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Greensborough Historical Society
Print, Orcades to the Sea by Peter Jones, 1942_10
RMS Orcades was a British built ocean liner that served on the UK-Australia route as a Royal Mail Ship from 1937-1939. Orcades was requisitioned by the British government as a troopship in 1939. It was torpedoed and sunk in October 1942 with the loss of 48 lives. The next Orcades was the first new purpose-built vessel to enter the Australian migrant trade after the Second World War and made over 55 voyages to Australia between 1948 and 1972.The significance of this painting is that it was presented as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of the second world war by the Scullin Australia Remembers Committee in 1995.Framed and signed print of ship "Orcades". Print measures 22 x 30 cm. Print is signed "Peter Jones '95".On back of frame "No.9 Orcades to Asia Peter Jones". orcades, world war ii, scullin australia remembers committee, prints, peter jones -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, H.M.A.S.ADELAIDE
On 1 September 1939 Adelaide (I) commissioned for war service under the command of Captain HA Showers RAN, and operated on the Australian coast for defence of trade.This is a limited print of HMAS Adelaide. No 6 in a series of 25. Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary.White bordered coloured print mounted on M.D.F.board.H.M.A.S.ADELAIDE,an improved Chatham class light crusier,shown during service in the Second World War. No 6 in a series of 25 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 75 TH ANNIVERSARYh.m.a.s., navy, royal australian navy, ship, cruiser, ww2, world war two, lara r.s.l. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, David and Martha (Ruston) Medhurst, 1900c
David Medhurst (1855-1939) and wife Martha Ruston Medhurst (1860-1943). This studio portrait (date unknown) shows them as a middle aged couple.Pioneer family of Greensborough.Black and white studio portrait, man standing holding a small piece of paper, woman seated. Open book on small table at her right hand.On back: 'Mr and Mrs Medhurst who did much to help Greensborough. Mrs Medhurst born in Greensboro'. Also later additions of dates of birth and death and connections with descendants.medhurst family, partington family, martha medhurst, david medhurst -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Black Family Land Titles, 1891o
Collection of seven Certificates of Title for land in present-day Watsonia owned by members of the Black Family, ranging from 1891 to 1939, including transfers to 1967.Looseleaf folderblack family, watsonia -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Frank Tate, c1910
Frank Tate was the Director of Education with the Victorian Education Department. He was born on 18 June 1863 at Castlemaine. He died on 28 June 1939 in Melbourne.Photographic Portrait of Frank Tate, the first Director of Education in Victoria (1902-1928).frank tate, victorian department of education, education -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Lieutenant Kenneth F. Young, 1942
Dhurringile garrison duty 1943-1945, enlisted Bendigo September 1939. Captured Crete, wounded in leg as POW . Amongst first repatriated to Germany 1942. Black and white photograph of bust of Lieutenant Kenneth F. Young,dhurringile pow camp, kenneth f young, lieutenant k young -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Internet photograph, Oskar Speck
Images obtained from internet. Oskar Speck who kayacked from Germany to Australia, arriving at Thursday Island in September 1939, interned Camp 1. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Documents, Story by Eva De Jong Duldig
Story by Eva De Jong Duldig, of Jewish families who fled to Singapore & Straits Settlement in 1939. Interned and brought to Camp 3 in September 1940. -
Clunes Museum
RATION BOOK
RATION TICKETS FOR PETROL ISSUED DURING 1939-1945 WAR. COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT ISSUED THESE DURING THE WAR WHEN PEROL WA SCARCE FOR PRIVAT CITIZENS1. COLLECTION OF FOUR MOTOR RATION TICKETS GLUED ONTO CARDBOARD 2. McDOUGAL & CHISHOLM, CASH DRAWERS, BRIDGE STREET BALLARAT OFFERED THESE TICKETS TO CUSTOMERS TO COLLECT TO GAIN DISCOUNT, THREE HUNDRED TICKETS WOULD REDEEM GOODS TO THE VALUE OF SEVEN& SIX PENCE FREE OF CHANGE[75CENTS]local history, document, ticket, ww2 memorabilia -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print of a Painting."Queen Mary 1936-67"
