The Municipality of Kew (1860-1863), the Borough of Kew (1863-1910), the Town of Kew (1910-1921) and the City of Kew (1921-1994) were local government instrumentalities in the State of Victoria. In 1994, the City of Kew was amalgamated, together with the former Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, into the new City of Boroondara (1994- ). Like other local government entities of the period, Kew was administered by town clerks. The two notable town clerks in Kew's history were H. H. (Henry Hirst) Harrison (1868-1955) and W. D. (William Dickie) Birrell (1899-1974). Harrison was appointed to the position in 1901 and retired in 1938 after 37 years. Birrell, appointed Acting Town Clerk in 1921, became Town Clerk in 1938, following Harrison's retirement. He continued in this role until his retirement in 1966. A large part of this collection of civic ephemera was assembled by W. D. Birrell. This is part of an historically significant civic collection, containing hundreds of separate invitations, documents, greeting cards, programmes and tickets issued and/or collected by successive town clerks. Items in the collection illuminate the political, social and cultural history of the district. As a continuous record, ranging across most decades of the Twentieth Century, they reveal changing tastes in design, values and relationships in the history of local government in Victoria.ephemera, civic ephemera, civic invitations, city of kew, mrs f w dods, recreation hall -- kew (vic.), receptions

Donald Clark Collection. A colour photograph depicting a ceremony for the re-opening of restored pavillion at Tarnagulla Recreation Reserve Original photograph.

Donald Clark Collection. A colour photograph depicting a ceremony for the re-opening of restored pavillion at Tarnagulla Recreation Reserve Original photograph.

Antiseptic powder for the treatment of Horses and CattleImported and sold by Holden and FrostYellow painted oval shaped tin can with instructions printed on. Push on lid with sprinkling opening on topBickmorine Mildly Antiseptic Bickmore powderbickmore, powder, antiseptic

number in album 03565.02Black and white photograph Joan Adams at opening of bowls season at Bowls Club. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, sports

Black and white photograph Roy Rawlings at opening gaming machines at Bowls Club. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, service staff, gaming

Other number 03696.3Colour photograph of Simon Cox taken at the opening of Eastcoast Plumbtec Church Street Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses

Yields information about the official opening by the BTPS of its operations in Wendouree Parade.Set of 16 AGFA blue and white plastic mount 35mm slides of the official opening day of the BTPS Wendouree Parade tramway operations by the Chairman of the SEC 1/2/1975. .1 - 40 heads the opening line up in Wendouree Parade .2 - 27 at the other end .3 - ditto .4 - 14, 26 and 27 in the line up. .5 - about to break the opening banner .6 - ditto .7 - going through the banner .8 - the opening speeches .9 - ditto .10 - ditto .11 - ditto .12 - ditto .13 - ditto .14 - the band setting up .15 - the band marches .16 - ditto Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, opening, wendouree parade, depot, tram 40, tram 26, tram 14, tram 27

This handmade woman’s nightdress comes from the Kinnear family of Allandale, Allansford. In the early 1840s William and John Allan took up a large tract of land to the east of the Hopkins River and in the late 1840s William Allan took over the Allandale section of the run and John Allan took the Tooram section. In 1906 the Kinnear family acquired a portion of Allandale which included the homestead. The nightdress came from the estates of the donor’s great aunts. This item is retained as an example of an early 20th century woman’s nightdress and it has the provenance of coming from the Kinnear family of Allandale Allansford. This is a white cotton nightdress with an opening to the waist which is enclosed with two white buttons. There is a frill of lace on one side of the opening. The white collar also has a large white frill of lace. The long sleeves are inset and have a band of lace at the wrists. There are some stains on the dress. vintage clothing, kinnear family, allansford, history of warrnambool

The Eureka Stockade centre was designed by Cox Sanderson Ness, with the exhibition designed by Mother's art and BCM. The builder was Hooker Cockram Pty Ltd. it is located on the corner of Eureka Street and Rodier Street, within the Eureka Reserve, The Eureka Stockade Centre was designed to the importance of the events leading up to the Rebellion at Eureka on 03 December 1854 in Ballarat, and its aftermath. The centre aimed to be a focus for continuing debate and interpretation of the Eureka Story in what it means to contemporary Australia culture. It was officially opened on Friday 27 March 1998 by the Premier of Victoria, The Hon. Jeff Kennett, M.L.A. The message from the Premier, as printed on the programme states: 'It is indeed a pleasure to be in Ballarat today to officially open the Eureka Stockade centre. The centre has been designed to show the importance of the events leading up to the Rebellion at Eureka on 3 December 1854 in Ballarat and its aftermath. This centre will remain a focus for continuing debated and interpretation of the Eureka Story in what it means to contemporary Australian culture. My congratulations to the City of Ballarat on the development of this exciting project in association with my Government, the federal Government and the wider community.'Blue soft covered opening programme booklet of 6 pages. The cover features the Eureka sail on the Eureka Stockade centre. The programme lists donors to the Eureka Project Capital Appeal, the order of events for the official opening by Premier Jeff Kennett on Friday 27 March 1998eureka, eureka stockade, m.a.d.e., museum of democracy at eureka, jeff kennett, shane brenna, james coglan, andrew thompson, cox sanderson ness, hooker cockram pty ltd, mother's art, shane brennan, andrew thompson, steve moneghetti, marino campana

