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Clunes MuseumBooklet - BOOK, HERALD PRINT, THE WEEKLY TIMES BOOK OF PATTERNS. NO. 2, CIRCA 1940
THE WEEKLY TIMES WAS THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN VICTORIA TO ALLOT A CORNER OF ITS WOMEN'S PAGE TO "A WORK BASKET" AS THE POLICY OF THE PAPER DEMANDS THAT EACH SECTION SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF AN EXPER, A PAGE WAS AFTERWARDS DEVOTED TO NEEDLEWORK COMPETIONS, WITH MONAY PRIZES FOR DESIGNS I CROCHET, KNITTING AND EMBROIDERY, DISCLOSED THE FACT THAT WOMEN ONLY NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRODUCE GOOD WORK THE KNOWLEDGE THAT DESIGNES MUST BE ORIGINAL STIMULATED INTEREST. PROMPT PAYMENT AND THE SAFE RETURN OF PATTERSN, RESULITED IN A PERMANENT SUPPLY OF NEW IDEAS FROM MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF AUSTRLAIA. A BOOK OF "WOOLIES" AFFORDS LITTLE SCOPE FOR "DESIGN", SUCH AS IS REPRESENTED IN OTHER BRANCHES OF NEEDLECRAFT. IN DESCRIBING A PATTER AS 'DESIGNED', IT PLACES THE GARMENT AS ORIGINAL, NOT MERLEY WORKED BY THE SENDER. THEIS BOOK HAS BEEN COMPLIED BECAUSE THE EVER RECURRING DEMAND FOR FAVOURITE PATTERS COULD NOT OTHERWISE BE MET BEGINNERS, WHO MAY FIND FIFFICULTY IN COPYING A PATTER, CAN HAVE ANY ENQUIRY ON THE SUBJECT ANSWERED IN THE WEEKLY TIMES. REMEMBER THAT I AM ALWAYS PLEASED TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES AND TO LEND EXAMPLES OF STITCHES. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR LETTERS TO 'A MOTHER'. THE WEEKLY TIMES, MELBOURNEDARK BLUE BACKGROUND OF TREES AND SUNRISE IN THE SKY, SOFT COVER, IMAGE OF MAN AND LADY STANDING, WOMAN IN PROFILE IN A CIRCLE AND IMAGE OF WHITE KNITTED BONNET WITHIN A DIAMOND SHAPE. THE WEEKLY TIMES BOOK OF PATTERNS. NO. 2PRINTED ON FRONT COVER: THE WEEKLY TIMES BOOK OF PATTERNS. NO. 2 IN KNITTING AND IN CROCHET PRICE NINEPENCE PRINTED ON BACK COVER THE WEEKLY TEIMS STILL RETAINS ITS HOLD AS THE MOST POPULAR FAMILY PAPER SPECIAL FEATURES FOR WOMEN ORIGINAL CROCHET AND KNITTING DESIGNS CHEAP PETTERS FOR HOME DRES MAKERS GOO COOKERY RECIPTS LATEST FASHIONS AND SOCIAL NEWS, STORIES, PUZZLES AND WEE-END READING EVERY THURSDAY PRICE 4dlocal history, book, reference, trembath, perry -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Curious start for new chief, 1995
There can be no doubt that Dr Shirley Randell, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer for the new City of Whitehorse is a very competent and accomplished woman but questions are being asked about her know-how of the workings of local government.There can be no doubt that Dr Shirley Randell, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer for the new City of Whitehorse is a very competent and accomplished woman but questions are being asked about her know-how of the workings of local government.There can be no doubt that Dr Shirley Randell, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer for the new City of Whitehorse is a very competent and accomplished woman but questions are being asked about her know-how of the workings of local government.randell, shirley, city of whitehorse, council staff -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Till Family
Kodak sepia print of an elderly woman sitting on a chair holding a female child (Alison Till) on her lap. A small boy (Alwyn Till) with hands over his eyes seated on a small chair to the left of the photograph.till, alwyn, alison -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: WOMAN PLAYING GUITAR
Small colour photograph. Woman in blue dress playing guitar. Back of photo has a small coloured address sticker which reads: Anne Conway PO Box 16 California Gully 3556 0418 579501 -
Tennis AustraliaPhotographic print, Circa 1895
Original studio portrait photograph of woman holding a tennis racquet resting on her elbow. Lower panel of frame has relief molding of a tennis racquet. Materials: Paper, Photographic emulsion, Glass, Wood, Cardboard, Inktennis -
Tennis AustraliaPrint, Circa 1888
Colour lithograph with caption 'THAT'S A FINE BACKHAND YOU HAVE'. Depicts woman with racquet seated under tree, and man in blue suit standing alongside, leaning on a racquet. Materials: Ink, Wood, Paper, Glass, Metaltennis -
Kew Historical Society IncHeadwear - Green Felt & Black Ribbon 'Cloche' Hat, Anne Harrison of Kew, 1950s
