Coloured photograph of the Wedderburn Old Timers. Ten people including Peter Ellis (standing rear left) grouped around a table waiting for Devonshire Tea. All but one dressed in period costume. emu creek bush band, wedderburn old timers, wedderburn, peter ellis

Colour photograph. People gathered around campfire. Cooking lunch. Couple sitting in striped chairs eating at card table. Back of Photo reads: Dance Club Prime Shadbolt 9/95.photo, group, mixed group

Two black and white photos printed on paper. (1) is a lady and a man dressed in clown costumes in a garden and (2) is a group sitting at tables. Peter Ellis is standing talking to a couple. Nothing on the back.photo, group, mixed group, peter ellis collection, peter ellis

Soft cover book A5 size, white cover with grey block and photos of beehives, paddock, people walking through a paddock crates, a person with face painting & a kitchen table 161 pages

Rudi Mineur was born in Holland and grew up in Tasmania. He came to live in Surrey Hills with his wife Betsie and their 3 sons in 1974. Rudi worked as a taxidermist. With a keen interest in natural science, he is also a talented watercolourist and model-maker. His work included model-making for the Melbourne Museum and creating special effects for films including 'Mad Max'. He is also renowned for his sculpting of netsuke. He illustrated the book 'Growing up in the Goldrush' by Michael Dugan (pubd. 1989), who also lived locally. A colour photo in portrait format taken on Surrey Hills Day. He has greying hair and beard and seated behind a table on which are an assortment of stuffed animals / birds, shells, bones and a microscope.Nilrudi mineur, taxidermy, artist, netsuke, surrey hills day

Embroidered inen table mat with blue straight edging along the top and blue scalloped edging along the bottom edge. There is a brown embriodered bowl with blue and pink flowers and green leaves at the bottom.household textiles, hand towels

This is understood to be a photograph of William Ochiltree and Samuel Ambrose Lewers, the children of William Ochiltree Lewers (b. 1867) and his wife Caroline, nee Murrell. William (Bill) was born in 1910 and Samuel (Sam) in 1911.Black and white photograph of two young boys dressed in knickerbockers with large lacy collar, shoes and long socks, standing either wide of a small table holding two horse and cart toys. Bill and Sam Lewersbill lewers, sam lewers

Job 56M430 Contractor Hone Just south of east abutment and access road to house showing block in table drain and wash towards Diamond CreekRecord of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, shire of eltham, bridge construction, 1959-09, heidelberg-kinglake road, road construction

Memories of Greenhills Hall, completed in 1957, and its uses as a Sunday School, theatre, pre-school, venue for table tennis, guides and scouts, meetings and dances.9 pages, typescript with photographsgreenhills hall, greenhills neighbourhood house

Mahoneys Reserve is situated at 140 Mahoneys Road Forest Hill. The pavilion tenants include table tennis, badminton and cricket. It is an on lead walking area for dogsFootball oval at Mahoneys Reserve in Forest Hill.mahoneys reserve, reserves

Report describing the "Jerie" Vertical Block Adjustment for the Townsville 1:250,000 and how the apparatus was designed, constructed and used.Foolscap size, 14 x numbered pages and 10 x unnumbered pages. Stapled left side. Numbered pages printed in purple. Four of the unnumbered pages contain photos while the rest contain handwritten tables and hand drawn diagrams. Annex A: Discrepancies Tables, Annex B: Baseboard Diagram, Annex C to Annex G, Annex H: Photo showing tools which are numbered and listed below each photo. The numbers on each photo are faint but readable. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

These relate to the WW2 and Post War service of VX112283 "Keith Charles Buckley" - Major1. Photo of an Australian Major of RA Sigs - in BCOF signing a document. Beside him is an Australian soldier and an Asian Gentleman. Behind them are cups and saucers. On the table is a round stamp or blotter. The Major is wearing Campaign medals. 2. Photo of the same conference from a different angle. 2 Australians, 5 Asian gentlemen. The Major and the mature Asian Gentleman are signing documents. The Australians are in winter dress. The civilians are in suits with ties, The table is a large square one with turned wooden legs.photos, ww2, signing of documents

