatham Hall
Square shaped picture of the Streatham Hall under construction. There are several workers in the photo, a truck carrying building equipment and a table with equipment on it. The men are typically dressed for the period.Stamped in green ink 399 on the back -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Jug cover, Early to mid 20th century
Covers were used to place over a jug to keep insects out of the liquid (usually milk). This sort of item was used in days before refrigeration. It also demonstrated womens ability to make items for the home.Part of Ellen Brown collection. Ellen Brown lived her whole life in Bacchus Marsh - she died aged 103 in 2009. She never married and excelled at home duties, eg., needlework, cooking. She won prizes at local shows for cakes, jam making, and preserves. She was a well known identity in the town.Square white beaded jug cover in ecru colored cotton. Crocheted central bird pattern with triangular pattern top and bottom. White beads attached on perimeter.lace, ellen brown, milk, crochet, jug cover, home duties, blue wren, beads -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Photograph, Beauville Avenue, 2, Murrumbeena, 2001
Originally labelled "Beauville Estate, Established 1936, Still Thriving 65 years on, 10th March 2001", the Beauville Estate Album contains colour photographs of houses in the Estate. They were taken around the time of the Beauville Estate’s 65th Heritage Celebration held on 10/03/2001 and donated to the Caulfield Historical Society shortly afterwards. Photographer unknown. City of Glen Eira’s Heritage Management Plan Vol 2 p79 (this is p84 of the pdf version) – HO12 Beauville Estate and environs, Murrumbeena: The Beauville Historic Area is important at the State level as the first large housing estate undertaken by the AV Jennings Construction Co, later Jennings Group Limited, Victoria’s largest home builder. It is important also as a very early estate development incorporating a range of features other than houses and including made roads, shops and recreation facilities. In this respect it was the forerunner of the comprehensively planned housing estate of the post war era. The estate is distinguished by its aesthetic values, as is the earlier and comparable Hillcrest Estate, which are formed by a combination of restrained diversity in house styles, with the exception of no. 30 in the emerging International style, and by a landscaped garden environment. Colour photograph of an unpainted brick house. Other features include a central porch, tiled roof, square paned windows and a low unpainted brick fence in the foreground.murrumbeena, beauville avenue, architectural styles, 1930's, inter war style, a.v. jennings, av jennings, jennings, brick houses, beauville estate, porches, sir albert victor jennings, a v jennings construction co, beauville estate heritage area, glen eira city council, architectural features, jennings group limited, land subdivision, gardens, beauville historic area -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Ship's Wheel, ca. 1975
This is the whip's wheel that was on display for 40 years on the vessel SS Rowitta, installed on the lake at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village as an educational display and attraction. SS ROWITTA: - The 1909 steam ferry, SS Rowitta, was installed as an exhibit at Flagstaff Hill in 1975 and was enjoyed by many visitors for 40 years. Rowitta was a timber steam ferry built in Hobart in 1909 using planks of Huon and Karri wood. It was a favourite of sightseeing passengers along Tasmania’s Tamar and Derwent rivers for 30 years. Rowitta was also known as Tarkarri and Sorrento and had worked as a coastal trading vessel between Devonport and Melbourne, and Melbourne Queenscliff and Sorrento. In 1974 Rowitta was purchased by Flagstaff Hilt to convert into a representation of the Speculant, a historic and locally significant sailing ship listed on the Victorian Heritage Database. (The Speculant was built in Scotland in 1895 and traded timber between the United Kingdom and Russia. Warrnambool’s P J McGennan & Co. then bought the vessel to trade pine timber from New Zealand to Victorian ports and cargo to Melbourne. It was the largest ship registered with Warrnambool as her home port, playing a key role in the early 1900s in the Port of Warrnambool. In 1911, on her way to Melbourne, it was wrecked near Cape Otway. None of the nine crew lost their lives.) The promised funds for converting Rowitta into the Speculant were no longer available, so it was restored back to its original configuration. The vessel represented the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication in Australia times before rail and motor vehicles. Sadly, in 2015 the time had come to demolish the Rowitta due to her excessive deterioration and the high cost of ongoing repairs. The vessel had given over 100 years of service and pleasure to those who knew her. The ship's wheel is an example of the equipment used on a steam ship for navigation. This wheel is connected to the history of the Rowitta, which was a large exhibit on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village from the museum’s early beginnings until the vessel’s end of life 40 years later. The display was used as an aid to maritime education. The Rowitta represents the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication along the coast of Victoria, between states, and in Australia before rail and motor vehicles. The vessel was an example of a ferry built in the early 20th century that served many different roles over its lifetime of over 100 years. Ship's wheel, light coloured wood, eight turned spokes, brass hub in centre with square hold. The wheel was part of the display of the vessel Rowitta at Flagstaff Hill.flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, maritime village, maritime museum, ss rowitta, navigation, marine technology, steam power, hobart, tasmania, devonport, tasmanian-built, ferry, steam ferry, steamer, 1909, early 20th century vessel, passenger vessel, tamar trading company, tamar river, launceston, george town, sorrento, tarkarri, speculant, peter mcgennan, p j mcgennan & co. port phillip ferries pty ltd, melbourne, coastal trader, timber steamer, huon, karri, freighter, supply ship, charter ferry, floating restaurant, prawn boat, lakes entrance, ship's wheel, ship's steering wheel, ship's steering, direction -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plane
Plane, Moulding, Casing with 2 squares. Maker J Moseley & Son. Size ?" Stamped HIT and E Dustan R.A. Dixon Gand N inside Wflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Lock
Lock, square shape with decorative work in metal. Key hole in the centre. Has HT&V stamped front and back. Made for a Left-hand hindged door.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Chest of drawers, Early 20th Century
No information to indicate significance of item regards association with a historic or significant event, person, maker or place.Item is significant as regards to it's possible age of manufacture believed to be early 20th century.Cedar Chest of drawers, wooden varnished 4 narrow drawers, 2 sets on either side of a square drawer and 3 wide drawers. 4 turned legs.Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Wood Sample
Sample wooden square from wrecked ship Sobraon, later named Tingara. Training ship sunk outside Sydney Heads 1936. Provided by the Shiplovers' Society.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ALL TOGETHER
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2001. All together: Anzac Day assembly at Laurel Street Primary School in Golden Square. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HO, HO, HO
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Ho, Ho, Ho: Santa arrives at Golden Square Bowling Club; circa 1950. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - GOLDEN SQUARE SECONDARY COLLEGE COLLECTION: YEAR BOOK 2007, 2007
Golden Square Secondary College ''Indicator'' Year Book 2007 Orange Yellow Green & White Cover Student Activities Mental Health Promotion and Change Theme.bendigo, education, golden square secondary history, 258, y86 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: LAMINATED PHOTO POSTER
Golden Square 1974 pupils with teacher photocopy laminated on green cardboard together with photocopy from newspaper cutting illustrating four former students at 1973 centenary.bendigo, institutions, golden square primary school