Marion “Annie” (Cooper) Harrison, a milliner by trade, designed and made women’s hats, initially in the 1940s in High Street, and later in the 1950s and 60s at 5 Princess Street. The hats were constructed upstairs in her shop in Princes Street while the ground floor was reserved for sales and display. She employed other milliners to assist but always ran the showroom herself. Hectic periods were in the weeks before the big racing carnivals when the many wealthy race-goers of Kew kept her busy. She typically walked to her business as she and her husband, Fred Harrison, lived locally. Annie died in April 2016, at the great age of 107 years. Her hats are held in local and national collections.The Kew Historical Society’s fashion and design collection is comprised of costumes, hats, shoes and personal accessories. Many of these items were purchased or handmade in Victoria; some locally in Kew. The extensive hat collection comprises items dating from the 1860s to the 1970s. While most of the hats in the collection were created by milliners for women, there are a number of early and important men’s hats in the collection. The headwear collection is particularly significant in that it includes the work of notable Australian and international milliners.Pale green and black felt woman’s hat retailed by Anne Harrison of Kew. The pale green crown is bordered by a black turned up rim. An additional adornmant to the hat is an abstract bow at the front made of black felt.Label: Anne Harrison of Kew. WM 9906.anne harrison, women's clothing, costume accesories - hats, fashion and textiles collection - kew historical society, cloche hats, milliners - kew (vic) -
Tennis AustraliaLithograph, 1932
Colour lithograph of cover The American Magazine July 1932. Depicts woman in red jackt seated and holding 3 tennis racquets. Sealed in plastic wrap. In pale pink mount. Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Plastictennis -
National Wool MuseumBook, Knitting, Lincoln Book 28, c.1960
Knitting book produced by the Lincoln Mills, Coburg and containing knitting patterns for women's garments.Knitting book, 16pp. Front cover printed in colour with a photograph of a woman wearing a blue knitted cardigan with a matching blue knitted skirt and blue knitted hair band. Contains photos and patterns for women's knitted garments.Lincoln / BOOK 28 / THREE SHILLINGSknitting, lincoln mills (australia) limited, coburg, patterns, fashion -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook - Novel, Ewing, Frederick R, I, libertine, 1957
Tale of "moral adventurer" Lance Courtenay, who began life as Lancaster Higger-Piggott, a humble law clerk. Very loosely based on real events and people in the eighteenth century.221 p.: plain red cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover, image of man leering at a partially clothed woman.'Blurb' from original dust jacket pasted inside front cover.fictionTale of "moral adventurer" Lance Courtenay, who began life as Lancaster Higger-Piggott, a humble law clerk. Very loosely based on real events and people in the eighteenth century.frederick r. ewing, historical fiction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Studio portraits, 1890
Black and white photographs of four woman and four men. Two women in black dresses standing. Two women in white dresses standing. Two men in black suits sitting. Two men in black suits standing.person, group, men and women -
National Wool MuseumBooklet - Pattern Booklet, Villawool 928, Villawool Textile Company, 1990s
Four page knitting pattern booklet featuring black and white printed graphics and text. The colour cover shows a woman sitting on the back of a park bench, wearing a yellow woollen top, tartan skirt and red stockings.front: [printed] 928 / PRICE / CODE / C / VillaWOOL Belvedereknitting, pattern, fashion, knitwear, women, villawool -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1925c
Black and white photograph of fire damage to Venga Guest House. It shows the destroyed eastern wall of the guest house, charred timber framework and wall lining, woman inside window looking out. Lakes Entrance Victoria.guesthouses, disasters -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Booklet - Warrnambool Tourist Booklet, Warrnambool Progress Association, Warrnambool On the Sea, Victoria, Australia, Tourist Guide, 1932
Warrnambool Tourist GuideThis is a booklet with a cream cover featuring a sketch of a woman waterskiing and blue printing. The pages contain black and white photographs, advertisements, two maps and printed text. There is one fold-out page. The booklet is stapled and bound with glue.non-fictionWarrnambool Tourist Guidewarrnambool tourism, warrnambool progress association -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1935c
Two other copies identical view size 12.5 x 17.5 cmBlack and white photograph of Heyfield House, showing a large fibro-cement clad building, with name Carstairs on facade. Man, woman and child seated on concrete fence. Couch in alcove with person seated. Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, architecture, tourism -
Linton and District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Mrs. James Beale
Black and white copy of original photograph featuring an older woman dressed in dark clothing with lace at the cuffs and a hat with a ribbon tied under her chin. It appears that she is resting her arm along a gate or fence."36 rs James Beale"mrs james beale -
Tarnagulla History ArchiveProgramme or Dance Card for Diggers' Dance, Tarnagulla, 1919
This is a very small folded card item, 12cm by 6cm folded. A dance card or programme du bal is used by a woman to record the names of the men with whom she intends to dance each successive dance at a formal ball. -
