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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Tramways on Commonwealth Property", Apr. 1960
Handwritten draft on foolscap paper, titled "Tramways on Commonwealth Property", to the Deputy Crown Solicitor, Commonwealth of Australia, responding to the letter of 14/8/1959, concerning a draft agreement between the Board and the Commonwealth with suggested changes, indemnities, discharge of drainage, Maribyrnong River Bridge, vehicle or level crossings - has date of 28-4-1960 and initialled by Mr. McComb.trams, tramways, maribyrnong river bridge, agreements, commonwealth government, essendon airport, west maribyrnong -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Princes Bridge", c1942
Handwritten notes (10 pages) and typed copies of letters on quart to paper, extract from Melbourne Tram Trust minutes and letter books, Public Work Departments letter books concerning the use and maintenance of the Princes Bridge, including railways that pass under it. Each set retained by a paper clip.trams, tramways, melbourne tramways trust, public works department, princes bridge -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, cable tram crossing with the Northcote Brick Company - part 1, 1937
Correspondence and notes between the City of Northcote and the MMTB regarding the cable tram crossing with the Northcote Brick Company private siding at Langwell's Parade. Dated 1937. Copy of the Agreement provided by the City of Northcote. Multiple copies of some of the documents. Handwritten letter on MMTB letterhead, to the Northcote Brick Company regarding the cost of repairs to the tramway and crossing dated 21/1/1921 and a memo dated 16/10/1937. Items 2053 to 2057 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Northcote CC" in red pencil.trams, tramways, northcote, cable trams, railways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, cable tram crossing with the Northcote Brick Company - part 2, 1937
Nine foolscap sheets, 7 pinned together - track layout and general notes on the Northcote Cable tramway showing track layouts, depot location, railway crossings, Queens Parade, Dundas St. Items 2053 to 2057 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Northcote CC" in red pencil.trams, tramways, northcote, cable trams, railways, queens parade, dundas st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, notes on the Zoo Horse tramways, 1937
Three foolscap sheets, 2 pinned together - notes on the Zoo Horse tramways, length, authorisation and extract from the MMTB 1924 Annual report and abandonment in 1923 following the destruction of the depot by fire during the police strike. Items 2061 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Zoological Society" in red penciltrams, tramways, zoo tram, horse trams, closure -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hodder and Stoughton, General Booth, 1912
A biography of William Booth, founder of the Salvation ArmyIll, p.303.non-fictionA biography of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Armywilliam booth 1829-1912, salvation army -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell & company, limited, The story of the sun, 1910
A scientific treatise on the sonIll, diagrams, p.376.non-fictionA scientific treatise on the sonsun, astronomy -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Company, The story of the heavens, 1910
A description of the solar systemIndex, ill, diagrams, p.557.non-fictionA description of the solar system solar system, astronomy -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, Middle East and Far East, 1953
A history of the Australian army medical corps in the middle and far east during world war two.Index, ill, maps, p.674.non-fictionA history of the Australian army medical corps in the middle and far east during world war two.world war 1939-1945 - australia, australian army - medical corps -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, R. S. Fletcher, Single Track - The Construction of the Main Trunk Railway, 1978
An illustrated history of the building of the main trunk railway in New Zealand from Auckland to Wellington in the North Island.Index, ill, maps, p.224.non-fictionAn illustrated history of the building of the main trunk railway in New Zealand from Auckland to Wellington in the North Island.main trunk railway new zealand - history, railway construction new zealand - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Australian Electric Traction Association et al, The electric railways of New South Wales : a brief history of the electrified railway system operated by the New South Wales government, 1926-1976, 1976
History of the electric locomotives and rolling stock of the New Soth Railways 1926-1976Ill, maps, p.97.non-fictionHistory of the electric locomotives and rolling stock of the New Soth Railways 1926-1976suburban railways - sydney, electric locomotives - new south wales -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Australian Electric Transport Museum (SA) Inc, Over the viaduct to Henley beach, 1997
The story of the horse and electric tramway to Henley beachIll, p.20.non-fictionThe story of the horse and electric tramway to Henley beachtramways - adelaide, horse tramways - adelaide -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Leon B. Manny et al, Past and present : the story of the trams of Parramatta, 198?
Illustrated ]history of the trams of ParramattaIll, maps, p.62.non-fictionIllustrated ]history of the trams of Parramattatramways - sydney, tramways - parramatta -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Adcock, A. St John, More Than Money, [1903]
336 p. :ill. ; with twelve illustrations, including frontispiece illustration: "It's a little child, Johanna" (p. 17)fictionfiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Isham, Frederic S, Half a chance, Copyright 1909
383 p. : ill. (illustrations by Herman Pfeifer)fictionfiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford Crockett), A tatter of scarlet : adventurous episodes of the Commune in the Midi, 1871, 1913
316 p.fictionfrench commune 1871, history- france - fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ranking, B. Montgomerie, Streams From Hidden Sources by B. Montgomerie Ranking, 1872
Seven stages of time.Hardcover book, 227 pages. Cover of book is royal blue with decorative black bordering. Gold embossed text on spine.fictionSeven stages of time.b. montgomerie ranking, fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Swan, Annie S. (Mrs Burnett Smith), Warner's Chase : or the gentle heart, [n.d.] [First published 1885. Numerous later editions.]
