"BEHIND BAMBOO" "An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps" Author - ROHAN D. RIVETT "War Correspondent Prisoner of War, on the Burma-Siam Railway"Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, light orange buckram with red and white print on front and spine. 400 pages - cut, plain, off white paper, illustrated - black and white and colour illustrations. Front end papers - owner's name, owner's stamp, book seller's label. Price notation.Front end papers - Owner's name - handwritten, black pen, "O.PELL / 7 VIOLET ST/ BGO" "M. PELL/ ORBOST" Owner's stamp - black ink "BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL SUB BRANCH INC/ PO BOX 42/ LONG GULLY 3550. Book seller's label - silver on black background A.J. DIGBY/ BOOKSELLER AND STAT (?)/ BAIRNSDALE" price notation - grey lead pencil "$10/ DMTY"books, military history, ww2, japanese prison camps

"GOODBYE COBBER, / GOD BLESS YOU." "The Fatal charge of the Light Horse, Gallipoli, August 7th 1915."Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard. Gold, dark brown and light brown print on front, spine and back. Front cover - Illustrated sepia tones photographs of scenery and a group of Light Hors soldiers. 365 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.books, military history, ww1, gallipoli peninsula

‘WITNESS OF A BOMB” “S ens of an A-Bomb City/ Diary Hiroshima “Soft cover book Cover- cardboard, black and white on front and back covers. Cover illustration- three black and white photographs of bomb damage. 24 pages - cut, Palin, glossy white paper. Illustrated- collection of block and white photograph by Japanese cameraman YUICHIRO SASAKI Language - Japanese and English books, military history, ww2, japan

“MY JOURNEY’ ‘ THE LIFE AND TIMES/ OF DONALD HENRY NANCARROW/ 1927-2017” 2nd AIF Service No VX 96723. Enlisted 21 March 1945. AWOL. To Japan- age 19 years March 1946. “Tour of Duty” in Japan ended September 1947. Discharged 9 October 1947Soft cover book Cover- front clear hard plastic, back black cardboard, metal spiral bound. Title page - black print on white paper 97 Pages- cut, plain white paper. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs and maps Title Page- handwritten donors name Title Page- handwritten donors name- blue pen “ Carol NANCARROW/ Mob 0418 382 503books, military history, ww2, bcof, japan

See Cat No. 5820. "The National War Memorial of Victoria". An interpretative Appreciation of/ The Shrine/of/ Remembrance/with 50 Illustrations.SOFT COVER BOOK Cover - Light weight cardboard, black print on front cover, with one illustration depicting buttress group, lions and women with wings. 40 pages - cut, plain, paper - print sections - heavy paper, black and white photographs - glossy off white paper. Spine stapled.books, military history, war memorials

"TROOPING THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR/ by the/ 1ST BATTALION/ THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT/ on the occasion of / THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTALION BIRTHDY/ 12th OCTOBER 1945"Programme - cover - cardboard, off white colour, dark blue print on front cover with Royal Australian Regiment Coat of Arms at top. 10 pages - cut, plain, glossy white paper. Illustrated in colour - two flags in centrefold. Stapled - metal, small purple ribbon decoration on front cover.souvenir, programme, military history, ceremonial, regimental colour

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3,Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black and white colour print on front, spine and back. Background, white, red and black. Illustrated map, South East Asia and three red, and white flags. 262 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and drawings.books, military history, ww2, pow's

Soft cover book. Cover- cardboard, red , black and white on front, spine and back. Illustrated- front sepia tones half portrait photograph of an airman in uniform superimposed over handwriting in a frame. 209 pages, plain cut, off white. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. Language - EnglishTitle page. handwritten blue ink - "To my wonderful friends/Bertha& Bob/ Stan Hawken/ 18.4.89"books, raaf, ww2

The Desert Column: Leaves from the diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine.Hard, cardboard cover, grey buckram with black print on front & spine. Small decoration in black on front. 388 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated in black / white, sketch maps on front flyleaf & end paper, back flyleaf. Page removed. Inscription page facing title page. Diary.Handwritten in black ink on page facing title page: “Donated by Joy Wellings Re Stephen Langdon” “RSL stamp” Black felt tipped pen mark: “Lower edge of pages”book, desert column, idries