Both manuals are “British War Office publications”.1) Manual Range Tables Artillery, Part 2 1943, khaki covers, 88 pages, all print, sketches in black and white, rear has fold out section. .2) Manual Range Tables, Part 1, QF 25 PDR Guns, marks 2 & 3 1948, Lower register shooting, red covers, 116 pages, all print and sketches in black and white, rear has fold out section, 3 other lose sections inside..1) On front in blue, “118/31”, inside on first page, “RANDALL R.G - BHQ”. .2) On front cover in black, “143/68”manuals artillery, range tables,

In 1911 R. Maddern was President of the Ballarat School of Mines. Contents of this booklet are: Asssociateship, Calendar, Certificate Courses, Departmental Regulations, Discipline, Discipline Board, Examination Results, Fees, Full Certificates Issued, General Regulations, Introduction, Junior Technical School, Officer Bearers, Professors and Lecturers, Subjects of Instruction - Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Geological Department, Engineering Department, Electrical Engineering Department, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Practical, Plane and Solid Geometry, Photography, Subscriptions and Donations 1910. Plan of Buildings and Grounds Engineers with qualifications from the Ballarat School of Mines were sought by mines throughout the world. Blue soft covered book of 64 pages titled the Ballarat School of Mines Calendar. The book includes images of the Engineering Room, the Maddern Roasting Furnace, Museum, Junior Chemical Laboratory, Plan of Buildings and Ground, Chemical Laboratory, Concentration Floor, Linkenbach Table, Engineering Laboratory, Experimental Steam Engine, Chemical Lecture Room, Physics Instruction Room, Newtonian Telescopy, Ballarat Observatory, Instructor's Laoratory, Wilfrey Table, Chlorination plant, Cyanide House and R. Maddern. ballarat school of mines, scientific equipment, engineering, classroom, desks, gas lighting, calendar, r. maddern, j. m. bickett, w. h. middleton, j. d. woolcott, w. nixon, daniel. walker, fred j. martell, professor a. mica smith, hubert r. murphy, charles a. deane, arthur garrard, professor t. s. hart, professor a. d. gilchrist, a. e. c. kerr, j. brittain, e. j. a. mcconnon, john m. sutherland, bertram whitington, h. j. hall, e. gutheil, charles campbell, t. williams, d. e. mullins, sir redmond barry, judge rogers, r. m. sergeant, thomas bath, andrew anderson, general regulations, discipline, discipline board, associateship and final certificates, mining engineering, metallurgy, geology, electrical engineering, certificate courses, junior technical school, fees, subjects of instruction, chemistry, geological department, engineering department, electrical engineering department, department of mathematics and physics, practical, plane and solid geometry, photography, full certificates issued, supplementary examination results - may 1910, supplementary examination results - april 1908, subscriptions and donations 1910

This photo was most probably taken when the Ballarat School of Mines was considering the former Ballarat East Library as a campus. In 1980 the Ballarat School of Mines Council presented a proposal to the Ballarat City Council regarding occupying and managing the Ballarat East Free Library as a School of Traditional Crafts. The proposal included maintaining the building in optimum condition.Three black and white photographs of the interior of the former Ballarat East Library. .1) Room in the former Ballarat East Library housing remnants of the Ballarat Historical Society (probably during transfer of the Ballarat Historical Society Collection to the Gold Museum) .2) Room in the former Ballarat East Library with built in show cases at one end, and modern classroom tables and chairs. Brian McLennan sits writing at a table. .3) Roofing detail in the former Ballarat East Libraryballarat east library, ballarat east free library, school of traditional crafts, brian mclennan, ballarat historical society, museum