Brighton Historical SocietyDress, Cocktail dress, circa 1952
Established by local designer Ralph Samuel, Hartnell of Melbourne was one of the leading high-end Flinders Lane fashion houses of the 1950s and 1960s. This dress still has its original store tag attached, which tells us that it cost 39 pounds, 19 shillings and sixpence - a large amount of money to spend on a dress in 1952. Adjusted for inflation, this price tag equates to approximately $1,480 in today's money.Mauve tucked and folded cocktail dress with twin shoulder straps, ruched bodice and gathered skirt. Rose detail on each hip. Tulle underskirt. Swing tag still attached to back zip.Label, white with blue text: "Exclusively yours, / Hartnell / REGD / MELBOURNE" Swing tag: "THIS GARMENT is made from finest material and designed for the fashion conscious woman / NO. 3633/332 / SIZE SSW / PRICE 39"19"6 / Hartnell of Melbourne Pty. Ltd. / Almond Pink"hartnell of melbourne, 1950s, ralph samuel, melbourne designers, flinders lane -
Eltham District Historical Society IncWork on paper (Sub-Item) - Photograph, Floodwaters flowing across Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek Township, 8 April 1977
Black and white photograph of young woman walking through floodwaters, possibly carrying an animal. The Diamond Creek in flood at Diamond Creek township, 8 April 1977 Herald and Weekly Times collectionflood, diamond creek, flooding, herald and weekly times, rescue -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBooklet, Vida Goldstein, Woman suffrage in Australia: by Vida Goldstein, 2008
Classic account of the progress of women's suffrage in Australia, with special reference to contemporary political dynamics in Victoria. Reproduction of the edition published by the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in 1908 by the Victoria Women's Trust, 200823 p. printed in black on buff paper, mauve coverwomens suffrage, women in victoria, vida goldstein -
Greensborough Historical SocietyNewspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Plea to help out war vets, 27/09/2017
Grieving Greensborough woman Connie Boglis has had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to her calls for improved support services for returned war veterans after her ex-partner committed suicide.News article 1 page, black text.returned service veterans, greensborough, australia department of veterans affairs, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, jesse bird, connie boglis -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Haberdashery, Antimacassar cotton crochet, c1900
This white cotton Antimacassar has a hand crocheted lace pattern of flowers and a fringe of cotton strands tied to form tassels and was made by a woman from an early settler family in Moorabbin Shire c1900 The women of the early settler families made the clothing, haberdashery and napery for their families as the market gardens and farms were established in Moorabbin Shire c1900 A hand crocheted white cotton antimacassar with tassel fringe clothing, haberdashery, crochet brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, dressmaking, market gardeners, early settlers, craftwork , bentleigh, lacework, moorabbin shire , dairy farms, fruit orchards -
Women's Art RegisterBook - Catalogue, National Gallery of Australia, Joy Hester and Friends, 2001
Catalogue accompanying exhibition at National Gallery of Australia in 2001 with two essays interweaving Hester's life and art, 1920-1960.Booknon-fictionCatalogue accompanying exhibition at National Gallery of Australia in 2001 with two essays interweaving Hester's life and art, 1920-1960.contemporary art society, angry penguins, painting, watercolour, gouache -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Granny's Grave, 2012, 22/12/2013
Granny's Grave was erected in 1904 and recognises the first white woman though to be buried at Warrnambool, Victoria. Granny, or Mrs James Raddleston, died in 1848 when the Warrnambool settlement was around a year old. Four digital images of Granny's Grave on the foreshore at Granny's Bay, Warrnambool. warrnambool, granny's grave, raddleston, granny's bay -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Domestic object
Knitting patterns of various styles, other magazines added 13 November 2018 Australian Womens Weekly x 3, New Idea x 4, Australian Womans Mirror x 2Blue folder containing a large number of knitting patterns, other magazines added at a later dateminute books -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageAccessory - Vanity Set, Circa late 1800s or early 1900s