192 p. : ill. Burgundy cover, embossed coloured decoration featuring leaves and flowers. Endpapers missing.fictionfiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Fenn, Geo. Manville et al, First in the Field, A Story of New South Wales by Geo. Manville Fenn, [n.d.] [1894?]
Hardcover book, 416 pages : ill. Book has a black cover.fictiongeo. manville fenn, fiction, new south wales - historical fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Swan, Annie S. (Mrs Burnett Smith), The magic of love, [n.d.] [first published 1909]
250 p. : plain red coverfictionfiction, annie s. swan -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, MacLeod, Jean S, The house of Oliver, 1947
224 p. : green cover, with section of original dust jacket pasted to front.fictionfiction, jean s. macleod, authorized economy standards -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Lee, Robert S, The Railways of Victoria 1854-2004, 2009
A history of the Victorian Railways from 1854 to 2004 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway to Port Melbourne.index, ill, maps, p.304.non-fictionA history of the Victorian Railways from 1854 to 2004 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway to Port Melbourne.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Details of individual plane serial numbers and brief service notes, various photos, SPITFIRE THE NEW ZEALAND STORY, Gerard S. Morris, SPITFIRE THE NEW ZEALAND STORY, 2000
Details of individual plane serial numbers and brief service notes, various photos, SPITFIRE THE NEW ZEALAND STORYCover jacket showing colour close up in flight photo of Spitfire sn TB863 over green field and blue sky abovenon-fictionDetails of individual plane serial numbers and brief service notes, various photos, SPITFIRE THE NEW ZEALAND STORY -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard
Coloured postcard of steam ship, labelled "H. M. S. Thunderer" (SH 293 Ships T-Z) labelled "H. M. S. Thunderer" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, post card, h. m. s.thunderer, postcard, steam ship -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Surgical Instrument, Charriere, 1860's-1880's
This lithotrite was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. Surgeons used a lithotrite to crush and remove bladder stones a common ailment in earlier days. It was inserted into the bladder via the urethra. The knobs on the instrument would be manipulated to open up jaws at the other end of it. The lithotrite probably dates from around 1860-1880. The manufacturer's mark CHARRIERE is named after Mr Joseph-Frederic Charriere (1903-1876), a famous Swiss born inventor and maker of surgical instruments. In 1830 he founded a company in France to manufacture surgical instruments. He fame includes inventing and developing hypodermic needles and catheters, and creating the French Catheter Scale, a universal system for sizing catheters and urological instruments, often referred to now as the "French" unit of measurement. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served with the Australian Department of Defence as a Surgeon Captain during WWII 1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine, administration, household equipment and clothing from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Surgical instrument, lithotrite, for bladder stone surgery; part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Stainless steel length, curved forcep end with holes on underside, knobs and round screws on top, top end has wheel with groove. Scale stamped on side "30 24 20 15 10 5" Manufactured by Charriere, Paris, circa 1860-1880.Impressed with "CHARRIERE 1 A. PARIS" and scale impressed on side"30 24 20 15 10 5"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, urethral examination, urethral surgery, urethral forceps, charrifaf 1 a. paris -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1998
Colin Garth spoke to Rotary Club of Lakes Entrance about his plans- in March 1998, to build replica of S S GippslandColour photograph showing model of S S Gippsland at Lakes Entrance Rotary Club , Lakes Entrance, Victoriaships and shipping, waterways, topography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Clothing - Ladies Bloomers / Underwear
Made and worn by an Internee at TaturaHistoricLadies Bloomers / Underwear, White Cotton, with crocheted edge on legs, elastic waist with button and loop fasteners. V shaping on front. Initials H S embroidered on waist in dark green thread H S -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Branding Iron, Unknown
A vintage steel branding iron with two prongs with the brand H S on one end and a ring at the other end. It was used to brand livestock on farms. It is the middle iron in the attached photo of three irons.H Sbranding irons, tools, farm equipment, livestock equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Ramekins, c 1950's
Used in 50's and 60'sFor baking in the ovenFour Ramekins - coloured green, mauve, yellow and pumpkin, with black surrounds and small handles on the side. Made by Guy Boyd in the 1950'sGuy Boyddomestic items, cooking -
National Wool Museum
Socks
Pair of grey woollen socks, green and white diamond pattern, c1930's and 1940's, possibly manufactured by Scallywags.Pair of grey woollen socks, green and white diamond pattern, c1930's and 1940's, possibly manufactured by Scallywags.textile industry knitting, scallywags industries, textile industry, knitting