Marching On - The Bendigo Regiments and Companies 1858 - 1988. From Preface: This book is a brief outline of the history of the numerous military companies and battalions from 1958 to 1988. This book should fill a gap in the military events of Bendigo.Soft cardboard cover. Black / white print on front, spine & back. Brownish yellow background colour, illustrated with black / white photos. On the front soldiers are marching with buildings in the background. On the back is a half portrait of 3 men in uniform. 194 cut, plain, white, pages. Illustrations &black / white photos.Handwritten in blue ink on title page: “W Thomason”book, bendigo, regiments, companies

WHERE THE AUSTRALIANS REST - A description of many of the cemeteries overseas in which Australians including those whose names can never be known are buried. Prepared under instructions from the minister of state for defence. (Senator G.F. Pearce)Cover - soft cover, light cardboard, coloured purple. Black print on front cover, small laurel wreath, black print frame around title. Pages - 72 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated - black and white line drawings. Spine - stapled "Compliments" - label adhered to front flyleaf.booklet, cemeteries, rest

Soft cover, glossy paper. Black print on gold background showing soldiers in silhouette. Front cover to page 20 printed in English. Back cover to page 20 printed in French. 20 English & 20 French cut, plain, white pages. Illustrated black / white / colour photos & maps.Printed on front: “Order of Service Dedication and Burial Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery 19 July 2010” Printed on back: “Protocole de la Ceremononie Inauguration et Inhumation Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery 19 Juillet 2010”booklet, fromelles, dedication, pheasant wood

“A story of courage, valour and dogged determination, The Kamikaze Hunters tells how a few brave men helped to ensure lasting peace,”Book with soft cover, cardboard, gold print on front and spine, blue black print on the back, on white and blue background. Illustrated on front a photograph in blue and beige of a group of pilots in uniform in front of an airplane with propeller. 386 pages, cut, plain, off white, illustrated in black and white, and colour photographs.book, ww11, pacific, pilots

Soft cardboard cover, dark blue print on front & spine, block print on back. 4 coloured illustrations of POW scenes on front and one coloured illustration on books. 158 pages, cut plain paper. Black & white illustrations of POW scenes & personnel. WWII autobiography of reflections, recollections & images.“Black printed label adhered to front flyleaf. In appreciation; I would like to make it known, that this copy, being one of the fifty copies sponsored by Mr Leigh Bates, Dally Sullivan, Ian Bennett, and Colin Ferguson is presented in memory of their relatives and friends who died up there in the wilds of North Borneo.....B.Y.”books, borneo, my war

RAAF Publication No 95 for use in air training schools. Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.Hard, light blue cover with blue cloth on edge. Pages have 4 punched holes to allow cover & pages to be secured with black shoe lace. 191 ceam coloured pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black / white diagrams. Chapters are separated with grey / blue card featuring chapter headings.Handwritten inside back cover: Numbers & mathematical calculations.manuals, training, raaf

Soft cardboard cover, white / black print on front & back. Background khaki monochrome photo of battle scene with coloured 2/3rd portrait of soldier in uniform - back & front. 96 cut, plain, white pages. Illustrated black / white / colour photos, maps & illustrations. Inscription Title page.Handwritten in black ink on title page: “Donated by Peter Dodd”book, army, brief history

Militia Units of Maryborough 1860-1901 (Victoria, Australia). Historical Publications. Included with book - Author's business card and leaflet titled "History of the/LEGION/of/FRONTIERSMEN/of the/COMMONWEALTH"Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, black print on front and back, Illustration - front black and white photograph, half portrait of a soldier in uniform. Back - black and white small military coat of arms. 62 pages - cut, white, plain. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and diagrams.books, military, history

Hard buckram cover, dark red with gold print on spine. Dust cover sepia drawing of trees & buildings, dark red print on front, back & spine. 124 cut plain pages, illustrated, black & white photos, biography of 2 brothers, E E Dunlop & Alan J Dunlop.On front fly leaf handwritten in black ink: Donated by Bgo YMCA On title page handwritten in blue ink: John W Toon OAM Ex POW 8th Div AASC Front fly leaf in black ink: RSL Stamp Front end paper purple stamp: Further copies of Little Sticks can be obtained from R E Dunlop. Phone 03 439 7059books, military, history, biography