A series of 23 black 7 white strip photographs of the opening of the Nunawading Art Centre on 25 May 1986 by Mayor, Bill Coyne. Inscription on back. City of Nunawading. Official opening of Nunawading Arts Centre(now Whitehorse Centre) by Mayor Cr Bill Coyne.whitehorse arts centre, coyne, bill, nunawading arts centre

Program for Celebrations for the opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, from 6th to 16th May 1901 opening during the visit of their Royal Highnesses of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York 48 page program, printed in sepia ink includes photographs, maps and portraits of parliamentary officials

Sir John Madden, Chief Justice of Victoria, opened the Auburn Heights Recreation Club in Barkers Road in December 1904. Two years later the greens were improved and a new croquet lawn established. In September 1906, a ceremony was held to open these and also the new pavilion designed by Harry Tompkins. Ninety-two years later, following the amalgamation of Auburn Heights and the Kew Bowling Club in 1998, it was renamed the Kew Heights Sports Club. In 2012, the amalgamated Club was renamed the MCC Sports Club.An early, rare photograph of a significant sporting institution in Kew.1/4 plate glass negative (and accompanying photographic print) of bowling at Auburn Heights Recreation Club opening in 1906. The Club was/is located in Barkers Road, Kew. At play on the redeveloped greens of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club at the official opening of the new pavilion in September 1906. auburn heights recreation club, barkers road, kew

This is a souvenir vase produced for the tourist trade in Warrnambool. The vase was made by Victoria China in Czechoslovakia and the image of the Warrnambool War Memorial has been added for sale in Warrnambool. Similar items with suitable illustrations would have been produced for the tourist industry for other towns and places in Australia. Tourism has been an important industry in Warrnambool since the late 19th century. This vase is of interest as an example of the souvenirs available to tourists in Warrnambool in the 1930s. It is both a decorative and a useful item. This is a white china vase with an elliptical-shaped body and a circular neck with a wider opening at the top. There is a faint brown-gold colouring on the neck of the vase and this colouring is stronger on the under-side of the top opening, There is a colour illustration of the War Memorial at Warrnambool on the side of the vase. The maker’s name is on the base of the vase. ‘Soldier’s (sic) Memorial, Warrnambool’ tourism in warrnambool

This plane tool is believed to have belonged to a Warrnambool carpenter, Henry Phillips. English-born Henry Phillips (1821-1896) came to Australia with his wife Elizabeth in 1849 and lived for some time in Port Fairy. In 1865 he formed a partnership in Warrnambool with Christopher Beattie and established the undertaking business of Beattie and Phillips. This business continued on after the deaths of the founding partners, Beattie and Phillips and lasted until the year 2000. In Warrnambool Henry Phillips was involved in the management of the Mechanics’ Institute.This tool is of interest, firstly as an example of a 19th century carpenter’s tool and secondly as a memento of the 19th century Warrnambool businessman, Henry Phillips. This is a wooden plane tool with a boat-shaped body curved at the sides and a wooden piece inserted in a top opening. This wooden piece holds a metal blade which protrudes at a slit opening in the base of the body. The straight-edged metal blade and the wooden piece are held together by a metal screw. vintage tools, henry phillips

Sauce came in bottles bought at the local grocery store or at a large city store on a shopping expedition. The shape, colour, size of the bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it.Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, stopper, size, embossing Aesthetic: Display shown embossing and shapeClear brown glass bottle of medium size used for sauce. Sealed with a glass stopper that has cork on the outside. It has straight sides for nearly two thirds to the top then tapers quickly into a long straight neck with a lip near the opening. Inside the opening is a lip. Embossed on base.Base: across the middle 'M 311' and below that 'M'glass bottle, household, glass cork stopper, sauce

Bottled milk was bought at the local store. The bottles were re cycled and remained the property of the manufacturer. to encourage their return a deposit was usually paid on them. Pre 1966 liquids were measured in pints.Historical: Dairy farmers lived in the Kiewa Valley and sent their milk to be pasteurised and bottled by a local Dairy Company. The bottles changed shape, size and embossing. Aesthetic: Display showing variations of shape, embossing and size Clear glass small bottle with straight sides nearly two thirds up from the base tapering gently to the opening which has a thick long lip before the opening. Heavy embossing around the circumference on each side where tapering begins. Light embossing on the base.Half Pint Milk This Bottle Belongs to Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd. And Cannot be Used With Out Written Permission Base: '2' Common Seal 'A' with 'G' and 'M' inside the A / '8' / '11' / 'M163'milk, dairy, farmers, kiewa, milk bottles recovery ltd