Hugo Wertheim (1854-1919), was a merchant and manufacturer and was born on the 12th July 1854 at Lispenhausen, in the German electorate of Hesse-Kassel, son of Meyer Wertheim and his wife Minna, née Heinemann. Hugo reached Melbourne in October 1875. He soon began advertising, from premises at 39 Flinders Lane East, as agent for his father's cousin Joseph Wertheim, a well-established manufacturer of sewing machines. Hugo returned to Germany where he married Joseph Wertheim's daughter Sophie Emilie (1864-1953) on 30 August 1885 at Frankfurt. the couple then came to Melbourne. In a short time, with extensive advertising, Hugo established a substantial business, selling sewing machines, bicycles, pianos and other mechanical devices, under brands such as Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin and Hapsburg. He also mounted elaborate displays at agricultural shows and in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, United States of America. O. C. Beale worked with him before setting up his own piano business in New South Wales. Hugo continued to own 25 per cent of one of Beale's companies, which became Wertheim's Queensland business. In 1908 Wertheim opened a large, innovative piano factory at Richmond, Melbourne, intending to produce 2000 pianos and player pianos annually, predominantly using Australian materials. In laying the foundation stone, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin observed that “few men with such opportunities for a life of ease would have embarked on such an enterprise” Hugo died of chronic hepatitis on 11 July 1919 at his home at South Yarra, his wife, two daughters and three sons survived him; Herbert Joseph (1886-1972), the eldest, continued the business. Rupert became a share broker and went on to represent Victoria in inter-State tennis in 1913-27 and Australia in Davis Cup matches against Czechoslovakia in 1922. The piano factory closed in 1935, becoming a Heinz food processing plant and in 1955, GTV Channel 9 studios and offices.Early Australians had to be self-reliant in regards to making and mending their clothes and utensils. This sewing machine was one of many items used that exhibit the skill and craftsmanship of the women in these early families. A sewing machine was a necessary part of each home and this item demonstrates how women of the time managed had to become self-reliant in the repair and making of their families clothes to make their household budgets go further.Wertheim sewing machine in carry case, hand operated with two spindles, handle with locking pin, which turns lever between spokes of main handle, hand brake. The machine is table-mounted with a Turkish walnut base. The base can be attached to a cast iron table with a foot treadle as an optional extra. The walnut base has marquetry to the front set out as a measure for material. There is also an accessory box inside the carry case containing 20 additional items for use with the machine. Wertheim brass trademark badge riveted to the body of the machine of a crouching dwarf with a hammer with the name of the company Wertheim and Frankfurt. Gold filigree decoration in gold paint adorns the main body of the machine. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, sewing machine, hand operated sewing machine, crank handle sewing machine, wertheim, dressmaking, taylor, domestic, clothing, hugo wertheim, joseph wertheim

Pale green three fold card with the names, addresses, phone numbers, and goods which can be purchased at the businesses. Businesses named are: Fletchers International Food Store, T. Chamberlin, Northern Terrazzo Co, Suttons Pty. Ltd., Bus Time Table, Ashmans, Reg. V. Brock, Gillies Bros., Miller Bros., The Bendigo Fashion House, Quarry Hill Bus Service, Mamouney's. Printed by Arthur Hocking, Print, Bendigo. Bus Time Table effective March 1960.commerce, advertising, w. babidge collection - where to shop in bendigo and suburbs, fletchers international food store, t. chamberlin, northern terrazzo co, suttons pty. ltd., bus time table, ashmans, reg. v. brock, gillies bros., miller bros., the bendigo fashion house, quarry hill bus service, mamouney's. arthur hocking, print, bendigo, .

black and white photo: interior of room in Lancewood House, McLaren St., Bendigo. Home of Ernest Mueller. Room with pictures hanging from the picture rail, drapery around a large trompe de oil ? Upper pelmet has vases and plates displayed. Heavy plaster cornice visible. Many chairs and small occasional tables, whatnot in corner and Edwardian sideboard on right wall. Some statuary. Gladioli in vase on one table. On front BR margin ' UI 589.6 'buildings, fittings & materials, lancewood house

BHS CollectionNavy and white school exercise book. Front cover has text, emblem and space for personal details to be added. Lined pages inside with handwritten notes. Back cover has arithmetical tables and multiplication tables. Kangaroo Flat Red Cross Minute book containing minutes of special meetings held monthly at various halls. Special meetings held to organise fundraising via fetes and stalls. Back of book contains ledgers of donations, receipts and expenses of fundraising activities.Faded writing on front cover in space to personal details.kangaroo flat, red cross, minutes, finance

Depot table sheet or block - roneo or spirit duplicated, printed on light card - for - "Sunday 14-1-1968 - Glenhuntly - North Fitzroy - Kew - Malvern - Doncaster" shows the various runs and crew tables for the day, has an index and notes. The block was prepared for the track work to realign Dandenong Road and the Chapel St intersection as part of the St Kilda Junction project. See page 96 of Timeline History of Melbourne's Government Cable and Electric Trams - Barry George et al.trams, tramways, table cards, glenhuntly tram depot, kew depot, north fitzroy depot, doncaster depot, malvern depot, drivers, conductors, st kilda junction

