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National Communication Museum
Tool - Morse Inker Tape
This tape is from the first telegram ever sent in Western Australia. This important event occurred on 21 June 1869. At this time the transmitted message was received on paper tape and later transcribed onto a telegram form for delivery. The original tape was presented to the Honourable Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, as a souvenir. "FPB" appears on an engraved shield on the lid. James Coats Fleming, the first telegraphist and later Superintendent of Telegraphs, sent the telegram. During 1875, Colonial Secretary Barlee transferred from Perth to Belize and then to Trinidad where he died in 1884. The fate of the case and spool, souvenir of that first telegram, was unknown. In July 1940, the WA Agent-General in London advised the Premier's Department in Western Australia that a Mrs EW Hillyer of Hertfordshire had the spool and case and was willing to sell it for ten guineas ($21). The Postmaster General's Department agree to the purchase and it duly arrived by registered mail. As a communications museum was planned in Melbourne, it was sent there to be included in the collection. Nothing more was heard until early 1980s when the relic arrived at the Post and Telecommunication museum in Perth. The case had been found in an old Melbourne strongroom where it had apparently been placed for safe-keeping and then forgotten. Initial attempts to decode the message on the tape were unsuccessful. Eventually, it was discovered that the Western Australian Telegraph Company, responsible for that first transmission, had devised its own code. A copy was obtained from the Battye Library and the message deciphered.This Morse tape is of historic significance as the first telegram ever sent in Western Australia. The occasion was momentous as the transition point between isolation and ease of connection for business and personal communications. The case is of aesthetic interest for the craftsmanship involved in the engraved text. Further, the tape has research potential owing to the unique information contained within this tape; that is, the code of the Western Australian Telegraph Company. This tape, may in turn be used to decode further messages sent by the Western Australian Telegraph Company. As the first telegraph message sent in Western Australia, this tape is rare. Despite a tumultuous journey from 1869 to the early 1980s, the tape's ceremonial wooden case provides provenance information which supports the tape's historic importance.Small wooden case (.1) holding a length of morse tape (.2) which was the first telegram ever sent in Western Australia . Wound onto a mother of pearl reel (.3). Accompanying signs and decoded message (.4,.5)..1 engraved on a metal shield shaped plaque on the lid: "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN / TELEGRAPHS / FPB" Inside: 'TRANSLATION OF REGISTER / TO THE CHAIRMAN OF FREMANTLE TOWN TRUST / His Excellency Colonel Bruce heartily congratulates the / inhabitants of Fremantle on this annihilation of distance / between the Port and the Capital, and he requests that this, / the first message, may be made publicly known. / GOVERNMENT HOUSE, / PERTH, June 21, 1869 / Transmitted 11 am / J.C.F."|.2: "Instrument Register / of the First / Telegraphic Message / in / Western Australia"|.3: "The first Telegraph Pole / in / WESTERN AUSTRALIA / was erected by / The Hon. Frederick P. Barlee / Colonial Secretary / on 19th Febr. 1869"telegram, commemorative item, morse inker, morse tape, morse code, code, postmaster-general's department -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Series, Robert Baker, Exhibition of Victorian Fashion at the Villa Alba Museum, 00/08/2016
From its beginnings in 1958, the Society has mounted exhibitions and/or displays, in early days in shop windows and in community spaces located in the Kew City Hall (later Kew Library), and since 2010 at the Kew Court House. Exhibitions typically coincided with the annual Kew Community Festival in March, but after 2013 evolved into three new exhibitions yearly at the Kew Court House. Smaller displays continue to be mounted in the Kew Library. Series of born digital images of a lecture and an exhiition at the Villa Alba Museum in 2016 of Victorian era costumes, largely drawn from the Coombs Collection of the Society. The mounting of the costumes was made possible by a City of Boroondara Strengthening Communities grant for 2015-16. Most of the costumes displayed here are separately catalogued on Victorian Collections.kew historical society - exhibitions, villa alba museum, victorian fashion, fashion & design exhibition -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Work on paper, Alan Sumner, Preparatory Drawing for 'The Four Seasons' Window, 1985