This external horn is part of an Edison Fireside Phonograph made in c.1909. The horn was attached to the machine when in use. The rings on the side of the horn allowed the horn to be suspended above the machine. The narrow opening on the horn was attached to the sound outlet on the machine and the conical shape of the horn amplified the sound. The horn was suspended to allow a clear sound. This was done by attaching the ring fitted to the outside of the horn to a chain or chord, which in turn was attached to a curved wire fitted to the phonograph machine. The phonograph machine was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the late 19th century. Edison adapted the idea used when sending messages over a telegraph machine. He patented the phonograph in early 1878. The phonograph was able to record sound and play it back sound. This amazing invention opened up a whole new world of entertainments, where wax cylinders of pre-recorded sound could be purchased with a wide variety of music and played over and over. The first wax cylinders were white and used a combination of bees' wax and animal fax or tallow. By 1892 Edison was using 'brown wax' cylinders that ranged from cream through to dark brown. The Edison Phonograph Company was formed in 1887 to produce these machines. He sold the company in 1855 to the North American Phonograph Company but bought that company in 1890. He started the Edison Spring Motor factory in 1895 and then the National Phonograph Company in 1896. In 1910 the company became Thomas A. Edison Inc. In 1898 Edison produced the Edison Standard Phonograph, the first phonograph to carry his own trade mark. He began mass producing duplicate copies of his wax cylinders in 1901 using moulds instead of engraving the cylinders. The wax was black and harder than the brown wax. The ends of the cylinders were bevelled so that the title's label could be added. The last phonograph machine to use an external horn was produced in 1912 due to the much more robust records being invented. In 1913 Edison started producing the Edison Disc Phonograph. The company stopped trading in 1929. [NOTE: a phonograph machine plays cylinders, a gramophone plays records]This Edison external phonograph horn is significant for its connection to the c.1909 Edison Fireside phonograph model. The phonograph machine brought a new era of music into the homes of everyday people but was only popular for a few decades due to the growing popularity of records, which gave a much higher quality sound and were more robust.Phonograph horn; open horn, a conical shape with the lower part flaring out. The horn's shape on the opening half is octagonal, made from eight joined sheets of metal with a scalloped finish at the opening. The narrow end is hollow and ready to fit onto a phonograph outlet. There are two rings attached together on the side of the horn, perhaps for storing on a hook. The inner surface of the horn has remnants of deep red paint. This horn is from the Edison Fireside phonograph. (There is a mark on the outside of the horn where the Edison brand would be)flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, gramophone, phonograph, music player, entertainment, audio equipment, edison, thomas a edison, horn, phonograph horn, amplifier, audio, sound recording, sound playback, phonograph machine, external horn, edison phonograph company, wax cylinders, edison spring motor factory, national phonograph company, thomas a. edison inc, phonographic cylinder, sound reproduction

Catalogue card reads, 'Council ceremonies. Unveiling stone at Poppet Head, 1985 and then opening of Poppet Head 1987'.

Catalogue card reads, 'Council ceremonies unveiling stone at Poppet Head 1985 and then opening of Poppet Head 1987'.

Catalogue card reads, 'Council ceremonies. Unveiling stone at Poppet Head 1985 and then opening of Poppet Head 1987'.

Catalogue card reads, 'Council ceremonies. Unveiling stone at Poppet Head 1985 and then opening of Poppet Head 1987.'

Catalogue card reads, 'Council ceremonies. Unveiling stone at Poppet Head 1985 and then opening of Poppet Head 1987.'

Catalogue card reads, 'Council Ceremonies. Unveiling stone at Poppet Head 1985 and then opening of Poppet Head, 1987'.

Councilor G.A.Fraser,(J.P.), was elected to council in 1947 and served till 1960.He was Shire President in 1953-54.Original Historic photo of all councilors for the year 1959.Councilor G.A.Fraser.(J.P.). Sepia rectangular photo, on white mount, situated third from left, top row of composite photo of all councilors for the year 1959. Composite collection of photos of councilors for the year 1959, commemorating the opening of the Wendouree Municiple Centre 20th November 1959.ballarat shire council 1959, fraser g a j p, opening wendouree municiple centre, 20th november 1959

Newspaper observations on building the Murray River RailwayCompiled by the Friends of Mount Alexander Diggings (FOMAD) to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the Melbourne to Bendigo Railway Line