Refer to the Following Links- The War Years 1939 to 1946 -https://www.queenmary.com/history/timeline/the-war-years/ Refer also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary Wooden framed print of Queen Mary 1936-67, Cunard-Steamship Co. LondonRefer under Physical Description Painting signed by "Hii 81" -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDALS, c. post WWII 1975
Belonged to Donald Henry Harris No 141844 RAAF. Refer 2318 for service history also 2126.2.1. Box hinged, black, felt lined, on front War Medal 1939-45. 2. White sleeve box for 2105.1, in black 41844 D H Harris. 3. Box hinged, black, felt lined, on front Australian Service Medal 1939-45. 4. White sleeve box for 2105.3 141844 D H Harris. 5. Box hinged, black, felt lined, on front Australian Service Medal 1945-75. 6. White sleeve box for 2105.5, 41844 D H Harris. 7. Medal minature with ribbon & S W Pacific clasp, Australian Service Medal 1945-75. 8. Clasp for Australian service medal 1945-75.presentation, medals, military -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GILLIES COLLECTION: BENDIGO PRESERVING COMPANY WAGES LEDGER 17 MAY 1939 TO 2 FEBRUARY 1944
Wages Legder for the Bendigo Preserving Company, for the period 17 May 1939 to 2 February 1944 Last entry page 235, balance of ledger to page 351 unused Ledger shows age and usage a front cover b first entry page 1 c last entry page 235 d rear fly leaf contains receipts paid for Union Fees first receipt on 18 December 1939 to the "Amalgamated Food Preserving Union of Australia", then to name change "The Food Preservers Union of Australia" last receipt on 19 January 1944 e example of Union receipt paid on to "The Food Preservers Union of Australia" d Ledger spine noting "Wages Ledger" -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Journal, Royal Society of Victoria, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1935-1945
A. W. Jessep (Principal) Associate Member. Probably all volumes his property H. W. Gepp Ordinary Member signed on most volumesscience -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Book, Beaufort and Beaufighter Production in Australia, 1944
This appears to be a low production hand assembled book presented to Suppliers of the Beaufort Production Project. This book to F. W. Haig who was the sales executive of Vacuum Oil Company.Black cover book bound with three brass screws, 82 pages with typed text and photo prints glued to each page. Describes the Beaufort Project and organizational structure of the Beaufort Division, Department of Aircraft Production in Victoria and NSW from 1939. Some photo prints have come unstuck and are missing.Gold leaf stamping on front cover reads F.W. Haig & Beaufort Division emblem. Inside front cover hand written and signed "With complements from Clarrie Scott 24-12-44" (company director service) -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, Post WW II
Beathea Isobel Weppner No VFX126729 enlisted on 22.6.43 in the 2nd AIF. At discharge from the Army she was a Cpl in 2/9th Aust General Hospital. VFX meaning Victorian female. Medal Set, court mounted, set of (6) Re B.I WEPPNER. 1. 1939 - 45 2. Pacific Star 3. Defence Medl 4. War Medal Service Medal 5. Australian Service Medal 6. Australian Service Medal 1945 - 75 with clasp 'S W PACIFIC" "VFX 126729 B.I., WEPPNER" medals, military, history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, 1) Post WW11. .2) 1940-45
John MURPHY VX15580 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 26.2.1940 age 28 years 5 months. Posted to 2/7th Bn on 6.4.1940 and embarked for the Middle East on 15.4.1940, embarked for Greece 9.4.1941 and returned from there in June 1941. Embarked for Australia on 8.3.1942 and disembarked Ceylon 7.4.1942 and did not re embark until 12.7.1942 and arrived in Australia 4.8.1942. Transfers to 2nd Aust Tank W/Shops AEME on 3.10.1942 and then 2/4th Aust Base W/Shops, discharged from the Army on 3.10.1945. In the Greece and Crete campaigns the 2/7th Bn was essentially destroyed and it was rebuilt from a small core in Palestine in Garrison duties and then in Ceylon before returning to Australia..1)Medal set, brass plate mounted , group of (5) re .J. Murphy 1.1939 -45 star 2. Africa star 3. Defence medal 4. War medal 1939 -45 5. Australian service medal .2) Ribbon , single "Africa Star" with pins uniform attachment"VX15580 J Murphy"numismatics- medals - military, metalcraft -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET, BADGE & RIBBONS, Amor Sydney, 541.2 1948, 541.1 & .3 1945-post war
