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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1895 c
.Bairnsdale 1884 by S Erikson.Black and white photograph of S S Ariel moored in Mitchell River. Captain James Bull at wheel. Alan Anderson engineer and another man on board. High timbered bank on opposite side of river. Boat dark coloured with light coloured top. Bairnsdale Victoriaships and shipping, jetties, retail trade -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Signals - The story of the Australian Corps of Signals, 1949
Hard cover with 196 printed pages also containing copies of hand drawings along with colour and black and white photographs. Roll of Honour appears at the rear pf the publication.Printed 1949 by Halstead Press Pty Ltd Sydney 1949 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Print
Rev. Edmund S Bickford (1843-1904) was Superintendent of Methodist Home Mission 1886 to 1904.Print of a photograph."Rev Edmund S Bickford 1886-1904"bickford, es, methodist -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Water colour Sketch, 1960's
The first kiln built on Phillip Island in the 1870's for Mr John West. It was situated in Thompson Avenue next to Wests General Store. When the kiln was demolished, the bricks were used to build the old Post Office on the corner of the Esplanade. Mr John West gave a Banquet at the Isle of Wight Hotel to celebrate the opening of his kiln.Water Colour Sketch. This picture was reconstructed by Jean Archibald from pencil sketches by S Serpell in 1905, and an artist who travelled to Phillip Island with the "Vagabond", a journalist for the "Leader", in 1889. Chicory Kiln built for John West situated in Main Street, Cowes. First Chicory Kiln built on Phillip Island in the 1870's.Signed J. D. A.local history, illustrations, agriculture buildings, historic, chicory kiln, water colour sketch, west family, post office cowes phillip island, jean archibald, s serpell, john west, n & j archibald -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 1948
Quinn CollectionHand-written, self-folding letter (0369), headed M/S Fenris, New York. Dated 30/01/48Letter is addressed to Mrs S Quinn, 5 Pollington Street, St Kilda, Vic.and post-marked Brooklyn.letters-from-abroad, quinn, 1948, m/s fenris -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, c1943
Depicts seven members of an R.S.&S. Mill 'A' basketball team. Those pictured are: Dorothy Beckley, Ruth Ramsden, Violet Jones, Jean Clark, Jean Jones, Edie Ramsden, Pat Rogan.Between the 1920’s and 1950’s the YWCA, Blue Triangle and local committee of representatives organised an Inter House Athletics Day for Girls in Geelong and Melbourne. Local Geelong business, such as the surrounding woollen mills, business firms and church clubs would form teams of seven women to compete in a variety of sports such as bowls, basketball, hockey, cricket and soccer. Events such as these were organised to encourage women to participate in competitive sports and network with other women in the workforce.Depicts seven members of an R.S.&S. Mill 'A' basketball team.textile mills staff, textile mills sporting teams, textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, sport, photographs, textile mills - staff, textile mills - sporting teams -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Letter
These items contributes to an understanding of an understanding of the experience of family and friends of those who serviced in the war in Vietnam.2 letters via Airmail from Vietnam to Australia. To Miss S. Richards from J. Hartwell - 3794001.Air Mail/Australian Force/Vietnam/Free/Miss S Richards/9 Seaview Cres/ Black Rock/3193/Vicletters, j hartwell, 3794001 -
Mont De Lancey
Booklet - Knitting Patterns, 1. Patons Knitting Books, c.1940's and 1950's
Four small knitting pattern books for home knitters, c.1940's or 50's.Four small Patons knitting booklets, c.1940's or 1950's. 1. The front cover of three of the booklets show babies lying down or sitting, wearing hand knitted clothes. Inside are various patterns for clothing. Two covers are pink coloured and have the price 1/6d. and one is black and white coloured with the price of 1/-.No. R6 has p.67, R.11 has p.51, No.317 has p.23. 'Better Knitting with Patons - Use your Leisure Knit for Pleasure' is printed in black print on the grey cover of the fourth book. No price.It has general knitting instructions, diagrams, photographs, tables and some patterns, along with information about various Patons wool. p.51.non-fictionFour small knitting pattern books for home knitters, c.1940's or 50's. knitting, knitting patterns, knitting equipment -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and white, Ballarat Teachers' College Resident's at 130 Victoria Street, Ballarat East, 1960s, 1960s
A number of female student teachers of the Ballarat Teachers' College pose at the front of their hostel at 130 Victoria Street, Ballarat East. Mavis Canty stand centre right in dark dress with a rose on the collar.Written on back "Ballarat Teachers' College, Mavis Canty with girls of the Ballarat Teachers College Hostel, 196-"ballarat teachers' college, 130 victoria street, hostel -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE FRAMED, c.1916