The gouache was presented to Cr Jill O'Brien, Mayor of Kew in 1983-4, who was instrumental in the purchase of the window. The same Kewriosity article, referred to in the physical description, states that the window was originally commissioned from the artist by a Kew timber merchant, and following ownership by successive owners found its way back to Kew. The framed photograph is part of the Jill O'Brien collection which was gifted to the Kew Historical Society following her death in July 2016. The collection includes important primary sources relating to a number of areas in which Jill O'Brien made a significant contribution including the establishment of the Villa Alba Museum, local government, the Kew Historical Society, the Yarra Bend Trust, and the arts.Framed gouache on paper of the design by the artist Alan Sumner for his window, The Four Seasons. The window, now in Kew Library was purchased to commemorate Kew's 125th Anniversary. An article in a contemporary issue of Kewriosity states: The window is approximately three metres in diameter and divided into one central and four outer panels. Clockwise from the top is Autumn with sinuous lines in yellow and brown, then winter in cool blues and mauves with lines and circles suggesting rain, snow and hail. Spring follows in the bottom left quadrant with organic ovaloid shapes richly coloured and lines evoking growth. Then to the top where summer explodes with the colours of fire and blue of the sky at the height of summer. The centre panel has a powerful image of sun, moon and stars which links the surrounding panels".jill o’brien, public art - kew (vic), stained glass - kew (vic), alan sumner - the four seasons, kew library, public art -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Moby Dick, 1944
Awarded to Tang Gan HWA as first prize at the Correspondence School held in internment camp 4 in 1945.Red soft covered book with MOBY DICK and Hebert Strang'e Library on front.as abovetang gan hwa, correspondence school camp 4, moby dick -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Autobiography, The Voyage of an Alien
Vittorio was a internee in camp. This is a photocopy of the original book C Black multi ring A4 folder containing a copy of the book The Voyage of an Alien, an autobiography written by internee Vittoria Tolaini. The Voyage of an Alien by Vittorio Tolaini 14 Monash University Libraryvittorio tolaini, italian internees, dunera, loveday internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Darwin Drama
Red hard cover, ex library book. Describes Darwin before and after the air raids and bombings. Many photographs.Darwin Bombing Wartime Activity -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, D. Walker photographer, Mechanics Institute Tatura 1986, 1986
Mechanics Institute and library, Tatura. Built 1881. Also used for RSL meetings and other functions.Black and white photograph of Mechanics Institute Hogan Street Tatura 1986.on back: Mechanics Institute and Library Tatura 1986mechanics institute tatura, library tatura, rsl tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, D. Walker photographer, Victory Hall, Mechanics Hall and Library, 1987
Mechanics Institute built 1881, used for library, meetings and other functions. Victory Hall opened 1926 used for balls, dances, square dances, as a picture theatre for many years, concerts, toy library, new catering facilities.Black and white photograph of Victory Hall, Mechanics Institute and Library, Hogan Street Tatura. Taken from Fraser Street. Part of Mrs A. Marsh's house on right.on back: Victory Hall, Mechanics Institute and Library, Tatura, 1987victory hall, mechanics institute tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Australian Manuscripts Collection La Trobe Library Melbourne, My Experience in an Australian Internment Camp, 1991
The 1st 2 pages list manuscripts correspondence of the activities at Tatura Internment Camps. A 39 page account on the experiences of alien internee B. Goener. A simply told, fascinating record. His philosophical outlook makes this story a treasured addition to our archives.Clear plastic folder, red margin and red back with the inscription "Tatura Internment Camp - M.S. 11610 - Guide to Records held in the Australian Manuscripts Collection - La Trobe Library - State Library of Victoria. On the margin - "My experience in an Australian Internment Camp" by B. Goener. La Trobe Library. Acquired 1991as aboveb. goener, australian alien internees, hsk kormoran -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, Records of Hans Zuckermandel, 1940-1944
