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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Mixed media - Video, RDHS Guest Speaker Presentation - Women in Local Politics - Helen Harris MA OAM
Digitised video (1.97GB). Duration: 46 minutes. Recorded August, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Helen Doxford Harris is a professional genealogist and historian of more than thirty years standing. Her interest in history was first developed when she commenced researching her family history. She has written many texts on various subjects relating to Victoria Police, the Indigenous and women’s fields of study. Helen is also current Secretary of Box Hill Historical Society. In this presentation, Helen presents a great talk on Women in Politics, highlighting the difficulty in achieving equality in representation on the political stage. -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Dutch Tile (Tegel), Ridderzaal - Den Haag
Tourism industry highlighting cultural aspect of the Netherlands - Dutch tiles.Promotes tourism to the Netherlands.Ceramic tile in the Delft blue.Front - Representation of the Ridderzaal (Hall of Knights - Seat of the Dutch Parliament) in The Hague. In top left corner - Dutch Coat of Arms. In top right corner - Coat of Arms of The Hague. Back - Metal Triangular hook for hanging. Industrial production marks. Along the bottom - English description of the subject of the tile plus Tourist slogan (THE HAGUE - A New Destination for travel to Holland) and contact information. Bottom right corner - manufacturer logo and name (b.v. plateelbakkerij - located in Schoonhoven, Holland)tourism, tile -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image
Details of the newspaper that published the article and of the date are not known at this time.Photocopy, taken from a newspaper article, of a photograph of train crossing Black Dog Creek, Lilliput. Copy is accompanied by an envelope, with inscription.Written on envelope: "With complements, and Best Wishes for a successful 'Historical' year in 1974. M Marsh" Caption on photograph: "Winner: This picture of the Wahgunyah-Springhurst mixed train crossing Black Dog Creek (near Lilliput) won for Mr A.R. Lyell the C.C. Singleton Prize of the Australian Railway Historical Society for the best railway Picture of the year. The subject is one of the very few mixed trains now running in Victoria; many of them having been superseded by diesel rail-cars."australian railway historical society, railway, steam trains, black dog creek, lilliput -
Melbourne Legacy
Film, The Legacy Story
16 mm Black and white film with sound produced by Southern Cross Films, Perth. It begins with archival film from WWII, explains the meaning and symbolism of the Legacy badge,and shows young girls taking the Legacy oath. There were 1900 orphans in W. Australia and the film explains the origins of Legacy. Perth Legacy's Board of Management is shown and care of children - health and fitness - is explained. Also shown are the January seaside camp activities, annual Christmas picnic with 1000 guests, and a Legatee visiting one of his families with helpful advice. Craig House, Perth Legacy's co-ed residence is featured, followed by the annual presentation of debutantes. 10 mins 41 sec.A visual record of life in the 1950s and the huge number of children to have lost their father in WWII. The commitment of Legacy to giving them a better childhood and the amount of work done by Legatees is impressive.Blue metal canister and film on a spool labelled as The Legacy Story. The 16mm film runs for 10 mins 41 secs.Canister lid exterior, Label, HERSCHELLES FILM LABORATORIES, East Melbourne, Australia SUBJECT, “THE LEGACY STORY’, copy, length 404’ reel no. Canister base exterior, Label from Legacy Club Melbourne. 45 Market St, Melbourne, C.1. Typed label say '16mm Sound film of Perth Legacy's Activities. Purchased by Melbourne Legacy with Perth Legacy's permission and with authority of L/tee Morrie Tonkin and Board of Management of Melbourne Legacy. June 1965. I.E.L.'legacy promotion, activities, junior legatee, marketing -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, View of Sailor’s Creek Bridge, c.1876
Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.An original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The series of 60 photographs that comprise the series was issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.Views of Victoria (General Series) No.31 / ‘View of Sailor’s Creek Bridge’ / Albumen silver photograph mounted on boardOn Reverse" ‘Sailor’s Creek as situated in the Jim Crow Ranges, which Range forms a portion of the Great Dividing Range of Mountains in Victoria. These hills contain many romantic spots. The one which forms the subject of the present illustration is a view of the Bridge which spans the Creek. Gold has been found throughout the course of the bed of this Creek in payable quantities. The diggers, as may be seen in the photograph, have constructed sluices in the side of the embankment for the purpose of washing the fine gold contained in the wash-dirt.’nicholas caire (1837-1918), sailor's creek (vic), gold mining (vic) -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Dick Richards and his sister, Mrs V.S. Greenhalgh with the Bust of Dick Richards, 06/1983
Dick Richards joined the Ballarat School of Mines in 1914, and soon afterwards was granted leave to join an expedition to Antartica. In 1915 he sailed from Australia with the Antartic Exploraton Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Most Antarctic enthusiasts know of Ernest Shackleton's attempt to cross the continent, only to be thwarted by the sinking of the ship 'Endurance'. Dick Richards was the physicist and sled manager for Shackleton's Ross Sea Party - with the task to meet Shackleton on the other side of the continent. When Shackleton planned his transcontinental crossing he decided to use supply depots as loads of supplies were too heavy to pull. The depots would enable Shackleton's party to carry just enough to reach the Pole, relying on the depots which were to be left by the Aurora's crew every 60 miles, stowed in 2 sledge journeys in 1915 and 1916. Dick Richards spent 3 freezing years in Antarctica between 1914 and 1917. Richards' worst experience was when his ship Aurora, tethered offshore, was blown away in a gale leaving Richards marooned for two years with nine other men on the ice floe. The expedition, consisting of two teams, were attempting to cross Antarctica from opposite sides, linking up somewhere near the middle. "That was with pretty poor equipment by today's standards, and we did not make it." (Dick Richards) The Ross Sea Party arrived in McMurdo Sound aboard the Aurora in January 1915. The men planned to make two sledging trips to leave supply depots every 60 nautical miles to Mount Hope about 400 miles away. The going was tough as the sledges were overloaded. Temperatures were as low as minus 68F. In June 1916 the party crossed on foot to Cape Evans, occupied Scott's Hut (from his Terra Nova Expedition, erected in January 1911) in May 1915, for two months. On 10 January 1917 Richards was hunting for seals when he saw a ship on the horizon. It was 'The Aurora'. Picking up the relieved survivors 'The Aurora' arrived in New Zealand on 9 February 1917 to a hero's welcome. Joyce, Wild, Hayward and Richards later won the Albert Medal for their heroic devotion to duty. Later an inlet on the Antartic continent was named after Richards. Dick Richards wrote the following years after the ordeal "To me no undertaking carried through to conclusion is for nothing. And so I don't think of our struggle as futile. It was something the human spirit accomplished." Prime Minister Bob Hawke wrote in 1984 'Your incredible journey of almost 2000 miles across the Antarctic Wastelands - involving some 9 months in the field with makeshift equipment - and you're adherence to duty in the face of enormous difficulty, suffering from scurvy, and the death of comrades, will; be an inspiration to your countrymen of the future as it is to us today." After returning to Australia Dick Richards resumed his work at SMB as Lecturer in Physics and Mathematics, and developed many pieces of experimental equipment. During World War Two he acted as a scientific adviser in the production of optical apparatus in Australia. In 1946 he was appointed Principal and twelve years later he retired after a total of 44 years service. Dick Richards has been honoured through the naming of a Ballarat School of Mines prize - The R.W. Richards Medal. This medal later became a University of Ballarat prize. It has been awarded annually since 1959 to the Bachelor of Applied Science graduate considered to have achieved the most outstanding academic performance of their course. (See http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/is/library/collections/art_history/honour-roll/honourroll_Richards,Dick.shtml )A man and lady inspect a bust of Richard (Dick) Richards by sculptor Victor Greenhalgh. The scultpure is at the Ballarat School of Mines. The man is Dick Richards, and the woman is his sister and wife of sculptor Victor Greenhalgh. Both Dick Richards and Victor Greenhalgh were former students and teachers at the Ballarat School of Mines. The bust of Dick Richards was Victor Greenhalgh's last work and was cast in bronze after his death. The bust was presented to the Ballarat School of Mines by Mrs V.S. Greenhalgh (widow of the sculptor and sister of the subject). At the presentation Victor Greenhagh's son said "the two men had been friends as well as brothers-in-law, were of similar age, both enjoyed red wine, beer and cricket and both were educationalists, one an artist the other a mathematician."dick richards, r.w. richards, richards, richard w. richards, victor greenhalgh, bust, sculpture, ballarat school of mines, antarctica, ross shore -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN EVANS COLLECTION: EPHEMERA