.2) Badge, "Service Australia", means served only in Australia during the war. Robert Richard Pratt enlisted on 8.8.42. On discharge from the AIF 29.10.47 he was Sergeant in AHQ Cartographic Coy..1) Medals, court mounted, set of )2) re R.R Pratt. 1. War Medal 1939-45. 2. Australian Service Medal. .2) Badge, gold coloured, crown over wings, Rising Sun, anchor, "Service Australia" Clip on rear for clothing. .3) Service Ribbons as in .1).1) "VX85798 RR Pratt" .2) "1948-15418"metalcraft, medals, military -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat Junior Technical School ledger for materials and activity fees, 1938-1953, 1938-1953
The Ballarat Junior Technical School was part of Ballarat School of Mines.Foolscap book listing names, teachers, material fees and Activity fees relating to the Ballarat Junior Technical School from 1939 to 1953. Teachers include J. Hosie, William Paterson, A.V. Gilpin, G.V. Bergin, A.C. Miller, R.R.F.L. Collins, J.J. Watson, J.J. Hanrahan, F.L. Collinsballarat junior technical school, j. hosie, william paterson, a.v. gilpin, g.v. bergin, a.c. miller, r.r.f.l. collins, j.j. watson, j.j. hanrahan, f.l. collins, james duncan, john norman, keith roberts, william murphy, john dixon, jack vinnicombe, edward crozier, james hogg, william m.c. brophy, peter eustace, harold glover, graeme parks, arthur coad, robert elshaug, wallace reid, george feary, ivan murphy, ernest lay, austin young, ronald cochrane, james shaw, alan burns, james daly, edward garlick, edward walter lucas, owen david jones, robert george smith, j.e. curnow, e.d. sargeant, m.w. lee, b.t. collier, j.w. connell, g.i. rowe, e.w. lucas, b.n. jackson, m.e. rowe, a.r. young, r.e. white, l.a. quick, b.g. williamson, g.n. allen, r.j. hugo, j.a. tolliday, leonard coxall, norman schiltz, georhe carroll, john lambert, neville caldow, norman ritchie, james stevens, r. foss, n. wesyermann, j. young, p. agrums, g. bedggood, k. weightman, b. grigsby, l. bellingham -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: CHOP CHOP
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, June 11, 2001. Chop,chop: from left: James Firsweel, James Jnr, Doris Chittick, Bob Lockett and Les Johns of Friswell's Butchers, located in Hargreaves Street, where the Reject shop is now, circa 1939. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYRIC THEATRE
Lyric theatre photograph photocopy image of façade. Four page document by Michael Purden relating to Lyric Theatre. 1. opening Lyric theatre 1913, 2. modern times, 3. the story continues, 4. also contains a 1939 advertisement for the theatre, 5. also contains references at bottom of page.bendigo, buildings, lyric theatre -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Margaret Bride et al, The Borough and Its People, 2013
The Borough and Its People. 1839 -1939 Port Melbourne Book with blue front cover and narrow band of 5 photos 3to 5 cms from top. Back cover similar in layout plus description of book's theme and contents . PMHPS logo and Port Phillip Council logo on back cover.australian aborigines, built environment, armed services, maritime, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, arts and entertainment, piers and wharves, transport, natural environment, transport - aviation and aerodrome, advertising, built environment - commercial, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, religion, industry, engineering, education, families, garden city, sandridge lagoon, politics, sport, margaret bride nee polson, graham bride -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Archive - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NELL GWYNNE REEF MINING BOX, 1930's - 1940's
Mining Box. Painted green with yellow interior. Nell Gwynne Reef painted on the front of the box. Tag number 488, now box number 9. Box contains Minute Book (from 3/10/1939 to 21/8/1947) and financial books for Forbes Carshalton GMC N/L.mining, parish map, nell gwynne reef, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, nell gwynne reef, forbes carshalton gmc n/l, mining box -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (Item), Stockman's Residence
Handwritten note on back of government form stating that plans were found in a plan press in PWDstockman's residence, plans, a.w. jessep -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Photograph - Joan Meyer at Diamantina Hut, c1968