John Leonard Stanley Hammill No 1351 AIF. Refer 396.2 for his service history also 368P.Certificate of discharge J S S Hammill AIF, Certificate No V12482. Frame, dark brown timber with gold inner edge with glass front. Discharge Certificate printed in black & red colour. Certificate features a royal coat of arms mounted in 2 columns all in red ink. Illustrated in black is Britannia holding a Union Jack & facing 2 soldiers who are presenting arms. At the bottom is a scroll with the recipient's name written in black ink. J S S Hammill Australian Imperial Force Served with honour and war disabled in the Great War Honourably discharged on 26.6.16 George R I Stamped on bottom of Certificate V12482 documents - certificates, frame accessories, military history-army -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sister Rocks -- Postcard Valentine Series No 1084
Postcard Valentine Series No 1084. Sister Rocks Stawell. c 1940'sPostcard of Valentine Series 1084. The view of the Sister Rocks looking South. c 1940'sValentine Series No 1084 The Sister Rocks Stawell on the front. On the back Valentine Publishing Co Melbourne & Sydneystawell tourism -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plane
James S Steele tool boxPlane Jack type maker Mathieson & Son. Stamped J S. 435mmL x 77mmW x 170mmHflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1938
Black & White Photograph of W 327 in Swanston St at Lonsdale St, mid 1920's. Details on the rear that it was from the Stephenson Collection Preston Workshops. Side on view.In ink on the rear " M&MTB W 327, Keith Kings stamp - S-R 143 - Swanston St at Lonsdale St City, mid 1920's. Copy ex Stephenson Collection Preston Workshops.trams, tramways, w class, swanston st, tram 327 -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
WWI Belt Buckle with Snake clasp ( Refer also 0539 & 0539B)
Brass belt buckle. Rectangular shaped ring to fit around belt with small circle eyelet fused on to hold a "S" shaped clasp.The Clasp is in the form of snake with a head of both ends. S shape clasp has some markings on it and head of snake at both ends. -
Mont De Lancey
Booklet - Knitting Patterns, 1. Knitting for You and Yours 2. Woollies for Toddlers, c.1940's and 1950's
Two free knitting pattern booklets for home knitters, c.1940's or 50's. These booklets were a supplement to the Home Journal magazines of the time.Two small Supplements to the 'Australian Home Journal' knitting pattern booklets, c.1940's. 1. The front cover of 'Knitting for You and Yours' depicts a young girl sitting on a chair wearing a knitted dress. 2. 'Woollies for Toddlers' shows two young children winding wool into balls. Inside are various patterns for clothing for children and a mother. non-fictionTwo free knitting pattern booklets for home knitters, c.1940's or 50's. These booklets were a supplement to the Home Journal magazines of the time.knitting, knitting patterns, knitting equipment -
Mont De Lancey
Booklet - Knitting Patterns, 1. Knitting for You and Yours 2. Woolies for Toddlers, c.1940's and 1950's
Two free knitting pattern booklets for home knitters, c.1940's or 50's. These booklets were a supplement to the Home Journal magazines of the time.Two small Supplements to the 'Australian Home Journal' knitting pattern booklets, c.1940's. 1. The front cover of 'Knitting for You and Yours' depicts a young girl sitting on a chair wearing a knitted dress. 2. 'Woollies for Toddlers' shows two young children winding wool into balls. Inside are various patterns for clothing for children and a mother. non-fictionTwo free knitting pattern booklets for home knitters, c.1940's or 50's. These booklets were a supplement to the Home Journal magazines of the time.knitting, knitting patterns, knitting equipment -
Clunes Museum
Memorabilia - BAG AND APRON
MASONIC APRON IN ITS CASE - WORN BY FREEMASON - BROTHER S. McLENNAN..1 SQUARE BLACK LEATHER CASE WITH METAL CLIP, KEY ATTACHED .2 BLUE AND WHITE MASONIC APRON. BRO. S. McLENNAN - CLUNES WRITTEN INSIDE OF CASElocal history, societies, freemasons, mclennan -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Murray Views, Central Park & Sundial in Stawell c1950 -- Postcard, C. 1950
Sister of Donor visited Stawell in the 1950's when she purchased these Murray Views cards. These cads were produced for sale to touristsSet of 8 Murray Views Postcards No. 1 to 8 C. 1950'sMurray Views No 1 Central Park and Sundial Stawell Victourism postcards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''PURPLE AND GOLD'' BY FRANK S WILLIAMSON
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 55 page blue hardcover collection of poems and lyrics by Frank S. Williamson, teacher at Newington College (NSW) and Wesley College (Vic). Introduction by Sir John Latham (Melbourne, 1940). B&W photo of author on flyleaf. Died 1936. 2nd edition published in 1940 by Lothian Publishing Co. Melbourne and Sydney and printed by the Hassell Press, Adelaide. 1st edition published in 1912. Catalogue sticker ''2259 WIL''.Frank S Williamsonbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, frank s williamson, poetry -