Various documents located within the 'J Evans Collection' (Original Box 6). . A. Shire of Marong - Valuation Notice to Mr John Evans, Sydney Flat August 1913; b Examination questions for Subject X - Inorganic Chemistry May 1888 (Examinaers names and Professor's names given - where??; c. Letter from Office and Lands and Survey to Mr John Dolman Junior, Kamarooka re failure of application for a lease in the area; d. Letter to Mr Evans from Annie Murray, Chum Street re request for meeting re house and meeting with bank manager (on bereavment card?!!); e. part of page (handwritten) re Crown Grant in the name of Isabel Evans (title details).; f. Certificate of Marriage between William Johns and Charlotte Stewart , 6th March 1893, Eaglehawk.ephemera, mementoes, general interest -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H. A. & S. R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 9 July, 1946 between Mr. J. W. W. + Mr. H. S. P. + Ms. A. A. Challenger executors of estate of E. Challenger (vendor) and Mr. A. R. Thomson (purchaser). Property: land situate No. 70 Barkly Place, Bendigo at present occupied by Mr. C. Thomson as tenant, being part of Crown allotment 4 section 33C Parish of Sandhurst City of Bendigo, land described in certificate of title volume 4751 folio 950016 - Secondly land being part of Crown allotment 14 section 33C described in certificate of title 3547 folio 709284, together with 6 roomed brick and weatherboard dwelling, all sundry outbuildings except those belonging to the tenant. Subject to existing weekly tenancy. Price: 840 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PIONEERS OF BENDIGO, 1850 - 1859
472 small (1cm x 2 cm) black and whitee prints of The Pioneers of Bendigo. From 1850-1859, most taken between 1851-6. All prints are numbered and in rows. No key included. Large version of this print is in Box 366. No 11. This is connected with 2027a and 2027b and 2027c The article in the Bendigo Advertiser 23 June 1894 p. 4 identifies the man in the centre as George Lansell, and those immediately around him as 'the gold discoverers of Bendigo, amongst whom are Mr F. Fenton, owner of the Ravenswood run, on which the gold was found; also of Mr J. Mouat, of Eaglehawk, whose run included the portion of the goldfield.' The article mentions many of the subjects. It was made to the order of Richard Walker of Melbourne. See Research field.studio of H. Hansen, photographer, of M'Crae St.person, group, portrait -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: NOTE BOOK
Green, indexed, cloth bound note book containing fourteen pages of hand-written scientific experiments. Subjects include Iron, Standardization of KMn O4 solution, Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate, Sodium Oxalate?, Assay of Titaniferous? Iron ore, To make up Standard solution of Na2 S2 O? 5? For Copper, Standard Sol of (?H4)2 Mo O4) for Lead Assay, Sry Assay of Lead, Antimony, Resolution of ? Compounds, Clarks Modified Method Ores & Alloys, Method of reducing antimony solutions, Bromate Method, Standard Sol Pot Bromate, Standard, Assay, Oxides, Method suitable for alloys of Pb ? ?, Arsenic, Standard Iodine, Starch, Assay, Tungsten, Assay for Pyritic Scheelite, Illuminating Gas, Calcium, Permanganate method, Assay, ? O2, Iron, Ca O, Norman Solutions.sciences, instruments-general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection, scientific formulas, assay -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SOUTH DEBORAH GOLD MINES NL, AGREEMENT, 1940
McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, South Deborah Gold Mines NL, Agreement, Arthur Phillips & Just Solicitors. An agreement to lease land for mining. Date: 26/7/1940. Markings/Inscriptions: Common Seal of: South Deborah Gold Mines NL, Deborah Extended Gold Mining Company NL. Lease Number 11063. Item number 15. The shares to be issued under the provisions of this agreement shall be subject to the conditions (if any) imposed under the provisions of the National Security (Capital Issues) Regulations and of the Rules of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne. Bendigo Signatures of: P R S/ (Director & ? Manager of South Deborah Gold Mine. Signed sealed & delivered by: M M Dean & E R Grelis. ?, ? & ? South Deborah Gold Mines. ?, ? & ? Deborah Gold Mining Company NL.organization, business, mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, south deborah gold mines nl, arthur phillips & just solicitors agreement to lease land for mining 1940 lease number 11063 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - JACK EMMETT COLLECTION: VICTORIANA PAPER CUT OUTS