Hard cover, dark grey background, white print on spine. Dust cover with plastic covering, dark grey colour background, front illustrated tiger head badge, coloured cloth, back illustrated medal set in colour. 245 pages cut plain, illustrated with black and white photographs, maps Front fly leaf - handwritten blue ink - "Francis W Dean BEM:. First title page - owners stamps in black ink "Frances W Dean/"Coval"/ 20 Strickland Road, Bendigo, 3550.books-military-history, vietnam

Medicines win the form of pills were stored in bottles sold by the chemist either locally or in larger cities visited during a shopping expedition. The shape of bottles changed as did the stoppers used to seal them.Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, stopper, embossing, use. Aesthetic: Display showing embossing and shape especially if in good conditionClear brown glass bottle with base consisting of 2 long sides (front and back) and 2 shorter sides at each end joined by two even shorter sides (as if to cut corners). Tapered sharply to form a neck and lip and then a screw top opening. Embossed on base. Used for pills or reviving salts.Base: Common Seal: 'A' with 'G' and 'M' inside top and bottom respectively. 'F 1101' followed by 'M' On the side of the base at right angles to the above: '947'brown glass bottle, chemist, pills, reviving salts

Explanatory notes for a display of photographs of the Bendigo Butter Factory. Date given on the reverse of the Title photograph is 1950-1955. In another photograph there is a calendar with the date March 1957. These notes, mounted on cardboard relate to the photograph 11011.7. The notes as written - And so to the grocer, freshly cut butter being loaded on to a delivery truck.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory.

"The Infants Magazine". Cover Illustrated by H. G. C. Marsh. Published by S. W. Partridge a Co., Ltd Old Bailey, London B. C. August, 1913 Vol. XLVIII, No 572. Pages/cover yellowing/discoloured illustration cut out page (113). Pages numbered 113 to 128.books, children's, the infants magazine

Wedding dress was made and worn by donor's mother, Jean Margaret Mathie, school teacher, who married John Caldwell Wells, farmer of Burwood N.S.W. On 17 December 1954, her daughter, Margaret Eleanor Wells, married Kevin William Mayes and wore the late mother's wedding outfit1929 Cream satin wedding dress; V-neckline, dropped waist, skirt cut on cross, draped long sleeves, long train at back. See also NA3485.1.2 - Gloves; NA3484.1+2 - Headdress + veil; NA3488 - Framed photo of Bride; NA3487 - Photo of Daughter in bridal dress (1954 wedding)costume, female

Yields information about some of the rail used in UK tramways, possibly Australian tramways and demonstrates the type of rail used in tramways.Section of flanged tramway rail - saw cut from rail, polished and then nickel plated silver finished and stamped in italics - "Hartepool Tramways Reconstruction B.S.Section No. 1" in the head of the rail, "90lbs per yard" stamped in the base of the flange and along the foot of the rail "The North Eastern Steel Co. Ltd Middlesborough"trams, tramways, rail, uk, rail section

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. Narrow roads were cut in the steep hillsides. Here is a coach in Flour Bag Cutting. Picture show that the cutting is on a very steep incline. There are at least ten men and four horses in the photo. Markings: 19 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

There is a brief history of the Lake including discussion of the problems with the water supply over the years and then in 2006 during the millenium drought.The two articles give some perspective on longstanding concerns about the water supply for Ballarat and particularly Lake Wendouree.1 page, both sides of newsprint. p.1 is entitled "Our Love Affair with the Swamp". There is a coloured picture of the Swamp, top lefthand side of the page. Overleaf, "The Lake: it's a Dry Argument". There is a coloured picture of the Lake, top lefthand side of page and the bottom lines have been cut through.p.1, top left, written in blue biro "Courier, 18/3,2006.john garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanic gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, lake wendouree, francois cogne, black swamp, yuille's swamp., ballarat water supply, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat

Train World poster for use in roof ad of a Ballarat tram, consisting of wording and three cut out (Diesel locomotive power bogie, a VR train and a cartoon by David Frost and colour in water coloured wash, and colour pencil, mounted onto a sheet of cardboard. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, posters, train world, roof ads

Black and White photograph of a MMTB workshop dolly made from a former Brill 21E truck cut down and fitted with centre pin and bolsters. One of a series of photographs done by the MMTB to illustrate the various types of bogies / trucks used by the MMTB. Possibly during the 1960's. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, bogies, trucks, preston workshops, brill 21e