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Photograph (item) - Carey Baptist Grammar School foundation staff and scholars, 1923, 12 February 1923
Back Row: A. Locke, H. Owen, H. Swanton, R. Phillips, unknown, H. Jenkin, G. Swanton, E. Tuckwell, C. Spicer, G. Spicer, A. Barber, D. Kinloch, E. Pearson. Second Row: L. Bills, D. Pascoe, A. Mathias, M. Wain, R. Wain, F. Biggs, A. Knell, A. Dempster, H. Thompson, B. Graham, R. Bills, B. Bethell, J. Seymour, R. Lethbridge. Third Row: C. Webb, S. Doery, E. Stevens, L. Hicks, S. Stewardson, G. Allpress, K. Patterson, K. Rees, H. Tranter, R. Booth, N. Howie, R. Fraser, W. Holdsworth, G. Chapman, R. Moore. Fourth Row: D. Evans, A. Patterson, S. Cameron, W. Culbert, C. Rees, Mr. J. Bills (B.A.), Mr H. G. Steele (M.A., Dip. Ed. (Headmaster)), Mrs H. V. Corkhill, Mrs L. Hickman, C. Beasley, H. Buxton, A Spicer, R. Woolcock. Front Row: C. Booth, C. Mathias, S. Swanton, D. Buxton, R. Biggs, D. Nash, L. Hughes, N. Cartwright, M. Bills, R. Robertson, A. Mellor, F. Spry, H. Spry, R. Coutts, F. Pascoe.Back Row: A. Locke, H. Owen, H. Swanton, R. Phillips, unknown, H. Jenkin, G. Swanton, E. Tuckwell, C. Spicer, G. Spicer, A. Barber, D. Kinloch, E. Pearson. Second Row: L. Bills, D. Pascoe, A. Mathias, M. Wain, R. Wain, F. Biggs, A. Knell, A. Dempster, H. Thompson, B. Graham, R. Bills, B. Bethell, J. Seymour, R. Lethbridge. Third Row: C. Webb, S. Doery, E. Stevens, L. Hicks, S. Stewardson, G. Allpress, K. Patterson, K. Rees, H. Tranter, R. Booth, N. Howie, R. Fraser, W. Holdsworth, G. Chapman, R. Moore. Fourth Row: D. Evans, A. Patterson, S. Cameron, W. Culbert, C. Rees, Mr. J. Bills (B.A.), Mr H. G. Steele (M.A., Dip. Ed. (Headmaster)), Mrs H. V. Corkhill, Mrs L. Hickman, C. Beasley, H. Buxton, A Spicer, R. Woolcock. Front Row: C. Booth, C. Mathias, S. Swanton, D. Buxton, R. Biggs, D. Nash, L. Hughes, N. Cartwright, M. Bills, R. Robertson, A. Mellor, F. Spry, H. Spry, R. Coutts, F. Pascoe.carey baptist grammar school, 1923 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, Stawell High School Medallion
Medallion around 1911 -1912, belonged to Mrs Mabel Rogers Nee Bullock, who apparently boarded with her aunt Eliza Porter, while attending Stawell High School. Issued as Part of School UniformMetal Gold Paint. Outline Shield Navy Top left triangle with gold S paint. Diagonal bar divides shield. Gold paint outlines red Bar with School Moto. Lower navy triangle ahs gold paint H.S. Shield enclosed with gold Paint Laurel wreath.S Et VIDERI ET POSSE H.Seducation -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Dental surgical instrument, mid 19th century
This tooth extractor 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. 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 would take time to 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 ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being 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 where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was 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 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. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick 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 states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. 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. ). 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. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. 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 as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, 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. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys 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 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. Tooth extractor, metal. “UPPER BICUSPIDES” stamped inside the handle. “4” and “S” stamped inside the handle “SKIDMORE/SHEFFIELD” stamped around the hinge. (Part of the W.R. Angus Collection) “UPPER BICUSPIDES” stamped inside the handle. “4” and “S” stamped inside the handle “SKIDMORE/SHEFFIELD” stamped around the hinge.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, dental surgery, tooth extractor, dr t.f. ryan, dr w.r. angus, nhill, flying doctor, dental instrument -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Compass, 1947-1950