JACK EMMETT COLLECTION Early 1900's Victoriana paper glossy scrap sheets cut-outs including 'Giant relief No. 895 - deer/rabbits -people animals and birds from around the world /angels -sign attached 'Gigantic Relief No.978 Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd - Christmas cut-outs / 'Giant relief No. 920 / child wearing a bonnet carrying flask and a parcel titled 'Father's Dinner ' / picture of Postman titled 'The Jolly Postman / colour enhanced photo 'The Queen's Grandchildren -Child's Own magazine 1865 '- writing on back 'Prince Frederick William born …1859 , Princess Charlott .., Prince Henry / piece of paper with brown print - 'The Kings Business -Nicholson - Hemminger United Mission - Royal Princess Theatre -Evangelistic Services showing days with corresponding lecture subjects.Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltdephemera, mementoes, raphael tuck & sons ltd / -child's own magazine 1865 ' ./ nicholson - hemminger united mission -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Australian Historical Record Society papers, Reminiscences - Strange But True Stories About Gold. J.M. Meek
The Australian Historical Records Society existed in Ballarat between 1896 and 1906. They were one of Australia's first historical societies, and were in the position to still be able to talk to early pioneers. They invited such pioneers to either submit letters or memoirs, or to address the Society's meetings, where their reminiscences were taken down in shorthand and later typed up. The Society also attempted to preserve memorabilia from Ballarat's early days, but on the disbanding of the group in 1906, materials were stored at the Ballarat Town Hall and were later lost. It is not known how the papers made their way to the then Ballarat Municipal Library, but they have been part of the Library's collection for many years.Mr. James McCain Meek boasted of building the first house in Ballarat, on the corner of Dana and Lydiard Streets, which was also a lemonade store and some say a sly grog shop. Meek arrived in Australia in 1847. He was in Ballarat 1851-1853, and in later life he returned to Ballarat to live at the Benevolent Asylum. When he became very ill in 1898 his daughter Marianne Dallimore took him to live with her, and he died at her property near Warrnambool in 1899. He wrote these reminiscences for the AHRS, of which he was a member. He was an excellent penman and illustrator and he produced several extraordinary complicated works. Meek was the subject of a PhD project undertaken at Federation University Australia by Joan Luxembourg, resulting in the 2015 publication The Inimitable Mr Meek. ballarat, illustration, goldrush, lithography -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Identity Card, "Identity Card", 1943
Brown card with two red stripes vertically in the central area of the card, printed up as Australian Civilian Registration (British Subjects) Identity Card for use during the Second World War (WWII). Has form number CR3. Date of printing given in bottom left hand corner as 12.43. Issued to "Denmead Leslie James 133 Glenlyon Rd. Bwick" (Brunswick) in Sept. 1945. Issued at No. 1 P.D. Depot, Ransford. Has two punch holes along the top edge - probably not in at the time of issue. Has signature of holder and witness (E.A Showers) to signature of rear. Gives conditions of use etc. Also has Identity Card Number "V5 M10 B10551" on rear for office purposes "R45/50" and in a column against the letter C "50728"various - see above and image filestrams, tramways, identity cards, second world war, world war ii -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Group of people, Tarnagulla, Group of people, Tarnagulla, circa 1905 (original image)
Murray Comrie Collection. Monochrome photograph depicting a group of men and children in an outdoor setting. Pepper tree foilage in background. Some pieces of cricket equipment in foreground. An accompanying note identifies some of the subjects: Left to right: Children in tree: none identified. Back row of men 1. _________ 2. ________ 3. _______ 4. Mr. Martin 5. George Ramm 6. Mr. Davies 7. Mr. Minton Middle row of men: 1. _______ 2. Jim Dyer 3. ________ 4. _________ 5. Arthur Newman 6. J. Duggan 7. Runting 8. Ted Toole 9. Lew Williams 10. ____________ Front: 1.____________ 2. ____________ 3. with child, Nicholls, married Emily Renshaw, Dave Nicholls? This fair quality copy was made from an older original photograph, probably in the late 1960s. tarnagulla, people -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - VICTORIA REEF QUARTZ HALF=YEARLY MEETING