Book - 43 pages + brown card covers, stapled in the left hand side, titled "Fares and Sections for One-Man Bus Routes", providing fares for each section, table of contents for the various one man bus routes from Doncaster, Melbourne Services, All night services. Has a table for each bus route, giving the section location, travel conditions and fares. Printed using a purple colour Gestener ink. Dated 27/9/1964.On front cover in black Texta "Inspector's Office Nth Fitzroy".trams, tramways, tickets, fares, sections, passes, bus routes, doncaster, all night services

Report - 108 pages + card cover, centre stapled, titled "Central Area Transport Study", produced by the Road Traffic Authority as part of the Central Area Transport Strategy (CATS), with a forward by the Minister for Transport Jim Kennan, has a table of contents, figures and tables. Provides a set of Action Plans, looks at future development areas around Melbourne, options, roads, tram and rail lines, cycle and pedestrians. Draft document. See Reg Item 1582 for a March 1991 version.Has pen marks high lighting various paragraphs.trams, tramways, public transport, melbourne, road transport, the met, minister for transport

Sprit duplicated onto MMTB table cards (cardboard printed on rear for driver / conductor timetable use), handwritten, table or timetable for a charter tram tour. Issued by the MMTB for a AETA Special using tram 980 on Tuesday 24-4-1962. Driver Wearne, Conductor Warren. Included a visit to Malvern, Preston, Preston, Essendon Airport, running in and out of South Melbourne depot. Timetabled for tram 980. Timetable on two sheets of cardboard, printed on blank side only.trams, tramways, aeta, special trams, charters, pcc, tram 980

Yields information about the arrangements for the Australia Day Cavalcades and the way crews were arranged.Eleven heavy cards printed as M&MTB table cards for drivers, but used by the BTPS as run tables for 1979 Australia Day cavalcade for both drivers and conductors - separate cards for each. Prepared in black and green ink with notes. Each card has its own table number. Item Card No. For 325.1 801 Driver ex Preston 325.2 802 Driver 325.3 804 Driver 325.4 805 Driver to Preston 325.5 806 Conductor ex Preston 325.6 807 Conductor 325.7 808 Conductor 325.8 809 Assistant Conductor 325.9 810 Assistant Conductor 325.10 811 Assistant Conductor 325.11 812 Conductor to Preston No. 803 was retained by Bob Prentice on the day. Image of items added 2/11/13.325.7 has pen marks in top area.trams, tramways, mmtb, btps, melbourne, australia day

The Grinton Collection. Mess deck laid out on the Karmala coming home. Refer Cat. No. 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting tables with cutlery and crockery and a small number of men in a "Ships Mess". Frame - Timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 5: Quota 45 - Journey Home". "B. Ship's Mess".framed accessories, camera on the somme, 38th bn, ww1, grinton, hmat karmala

This tool, with several others in a collection, is believed to have belonged to the Warrnambool carpenter and businessman, Henry Phillips. English-born Henry Phillips (1821-1896) came to Australia with his wife Elizabeth in 1849. They lived for some time in Port Fairy and in 1865 Henry formed a partnership with Christopher Beattie to establish the Warrnambool undertaking business of Beattie and Phillips. This business continued on after the deaths of the funders and lasted until the year 2000. In Warrnambool Henry Phillips was involved in the management of the Mechanics Institute.This item is of interest as an example of a vintage tool and as a memento of the Warrnambool carpenter and businessman, Henry Phillips.This is a metal vice tool with a circular ridged column and a turning handle at its end. The item is designed to be clamped onto a bench or table so that objects can be firmly clamped into the tool to be worked on in some way. vintage tools, henry phillips, warrnambool

Menu in the collection of "Frederick Campbell MOLLER" No 2233 AIF. Photo of Reunion refer Reg No 3970. Refer Reg No 1661.3 for his service details.Reunion Dinner folding menu card. Front has colour painting of a couple with an instrument & wine, a table in the background. Picture of a wine cask in bottom LH corner. Inside shows the menu typed and pasted in.Below picture on front: “Reunion Dinner 103RD HOW BATTERY 22nd Sept 1951” “Inside are 18 signatures of personnel attending”card, reunion, 103rd, frederick campbell moller

This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November 1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860s the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fundraising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former courthouse in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much - loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historical books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historical Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Morte Darthur Author: Thomas Malory Publisher: Macmillan & Co Date: 1868 Further Information: From the Flypaper - Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 823 MAL Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, thomas malory, morte darthur