Kelvin Company History: The origins of the company lie in the highly successful, if strictly informal, the relationship between William Thomson (1824-1907), Professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University from 1846-1899 and James White, a Glasgow optical maker. James White (1824-1884) founded the firm of James White, who was an optical instrument maker in Glasgow in 1850. He was involved in supplying and mending apparatus for Thomson's university laboratory and working with him on experimental constructions. White was actually declared bankrupt in August 1861 and released several months later. In 1870, White was largely responsible for equipping William Thomson's laboratory in the new University premises at Gilmore hill. From 1876, he was producing accurate compasses for metal ships to Thomson's design during this period and this became an important part of his business in the last years of his life. He was also involved in the production of sophisticated sounding machinery that Thomson had designed to address problems encountered laying cables at sea, helping to make possible the first transatlantic cable connection. At the same time, he continued to make a whole range of more conventional instruments such as telescopes, microscopes and surveying equipment. White's association with Thomson continued until he died. After his death, his business continued under the same name, being administered by Matthew Edwards (until 1891 when he left to set up his own company). Thomson, who became Sir William Thomson and then Baron Kelvin of Largs in 1892, continued to maintain his interest in the business after James White's death in 1884, raising most of the capital needed to construct and equip new workshops in Cambridge Street, Glasgow. At these premises, the company continued to make the compass Thomson had designed during the 1870s and to supply it in some quantity, especially to the Admiralty. At the same time, the firm became increasingly involved in the design, production and sale of electrical apparatus. In 1899, Lord Kelvin resigned from his University chair and became, in 1900, a director in the newly formed limited liability company Kelvin & James White Ltd which had acquired the business of James White. At the same time Kelvin's nephew, James Thomson Bottomley (1845-1926), joined the firm. In 1904, a London branch office was opened which by 1915 had become known as Kelvin, White & Hutton Ltd . Kelvin & James White Ltd underwent a further change of name in 1913, becoming Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd . Hughes Company History: Henry Hughes & Sons was founded in 1838 in London as a maker of chronographic and scientific instruments. The firm was incorporated as Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd in 1903. In 1923, the company produced its first recording echo sounder and in 1935, a controlling interest in the company was acquired by S Smith & Son Ltd resulting in the development and production of marine and aircraft instruments. Following the London office's destruction in the Blitz of 1941, a collaboration was entered into with Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd resulting in the establishing Marine Instruments Ltd. Following the formal amalgamation of Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd and Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd in 1947 to form Kelvin & Hughes Ltd., Marine Instruments Ltd then acted as regional agents in the UK for Kelvin & Hughes Ltd who were essentially now a part of Smith's Industries Ltd founded in 1944 and the successors of S Smith & Son Ltd. Kelvin & Hughes Ltd went on to develop various marine radar and echo sounders supplying the Ministry of Transport, and later the Ministry of Defence. The firm was liquidated in 1966 but the name was continued as Kelvin Hughes, a division of the Smiths Group. In 2002, Kelvin Hughes continues to produce and develop marine instruments for commercial and military use. This model compass is a good example of the commercial type of instruments made by Kelvin & Hughes after the world war 2, it was made in numbers for use on various types of shipping after the second world war and is not particularly rare or significant for it's type. Also it was made no earlier than 1947 as the firms of Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd and Henry Hughes & Sons Ltd who took over from Smith & Sons were not amalgamated until 1947. Given that Smith and Sons is engraved on the compass with Kelvin & Hughes it can be assumed that this compass was made during the company's transitional period to Kelvin & Hughes.Compass, marine or ship's card compass, gimble mounted, with inscriptions. Type is Lord Kelvin 10 inch compass card. Made in Great Britain by Kelvin Hughes Division of S. Smith & Sons (England) Ltd. "LORD KELVIN 10.", "COMPASS GRID", "MANUFACTURED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY", "KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION", "S. Smith & Sons (England) Ltd".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, marine compass, gimble compass, ship's compass, lord kelvin compass, smith and sons england ltd, henry hughes & son ltd london england, kelvin bottomley & baird ltd glasgow scotland, kelvin & hughes ltd, navigation instrument, scientific instrument, william thomson, james white, baron kelvin of largs -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, "Tram gets speed cut", early 1970's
Newspaper cutting from an unknown paper and date titled "Tram gets speed cut" regarding modifications to tram 980 to cut its speed. Quotes Mr. Kirby MMTB chairman and Tramway Union Secretary Mr. S. Edwards. Work being done at Preston Workshops. This dates the cutting to early 1970's.trams, tramways, pcc, preston workshops, tram equipment, specification, tram 980 -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Salt shaker