Handwritten extract of the Victoria Reef Quartz Half-Yearly Meeting from the Bendigo Advertiser Wed 18/1/1911 Page 5. The meeting lapsed for want of a quorum. Director's Report states unwatering had been vigorously carried on with assistance of the Government. On 20 December, one rope gave out. After discussion, it was decided it was too costly to replace with the present financial condition of the Company. It was also considered that the cost of trying to reach the bottom reef cut in the New Chum Railway could not be continued by baling, as its cost proved too expensive, while it probably could be done profitably and effectively by electric pump, which is now subject to negotiations with the Mines Department.'' Also included is a Balance Sheet. From the Albert Richardson Mining History Collection.document, gold, drainage problems, drainage problems, victoria reef quartz half-yearly meeting, bendigo advertiser, 18/1/1911 page 5, new chum railway, mines department, balance sheet victoria reef quartz, ar -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record (Collection) - Warrnambool Waterside Workers' Federation, Waterside Workers' Federation, Warrnambool Branch, 1902-1955
Donated to the Warrnambool & District Historical Society by John Esam, Secretary of the Warrnambool Waterside Workers' Federation 1942-1950Administrative records and associated material held by the Warrnambool Waterside Workers' Federation to 1955Kept in W.D.H.S. Archives Room in Ledgers Section in archival boxSeven items of the Warrnambol Waterside Workers' Federation including Minute Books, Booklet containing Constitution and Rules, Membership records, Financial records and Correspondence re the dissolution of the Warrnambool branchwaterside workers in warrnambool, belfast & koroit steam navigation company, warrnambool waterside workers' federationwaterside workers in warrnambool, belfast & koroit steam navigation company, warrnambool waterside workers' federation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Local humour added to Art Gallery sign, 559 Main Road, Eltham, 5 December 2004
Photo taken immediately after the Wiregrass gallery closed at the end of November. The property was purchased in October 2004 for $565,000 by a local investment company, Sentinel Equities run by local residents Jethro and Suzanne Still. Plans to redevelop the property into offices and a gallery designed by Robert Marshall and supported by a number of local artists met with opposition from Eltham Gateway Action Group in 2007 over the proposed new building size and insufficient parking provision given the proposed reliance on the VicRoads reserve on Main Road for parking. The development proposal was finally approved by VCAT in January 2008 subject to VicRoads approving the use of the road reserve for parking. That did not happen and the property remains undeveloped 15 years later (August 2023).fay bridge collection, 559 main road eltham, 2004-12-05, eltham, eltham gallery, graffiti, main road, wiregrass gallery -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Exhibition Catalogue, Final Exhibition 1993, Ballarat University College, Visual Arts, 1993
Booklet to accompany third year student exhibition of Bachelor of Visual Arts students. Includes staff list, individual student names and photographs within their studio spaces at the Mt Helen Campus. It also includes student contact details and some artist statements. Introduction by Associate Professor Ian Hemingway, Head, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Ballarat University College. List of subject areas and staff names. Ceramics, Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Art History / Art Theory. At this time, the School offered the three-year Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts; Bachelor of Arts, Performing Arts, a one year Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts and a one year Graduate Diploma of Music Education.Saddle-stitched book. 68pp cover black and white text pages on gloss stock, plus 4pp single colour cover on textured card.ballarat university college, buc, ballarat college of advanced education, bcae, university of ballarat, ub, federation university, visual art, ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, art history / art theory, mt helen campus -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Anchor, Early to mid 20th century