A research project by the Local History Officer, Daina Pocius, of the Tea Tree Gully Library.Sixty photocopied pages held in plastic sleeves in black three ring folder containing the internment records of Hans Zuckermandel.Records of Hans Zuckermandel, Camp 1.local german internee, camp 1, tatura, aliens tribunal hearing, books, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, 2012
Content of folder include: 1- Transcribed (German to English) copies of letters written by Ludwig to his daughter Marga and others, whilst interned in UK and Australia. Original letter are in the hands of Ludwig's son. Transcription done by Resi Schwarzbauer and donated by him to the Museum. 2 - A print of a wood cut done by Ludwig in Tatura in 1941 and donated to the Museum by Albert Meyer. 3 - Art school notes of Geelong Grammar during Hirschfeld-Mack time. 4 - copy of magazine "The Library" which contains an article on the Dunera Boys and Ludwig's artwork. 5 - email from "Friends of Hirschfeld-Mack" 6 - copy of "The Bauhaus Legacy" (C8304). 7 - 2 emails from ResiWhite four ring folder containing plastic sleeves which have typed information regarding Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack whilst interned on the Isle of White, on the Dunera and internment camps at Hay and Tatura. dunera, hay internment camp, albert meyer, resi schwarzbauer, ludwig herschfeld-mack, internment letters, douglas camp isle of man, tatura internment camp 2, marga hirschfeld-mack, the library magazine -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The First Year of War in Pictures, c.1941
Removed from Garrison library, probably at Camp 3, and remained in the possession of Fred Harrison until, aged 92, he donated it to the Tatura Museum. Printed sheets found in the book consisted on the inscription of the "Arandora Star" Monument and list of names of those from the Seaton and Paignton U.K. camps, who lost their lives on the "Arandora Star", These sheets catalogued elsewhere.Brown hard covered book with gold printing on spine, story of the first year of WW2 told in pictures and text."C Company, 17th. Battalion, Tatura" stamped throughout the book.books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, HMAS Sydney, 2009
A & L Knee discovered copy of book in library at Bowen & then purchased online.Book depicting the sinking of the HMAS Sydney by the raider Kormoran during WW2, the search for HMAS Sydney & its eventual discovery.hmas sydney;, kormoran, hmas sydney, books, history, local, maritime -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book
Dr. Leonhard Adam studied both anthropology and jurisdiction as a young manBrown paper dust cover over exercise book which is handwritten in Chinese and English. A newspaper cutting with article "Foundation of Famous Library" is inside the dust cover at the backexercise book, adam l, adam murvitz mc, camp 2, tatura, ww2 camp 2, books, school, education -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Dead Men Rising, 1951
Originally from South Shepparton Technical School library.Soft covered novel based on Cowra breakout by Japanese POW's.cowra breakout, japanese breakouts, cowra internment camps, cowra pow camps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Family and Local History Sources in Victoria, 1985
Booklet published to help give information on where to find family records and gain access to them.Orange cover, black writing. Information from Custodians of Records 1985.public libraries, historical societies, church records etc, family history records, victorian family history records -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Bendigo, The German Chapter, 1998
Written to illustrate German participation in development of bendigo with emphasis on mining industryFront cover black, red printing, picture of Geman miners. Back cover, Frnk Cusack. From State Library of Victoriabooks, history, local, bendigo, german's in bendigo -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Public Library of NSW, 1943
To mark the completion of the Public Library Building, 1943- Library of NSWA brief guide to the Buildingpublic building, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Handelsgefetzbuch
Book in the Camp 1 Librarywritten in german -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Shire Office and Library, Casey Street, Tatura
Shows picture of the former Shire office and Library in Casey Street, Tatura. Colour photograph showing former Shire Office and Library in Casey Street, Tatura. Photograph stuck onto piece of white cardboard. shire office tatura, tatura library, casey street tatura -