China salt shaker with willow pattern, a truncated ovoid shape. Scene extending from base, with geometric pattern around top. Slight raising at top with two holes and blue 'S'. Small cork on bottom for filling.S' in blue on top, small oval sticker on base 'made in Japan'domestic items, food storage and preservation, salt, condiments, willow, china, blue and white, pattern, food -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Sand Scoop, North East Region Water Authority, Wodonga
The large aluminium sand scoop was used by Wodonga Waterworks Trust and it is part of the North East Region Water Authority collection in the Wodonga Historical Society. Wodonga's drinking water and wastewater operations were originally managed by the Wodonga Waterworks Trust, which was established in 1897, after Wodonga became a separate shire in 1876. In 1923 a Wodonga Waterworks Trust referendum to provide funding for new infrastructure to supply more water of better quality to Wodonga was passed. This included building the Wodonga Water Tower and it was completed in 1924. It supplied water to Wodonga until 1959, when it was drained and decommissioned after the No 1 Basin on Huon Hill was completed in 1958. In 1983 the Wodonga Waterworks Trust and the Wodonga Sewerage Authority became part of the Wodonga Council. And by 1989 a filtration plant at Huon Hill was completed, which provided filtered water of improved quality to Wodonga, in accordance with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines. In 1994 the Kiewa Murray Region Water Authority took over the Wodonga Council’s water and wastewater operations, and then in 1999 the Kiewa Murray Region Water Authority combined with the Ovens Region Water Authority and became the North East Region Water Authority or NERWA. NERWA then became known as North East Water. The sand scoop has local significance as part of the North East Region Water Authority collection donated to the Wodonga Historical Society. It also has wider state significance as a rare example of the equipment used in water management in Wodonga.Large aluminium scoop with a handle soldered on one side edge and a repair riveted to the interior surface of the scoop where the handle is located. The repair is a piece of sheet metal, with what looks like the lower part of the letter 'S' on it.Lower part of the letter "S" on the repair riveted to the interior surface of the scoop.north east region water authority, nerwa, wodonga waterworks trust, north east water, n.e. water, kiewa murray region water authority, metal scoop, sand scoop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Primary Teachers' Conference at Horsham
John Ellison was a teacher at Wail primary school in the 50's before moving to Natimuk primary in 1956Five pages typewritten report of a teachers' conference held in Horsham (most likely in the 50's). Several corrections in red pen.primary teachers, horsham -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO'S VINTAGE TALKING TRAMS, 1996
100 page soft cover booklet describing the history of the Bendigo tramways. Includes a brief history of Bendigo, illustrated descriptions of the tramways fleet, map of the talking tram route and a script for the tram tour. Edited by Keith S Kings. Published by the Bendigo Trust, December 1996 and printed by Bendigo Modern Press. Signed by Keith Kings 20/2/97 Copy originally owned by RW & M Birrell Inside front cover are 2 tickets for the inaugural tram trip of the restored tram No. 7Keith S Kings -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Kettle Ceramic, Circa 1950
This electric kettle/Jug is shaped in the style of the Art Deco period 1930's to 1950's (in Australia). It was at the beginning of the wave of creative kitchen ware to stimulate and impress visitors and uplift what used to be a boring kitchen environment.This "art deco" electric kettle is very significant to the Kiewa Valley because it highlight that rural families and areas where in step (fashion wise) to their city "cousins". In the mid 1900's "the fashion" in Australia was (on the whole) always some years behind that of England and Europe. The years after World war II reduced the time lag between the "advanced fashion" of Europe and England and came in step with the emerging modern American fashion. American "film stars" started have their fashion projected onto the silver screens.This electric Fowler ware is a ceramic hot water jug. Its shape is in the "Art Deco" style of the early 1920's.On base "240V - 1650W" below this "AC ONLY" below this "MODEL No. EEJ" "APP. No. N550" below this "JUG BODY BY" under this and in script style "FOWLER WARE" below this "1583"kitchen appliances, tea/coffee preparation, light refreshments, hospitality offerings, art deco styles in appliances -
Merbein District Historical Society
Memorabilia - Trophy, 1926
S. Harris won this trophy in 1926 for highest batting average.Cup shape metallic trophy.1926 S Harris Highest Batting Average Merbein Ramblers cricket, sports, merbein, 1926, s. harris