Anchors are used to stop boats from moving and today are usually made of metal, and they are made to catch the ocean floor (the seabed). There are two main types of anchors: temporary and permanent. A permanent anchor is called a mooring block and is not easily moved. A temporary anchor can be moved and is carried on the boat. When people talk about anchors, they are usually thinking about temporary anchors. An anchor works by either weight (mass) or shape. Shape is more important to temporary anchors, and design is very important. Anchors must resist wind and tide, and also the up-and-down movement of waves. The subject item is a foundry produced item made specifically for marine use, at present there is no history or manufacturing provenance currently available as the item is unmarked.The subject item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item is believed to have been produced in the first half of the 20th century by an unknown manufacture and its design is known as the "Kedge Admirality" pattern.Kedge Admirality design anchor metal with double bent hook & Halibut. Stock, eye, loop and shackle at top of anchor. Stock held in position with pin. Anchor painted black.Nonewarrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ships anchor, marine eqipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Anchor, Early to mid 20th century
Anchors are used to stop boats from moving and today are usually made of metal, and they are made to catch the ocean floor (the seabed). There are two main types of anchors: temporary and permanent. A permanent anchor is called a mooring block and is not easily moved. A temporary anchor can be moved and is carried on the boat. When people talk about anchors, they are usually thinking about temporary anchors. An anchor works by either weight (mass) or shape. Shape is more important to temporary anchors, and design is very important. Anchors must resist wind and tide, and also the up-and-down movement of waves. The subject item is a foundry produced item made specifically for marine use, at present there is no history or manufacturing provenance currently available as the item is unmarked.The subject item at this time cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown, item is believed to have been produced in the first half of the 20th century by an unknown manufacture and its design is known as the "Kedge Admirality" pattern.Anchor, Kedge Admirality design galvanised metal with shackle and rope hole at top of anchor Halibut is missing (bar at top) and two curved flat pointed metal hooks at the base of the anchor.Nonewarrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ships anchor, marine eqipment -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Drawing: Tim RYAN, Queenscliff 1,2 and 3, 2012
“Queenscliff (three black and white boat/ship themed set), is a depiction of a trio of sailing vessels, and a typical example of Tim Ryan’s process and style / It illustrates three images from separate editions of National Geographic – a much-loved and constantly revisited source of inspiration / Tim has reduced his subject matter to minimal line, managing to capture the form and character of the scene and the people within with delicacy and sensitivity / As is also a common trait, Tim has discarded the idea of a using a title describing the actual scenes in favour of one that holds much greater personal significance / Queenscliff is the site of his family holiday home, hence a place evoking decades of memories connected with water, horizon and water-based activity and interaction.Tim Ryan has worked within the Studio Art Program at Araluen for almost a decade / Araluen is based in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne (Nillumbik region), that provides accommodation and day services for adults with an intellectual disability / Creating and sharing artwork is one way Araluen participants express their thoughts, personalities and abilities. The art program allows them to develop a sense of achievement and access society as equal and valued participants / Tim puts a great deal of effort into selecting his subject and arranging his page / He immerses himself in the image, studying it thoroughly and sometimes tracing over it with his finger before commencing / He focuses on the different elements and relationships that inspire, bringing out the lines, colours and shapes most fitted for translation into the picture / Favourite references are photo-laden books and magazines covering topics as broad as nature, history, archaeology, exotic foreign lands and all forms of transport.Three black and white drawings of boats/ships in Queenscliff made using watercolor, ink, fine liner, pencil and acrylic on paper. All drawings are black and white in colour with one drawing rendering a boat in warm red/orange and yellow colours. None shown, catalogue label on backdrawings / black & white / ink / boats / ships / queenscliff / araluen / ryan / disability -