The vanity set was owned by a local woman who lived in the Harbour Master's house at Warrnambool after it was decommissioned. The set was possibly a wedding gift from her mother-in-law, Caroline Edwards, a local business woman who was an importer of 'china and fancy goods' along with her husband Thomas Myers Edwards. The Edwards owned Staffordshire House, a business in Timor St (and later Liebig St) from 1876. The vanity set is an example of a valued possession of women at the time and could signify social standing. It was also a functional accessory used on a daily basis.The item is significant socially as an example of accessories available to and used by women in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Historically, it is linked to a local import business ‘Staffordshire House’ in Timor and later Liebig St Warrnambool, where it most likely came from. A pewter (or possibly silver-plated) three-piece vanity set that includes a hand mirror, hair brush and comb. All pieces feature a beautiful ornate moulded rose/flower design on the back, handles and edge of the comb. The hair brush no longer has bristles and is purely ornamental. The comb teeth and hair brush insert are most likely made of celluloid.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, vanity set, hand mirror, brush, comb, pewter, celluloid, silver plate, toilet set, harbours master's house, staffordshire house, hair brush, hairbrush -
Linton and District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Picnic on the Honeysuckle Creek, 1909, 1909
Photograph is dated 1909 by inscriptions on front and reverse. According to its inscription, the photograph was taken on a holiday at "Inverleigh" (=property name rather than town name?), during which an afternoon was spent "on the Honeysuckle". "Mrs James Wishart" (who in 1909 was still Miss Ethel Bersey) is identified in black marker pen on the back of the photo as one of the people in the photo. Ethel Bersey/Wishart may be the woman in a dark dress, standing in the foreground on the rhs. Early LDHS index to photographs suggests that the woman in the white hat may be Millie Allen, née Bennett.Black and white photograph of three ladies wearing long skirts and hats, and two men in shirtsleeves, with spades, in foreground beside a creek. Two other ladies similarly attired standing on the opposite side of the water.Handwritten beneath photograph, on card mount: "On Honeysuckle Creek (Nov 1st 09)" Handwritten on back of photo: "To Dear Auntie / with love from Harold / as a memento of the holiday at / "Inverleigh" & of the afternoon on the / Honeysuckle 11.11.09 - (27.11.09)". Also, in marker pen, not part of original inscription: "Mrs JAMES / WISHART". Note: In 1909, Mrs James Wishart was still Ethel Bersey. She married James Wishart in 1910.ethel bersey, ethel wishart, mrs james wishart, millie allen (née bennett), honeysuckle creek -
Orbost & District Historical Societycorsage, 1930's -1950's
A corsage is a small bouquet of flowers worn on a woman's dress or worn around her wrist to a formal occasion, traditionally purchased by the woman's date. A corsage originally referred to the bodice of a woman's dress. Since a bouquet of flowers was often worn in the center of the bodice, the flowers took on the name "corsage." This corsage was worn by Marjorie Burton.It was probably pinned on a dress to decorate it and may have been made by Marjorie or her mother. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from a middle-class, working, church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who made many of Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits. Marjorie was married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F. during WW11This item is an example of a typical dress accessory and reflects women's clothing styles of the mid 20th century.A corsage of pink and white artificial flowers with green leaves and tied with a pink ribbon. The stems are bound with green tape. In the centre of the flowers sre tiny white pearly beads.corsage accessories burton-marjorie -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Currie family in front of Puffing Billy
Members of Currie Family stand in front of Puffing Billy. A middle aged man stands on left. He is wearing a light-coloured three-piece suit and no hat. Next is a woman in a dark coat and wide-brimmed hat. Beside her is a taller woman in a coat with three large buttons at the waist and it is closed all the way to her neck. She is wearing a mid-dark hat. On the right of the group is an older woman in a coat over a light-coloured dress. Her hat has a decoration at the front. She is wearing glasses and T-bar shoes. In front of her adults are two boys, both in shorts. The taller boy is wearing a double-breasted jacket and has a shoulderbag strap across his. The shorter boy is wearing a jumper. People are leaning out of the train and also dangling their legs out. -
Churchill Island Heritage FarmPhotograph - Photograph of women in garden
Churchill Island has a large photograph collection dating from the late nineteenth century. This series shows the previous owner of the Island - Sister Campbell - with another woman and was probably taken in the 1950s. This is a contemporary reprint.Photograph of two women wearing red cardigans standing in a garden in front of Amess HouseEASTER 1957[written on reverse in blue pen] EASTER 1957[written on reverse in red pen] [catalogue number on reverse in pencil]churchill island, photograph, sister campbell