MEYER COLLECTION - FALLS CREEK PHOTOS In 1947 a determined group of like-minded State Electricity Commission (SEC) staff including Ray Meyer, the chief surveyor of the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme, had a common interest that revolved around the skiing potential of the snow-covered high plains which included what is now the resort of Falls Creek. The six SEC employees, Toni St Elmo, Ray Meyer, Jack Minogue, Lloyd Dunn, Adrian Ruffenacht and Dave Gibson (together with their families) banded together to secretly build a 'hut' that was the first ski lodge at Falls Creek. Using a road built in 1930s to gain access to Falls Creek, their hut project was carried out in secret as efforts by other skiers were blocked by H.H.C. Williams – the engineer in charge of the Hydro Scheme. In 1946 Ray Meyer made a trip to the Lands Office in Melbourne. He came away with a 99-year lease on three acres that was ideally suited for a hut designed by Lloyd Dunn. Adrian Ruffenacht (Design Engineer for the KHS) had suggested where the group should build because of easy access to a spring for water. Much of the building material required was scavenged from derelict huts on the high plains. Due to the need for secrecy, the determined group worked on the hut in the evenings and weekends to avoid detection. During the building period the group had met at Echidna Rock (now known as Eagle Rock) where Skippy St Elmo announced, "This is my favourite ‘Skyline’.” And so the first lodge in the area at Falls Creek Ski Resort came into existence. With the development of the International Poma in the 1970s, the Skyline Lodge, which was sited between the ski-lift’s pole one and pole two, was demolished. However, the legacy of Ray Meyer, Toni St Elmo, Jack Minogue, Lloyd Dunn, Adrian Ruffenacht and Dave Gibson and Skyline lives on in the vibrant atmosphere of Falls Creek Resort. The MEYER COLLECTION documents developments on the Kiewa Hydro Scheme and their life at Falls Creek from the mid 1930s to 1960s.This image is significant because it depicts a member of a pioneering family of Falls Creek area, and one of the founders of Skyline Lodge.A black and white image of Joan Meyer in Diamantina Hut. The hut on Mt Hotham, was built originally as a Country Roads Board workers hut in the early 1920s to shelter workers who were building and maintaining the Great Alpine Rd. It was rebuilt in about 1968 as the original hut was burnt down in the 1939 fires.falls creek, victorian snowfields, joan meyer, diamantina hut -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Herald, Girl Gardeners - Pupils Taught at Burnley Farm, 1937
Newspaper cutting from "The Herald", April 30, 1939. The article discusses the course syllabus and potential jobs after graduation. There are two photos, one with a girl ploughing, pulled by two cart horses and the second of a girl surrounded by grape vines and grapes, with the caption: " 'Burnley' girls are ready for any gardening emergency."the herald, burnley horticultural college, students, female students, syllabus, careers, horses, students working outside, orchard, grapes -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Mixed media (item) - Brian Ridgeway Collection Miscellaneous aircraft photos, newspaper items etc. See under "Description" Section
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, ?
One of a collection of photographs purchased from Photo First, Thompson Avenue, Cowes, when it closed in June, 2014. The bridge was built in 1939 and opened in November 1940. Large Black & White photograph of Phillip Island Suspension Bridge, the first bridge from San Remo to Newhaven.phillip island suspention bridge, suspension bridge, photo first phillip island -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Grandma Medhurst [Martha Ruston Medhurst], 1880c
Photograph of Martha Ruston Medhurst (1860-1943) wife of David Medhurst (1855-1939) who moved to Greensborough around 1898 and ran a store in Grimshaw Street. Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.martha medhurst -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Forage Cap, mid 20th century
This cap belonged to a member of the Women's Air Training Corps. The Corps was established in 1939 in Brisbane. The Corps preceded the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force by 18 months.The Cap and Badges are originalsBlue Forage Cap, Photograph, Two BadgesInside the Cap - Imperial Cap Co Pty Ltd Size 6 7/3rd, Badge - WATC, Cap Badge - wings with Australian Map and initials WATC Black and white photograph 6x4. Initials R Sk inside the Cap.forage cap, watc -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo - Powell W, Thornton Richards & Co, Powell W. Councilor 1942-43
Councilor W.Powell was elected as a member of Ballarat Shire Council in1935 until 1963.He served three terms as Shire President in 1939-40,1948-49,1958-59.Original Historic Photo Of Councilors for 1942-43.Sepia photo, rectangular with curved top,on brown mount, of Councilor W. Powell,situated bottom right hand corner of collection of photos of all councilors and staff for 1942-43.Presented to the Ballarat Shire Council by Councilor R.T.White.(J.P.) President 1942-43.43, powell w, ballarat shire council 1942