Unions Ballarat
Better than Nostradamus, or, The secretive world takeover, 1996
The text below is a quotation from "Barry Smith put under fire by Phillip Powell" an interview at the Christian Witness Ministries website http://www.christian-witness.org/archives/cetf2000/bsmith.html "Some people have suggested that I am referring to myself as being a `better prophet than Nostradamus' when in fact I am saying the Word of God alone is always accurate… "I personally do not see myself as an evangelist. Relatively few people turn to Christ as a result of my lectures. I was a school teacher prior to my `preaching work'. I have continued to `teach', but utilise the subject of `end times' — taken from the scriptures in relation to current affairs and events — as an effective tool in presenting the gospel." End time teachings.Paper; book. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, end time teachings, christ, christian, current affairs, end times, gospel -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Artwork - Painting, 'Procession Along the Todd River' by Wesley Pemberthy
Wesley PEMBERTHY (1920- ) Born Broken Hill, New South Wales Wesley Pemberthy spent his childhood in Adelaide, South Australia. As an adult he lived in Bendigo, Ballarat, Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford and Perth. While in Perth he studied at Perth Technical School (1933-1937), followed by studies under the tutorship of Norman Lindsay in New South Wales (1938-1941). After service during World War Two Wes Pemberthy became the first Rehabilitation student at the National Gallery School, Victoria, undertaking research into the techniques of the Old Masters. He was the winner of the Sulman Award in 1955. The Sulman Prize is awarded for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist.Framed painting showing a number of brightly dressed people in a treed landscape. artists, artwork, wes pemberthy, wesley pemberthy, aborigines, aboriginal -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Printmaking, 'The Apple' by Vivienne McDermott, 2007
Vivienne McDERMOTT Working primarily in printmaking, drawing, mixed media and found/recycled object sculpture Vivienne McDermott lecturerf in Printmaking and Drawing at Ballarat University in 2000-2010 and collaborated with arts group Ratartat on public and community arts projects has taken her to many places throughout Australia. Her subjects include the Australian landscape, local characters and wildlife, the human condition and landscape. Now based in the Western Kimberley region of Australia Vivienne McDermott was Artist in Residence at Wulungarra Community School in 2012 -2013, and exhibits annually in Australia and New York City. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Abstract FigurativeFramed drypoint etching on Fabriano paper.vivienne mcdermott, mcdermott, apple, fruit, alumni, printmaking, available, drypoint, etching -
Vision Australia
Book - Text, Kathleen L Shepherdson, Seeds of Compassion: the story of the Association for the Blind, 1972
Background and overview of the establishment and work of the Association for the Blind37 pages of text with cardboard covernon-fictionBackground and overview of the establishment and work of the Association for the Blindassociation for the blind, association for the advancement of the blind -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Document - Fruit Fly Border Express Pass, c1960
The permanent fruit fly road blocks in Victoria began in 1958. The first was set up on the Lincoln Causeway between Albury and Wodonga. The aim was to protect the Victorian fruit export industry, the largest in the country. Cars would be stopped and inspected when entering Victoria. At peaks periods, such as Easter and school holidays, there were up to 10 inspectors at the 24 hour checkpoint near the former butter factory on the Lincoln Causeway. Local residents could apply for a pass such as this one which would be displayed on their window, but were still subject to random checks. Hundreds of tonnes of fruit each week was confiscated and pulverised by Department of Agriculture staff. The road block was closed in 1980, partly due to the increased traffic flows and the cost of maintaining inspection points.This image reflects government measures taken to protect the fruit industry in Victoria.A transparent sticker designed to be applied to a car window for motorists to pass through Department of Agriculture fruit fly control points. Instructions for applying the sticker to the window are written on the back of the sticker. It features a large coloured image of a fruit fly as well as a smaller life sized representation of a fruit fly.Around the edge of the circle: "DON'T SPREAD FRUIT FLY/ VICTORIAN DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE? Beside small fruit fly image: "Actual Size"fruit fly control, department of agriculture, fruit fly pass -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Wodonga, Victoria sign and the Fruit Fly check point c1970s