Clunes Museum
Book, STRAHAN AND CO. 56 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, "IDYLLS OF THE KING", 1869
TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF MATERIAL HELD IN VARIOUS FREE LENDING LIBRARIES AND MECHANICS INSTITUTESA GREEN COVERED BOOK WITH STRIP OF BROWN BINDING. "IDYLLS OF THE KING" BY ALFRED TENNYSONfictionTYPICAL EXAMPLE OF MATERIAL HELD IN VARIOUS FREE LENDING LIBRARIES AND MECHANICS INSTITUTESlocal history, book, poetry, idylls of the king, alfred tennyson -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Photograph (Item) - Avon Sabre photos Technical Library
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - CAC Collection - Fuel System Equipment Service & Overhaul Manual, Service And Overhaul Manual Flight Refuelling Limited
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Library -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Flight Refuelling Manual - Pipe Connectors, Service And Overhaul Manual Flight Refuelling Limited FR Pipe Connectors
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Library -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Barwick, Diane et. al, Handbook for Aboriginal and Islander history, 1979
Contents: Archaeology Isabel McBryde; Archives H.J. Gibbney; Artefacts and museums Carol Cooper, Isabel McBryde; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Diane Barwick, Jane Forge, James Urry; Biography: writing a life story Diane Barwick, Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage; Censuses and other population records L.R. Smith; Court and police records: evidence for Aboriginal history Tom Stannage; Genealogy: tracing family history Diane Barwick, Diane Bell, Francesca Merlan; Government - Government publications on Aborigines Brownlee Kirkpatrick; Government committees and Royal Commissions David H. Bennett. Guardians of history - Aboriginal heritage and the Australian Heritage Commission Josephine Flood; Historical Societies Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage. Land rights - Land rights: recent events and legislation Anita Campbell, Diane Bell, Diane Barwick; Land rights: an introductory bibliography Nicolas Peterson. Language: resources for research Luise Hercus, Francesca Merlan; Libraries James Urry; Maps and mapping John von Sturmer; Missions: settlements, sponsors, sources of information James Urry; Music Alice Moyle; Newspapers Andrew Markus; Oral history interviewing Peter Read; Photographic records - Koorie studies: records of the South Coast Yuin walkabout Guboo Ted Thomas; Photographs old and new Colin Roach; Films and film-making David McDougall; Publishing your work Shirley Andrew, Diane Barwick; Sport: resources for research Michael Mace, Bill Rosser; Tape recording Bryan Butler; Torres Strait Islands: information available in Papua New Guinea Peter Bolger; War and Aborigines Hank Nelson; Women in Aboriginal society: resources for research Diane Barwick, Diane Bell.xv, 187 p. ; 25 cm.Contents: Archaeology Isabel McBryde; Archives H.J. Gibbney; Artefacts and museums Carol Cooper, Isabel McBryde; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Diane Barwick, Jane Forge, James Urry; Biography: writing a life story Diane Barwick, Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage; Censuses and other population records L.R. Smith; Court and police records: evidence for Aboriginal history Tom Stannage; Genealogy: tracing family history Diane Barwick, Diane Bell, Francesca Merlan; Government - Government publications on Aborigines Brownlee Kirkpatrick; Government committees and Royal Commissions David H. Bennett. Guardians of history - Aboriginal heritage and the Australian Heritage Commission Josephine Flood; Historical Societies Nan Phillips, Tom Stannage. Land rights - Land rights: recent events and legislation Anita Campbell, Diane Bell, Diane Barwick; Land rights: an introductory bibliography Nicolas Peterson. Language: resources for research Luise Hercus, Francesca Merlan; Libraries James Urry; Maps and mapping John von Sturmer; Missions: settlements, sponsors, sources of information James Urry; Music Alice Moyle; Newspapers Andrew Markus; Oral history interviewing Peter Read; Photographic records - Koorie studies: records of the South Coast Yuin walkabout Guboo Ted Thomas; Photographs old and new Colin Roach; Films and film-making David McDougall; Publishing your work Shirley Andrew, Diane Barwick; Sport: resources for research Michael Mace, Bill Rosser; Tape recording Bryan Butler; Torres Strait Islands: information available in Papua New Guinea Peter Bolger; War and Aborigines Hank Nelson; Women in Aboriginal society: resources for research Diane Barwick, Diane Bell.australian aborigines, to 1979. historical sources. | aborigines, australian -- history. | genealogy. | torres strait islanders -- history -- sources. | aboriginal australians -- genealogy. | aboriginal australians -- history -- sources. | aboriginal australians -- history. | aboriginal australians -- history -- archival resources. | aboriginal australians -- history -- library resources. | aboriginal australians -- history -- bibliography. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, C. E. Sayers (Original edition edited by Bride, Thomas Francis), Letters from Victorian pioneers : a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc. addressed by Victorian pioneers to His Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria, 1983
... : Government Printer for the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums ...Brief notes on the contributors and incidents have been included in this edition although the above-mentioned items have been left out, some marginal notes made by Governor La Trobe have been dealt with in the footnotes. "From the original edition edited for the Trustees of the Public Library by Thomas Francis Bride'. Previously published: Melbourne : Heinemann, 1969. Originally published: Melbourne : Government Printer for the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria, 1898.xiv, 455 p., 31 p. of plates : map ; 26 cm.Brief notes on the contributors and incidents have been included in this edition although the above-mentioned items have been left out, some marginal notes made by Governor La Trobe have been dealt with in the footnotes. "From the original edition edited for the Trustees of the Public Library by Thomas Francis Bride'. Previously published: Melbourne : Heinemann, 1969. Originally published: Melbourne : Government Printer for the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria, 1898.pioneering, 1836-1854. victoria. correspondence, diaries, etc. | victoria. description & travel, 1836-1854. correspondence, diaries, etc. | frontier and pioneer life -- victoria. | victoria -- history -- 1834-1900 -- sources. | victoria -- description and travel -- 1851-1900. -
National Wool Museum
Certificate, Centennial Exhibition Certificate of Merit
Gold medal certificate presented to Collins Bros Mill Pty Ltd for the best grouped exhibit at the South Australian Centennial Exhibition, 1936.CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION / Gold Medal / Certificate of Merit / AWARDED TO / Collins Bros Pty Limited / FOR / Attractive Stiff Grouped Exhibit / from an Exhibition point of view / [signature] PRESIDENT / [signature] SECRETARY / ART / INDUSTRY / TO CELEBRATE / THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE / FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. / SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURERS INCORPORATED / 1836 / 1936 / Albert V. Adlam From- / ROBT. R. STANESBY / THE PICTURE FRAM MAKER, / MOUNT CUTTER, &c. / FREE LIBRARY BUILDINGS, / Moorabool St., Geelongtextile mills history, south australian chamber of manufacturers incorporated collins bros mill pty ltd, textile mills - history -
National Wool Museum
Book, South Australia: its history, productions and natural resources, 1883
"South Australia its history, productions and natural resources" - J P Stow, 1883.William J Vandenbergh South Australian Legislature Sold 10-10-95 ..[.]..Library Comm..teewool - history sheep stations - history, wool - history, sheep stations - history -
National Wool Museum
Book, An analysis of the records of the registered Australian merino stud flocks
"An analysis of the records of the registered Australian merino stud flocks"-B F Short and H B Carter, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin no 276, 1955.From the library /of/ Edward Mosig/ Black Rock Victoriasheep breeding merino sheep, council for scientific and industrial research new south wales sheepbreeders' association, sheep breeding, merino sheep -
National Wool Museum
Book, I.C.S Reference Library No. 107
"I.C.S Reference Library no. 107: worsted preparing, worsted carding, backwashing, worsted combing, open and french drawing, cone drawing, worsted spinning, worsted twisting, winding, reeling and warping" International Correspondence Schools, c.1923.textile production wool processing, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, carding, combing, drawing, spinning, twisting, warping, winding, textile production, wool processing