The permanent fruit fly road blocks in Victoria began in 1958. The first was set up on the Lincoln Causeway between Albury and Wodonga. The aim was to protect the Victorian fruit export industry, the largest in the country. Cars would be stopped and inspected when entering Victoria. At peaks periods, such as Easter and school holidays, there were up to 10 inspectors at the 24 hour checkpoint near the former butter factory on the Lincoln Causeway. Local residents could apply for a pass which would be displayed on their window, but were still subject to random checks. Hundreds of tonnes of fruit each week was confiscated and pulverised by Department of Agriculture staff. The road block was closed in 1980, partly due to the increased traffic flows and the cost of maintaining inspection points.This image reflects government measures taken to protect the fruit industry in Victoria.A large image of the LIncoln Causeway at the Victorian/NSW border at Wodonga. The southbound lanes on the right hand side feature overhead signals and traffic light signs to control traffic leading into the Fruit fly inspection checkpoint ahead. The photo is in a wooden frame.On right hand side: Border sign: Wodonga/Victoria and the Victorian State Coat of Arms.fruit fly control, victoria border, lincoln causeway wodonga -
Merri-bek City Council
Oil on board, Octopus 2, 2016
Shaun Tan is best known for his illustrated books and short films that deal with social, political and historical subjects through dream-like imagery and fantastic creatures. In addition to his book and film work, Tan is a respected and prolific painter. Octopus 2 is one of three paintings of Anstey Station, which is next to Tan’s art studio. Nearby, there is an octopus painted on the roller door of a bait shop. Tan observes that the octopus is usually only visible at night, and then not very well: "It is an eerie vision, a bit comical too. There is something about the tucked-away grouping of high and low walls, the amber light and the jumble of signage that I find very evocative, as if there is some spirit being tucked up in this unlooked-at pocket of the rail-line”. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Footbridge, Fort Knox Self Storage, 197 Sherbourne Road, Eltham, n.d
The footbridge which extended from the facility to the landscaped garden and water features is now gone. The footbridge and garden were previously part of a former hat factory in Sherbourne Road Eltham which has in the past been used for various purposes and presently a self storage business. The Karingal Yallock Creek passes through the front of the land and the creek environs are the subject of significant and unusual landscaping works, including some cascading water channels. Some of the landscaping was damaged by the Christmas Day floods of 2011, but the main elements remain intact. The landscaped area (as distinct from the factory itself) is the subject of a Heritage Overlay under the Nillumbik Planning Scheme. The basis of this overlay is a Heritage Report by Graeme Butler and Associates in 2006. As well as an assessment of the landscaped area, it includes one background information on the history of the site (although a complete history would require more research). The site was part of Crown Portion 3 of the Parish of Nillumbik that remained as the Montmorency Farm until early in the twentieth century. The 1911 subdivision of this farm created Lot 7 of some seven acres, which is the site of this factory. The Heritage Report lists the various owners of the site. From the rate records and aerial photos it is concluded that the site was used as an orchard and farmland until the 1940s. William F Crellin, orchardist, owned the site from 1912 to 1923. Then Edmund Williams owned it until 1951. In 1955 the site was owned by Rupert V. Kirsch and this is the name anecdotally associated with the hat factory, where the well-known brand of Fayrefield Hats were manufactured. There is some belief that this was built about the time of the Second World War and that hats for the armed forces were made there.fay bridge collection, eltham, fayrefield hat factory, foot bridge, sherbourne road, footbridge, fort knox eltham