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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 19/01/2001
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Boy in shorts and sunhat sitting on a chair watching TV, smiling.Front: '01 1 19' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 24/08/2000
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library, group of adults seated with their backs to camera. Man at desk, front of room, facing group.Front: '00 8 24' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 10/10/1998
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library book sale, set up in Drill hall. Two library staff ladies seated at a table, lots of plastic bags.Front: '98 10 10' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, n.d
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Mobile library van parked outside library. Photo taken from across the road. Weather conditions appear different from 9570, 9571 - ?different day. Photo not dated.Front: '00 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 19/05/2000
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library, same subject as 9552, 53, - different view, more children in uniform.Front: '00 5 19' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 17/12/1998
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library, 2 boys at computer.Front: '98 12 17' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 18/11/1998
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Play pen with small child in a 'onesie', playing with toys, older boy standing outside the playpen, holding a book.Front: '98 11 18' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 26/08/1999
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Woman sweeping concrete outside entrance.Front: '99 8 26' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 07/12/1999
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Staff and volunteers Christmas party.Front: '99 12 7' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 23/12/2000
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Christmas display, similar to 9582, 83, taken on different day.Front: '00 12 23' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 12/08/1999
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Book launch: 'Malinche's Conquest' - woman making a speech.Front: '99 8 12' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, c. 2001
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library, same group as 9603, slightly different view. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 27/09/1999
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. group of children and adults seated on the floor in front of black screen, with orange curtains.Front: '99 9 27' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 19/01/2001
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Two boys sitting in front of computer, one wearing bicycle helmet.Front: '01 1 19' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, May-02
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library. Man carrying a dummy, dressed in blue trousers, white shoes, hat, t-shirt with 'Walk Talk' logo. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, Victoria, 13/01/2000
Photographs of Portland Library - late 1990s to early 2000s, showing activities at the library and construction of additions to the building.Coloured photo. Portland Library, same subject as 9546, close up view.Front: '00 1 13' -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Pownall, Eve, Australian Pioneer Women, 1975
Traces the history of Pioneer Women in Australia from the Stone Age ( Aboriginal Women) up to 1975. The author has concentrated on women that settled firstly in the bush with their families and the hard life they endured in this environment.296 p. : ill., ports A hard cover book with a dust cover and a plastic clear cover over that. On the dust cover front and back there is a picture of a man and a woman ( early settlers) out in the bush.On the back cover the woman is holding a baby. The inside covers front and back show an old photo of a man leaning on a gate talking to a woman in the front garden of a house. non-fictionTraces the history of Pioneer Women in Australia from the Stone Age ( Aboriginal Women) up to 1975. The author has concentrated on women that settled firstly in the bush with their families and the hard life they endured in this environment. australia, pioneer, women, history, pastoral, goldfields. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Your Memories Association Inc, Armchair Memories, 2011
This is a auto biography of Mary's life from birth 1920 till her 90th. birthday in 2000.A soft covered book dark blue book, dark blue pages with white writing on each page. Also on the cover is a photo of Mary Henshelwood Davenport ( in her latter years) sitting in a chair (which has a brightly coloured patchwork quilt over it) looking towards the camera.non-fictionThis is a auto biography of Mary's life from birth 1920 till her 90th. birthday in 2000.history, memories, stories, auto biography, tasmania, caulfield, elwood, bentleigh, school days, myers, clothes, birthday party. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured objects, Cigarette papers ‘Zig Zag' x 2, 20thC
Rolling papers are small sheets, rolls, or leaves of paper which are sold for rolling cigarettes either by hand or with a rolling machine. When rolling a cigarette, one fills the rolling paper with tobacco. Rolling papers are most commonly made with wood pulp, hemp, flax, or rice straw as a base material. Zig-Zag papers, made in France, were the first interleaved brand (hence the name). Gold medal at 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris. 1860 Samuel Ramsden, a Yorkshire man, founded first paper mill in Victoria on the banks of the Yarra River, Fairfield, Melbourne. This was the Australian Paper and Pulp Company which for most of its history was called The Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. until it changed its name in 1986 to Amcor. In 1919 the company opened its mill on the corner of Upper Heidelberg Road and The Chandler Highway in Fairfield and remains there today. 2 packets of precut cigarette papers 'Zig Zag ' Paper Aust. Pty. Ltd. 60 leavesZIG ZAG PAPER AUST. PTY LTD 60 LEAVESciggarettes, cigarette papers, tobacco, moorabbin, cheltenham, early settlers, australian paper manufacturers, fairfield melbourne, zig zag cigarette papers ltd. amcor ltd, -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book - Family History, Joy, Shirley, The Search For The Beaumaris Cemetery Victoria 1855--1865 : The Wesleyan burial ground in the Parish of Moorabbin, 1995
A history of the Beaumaris Cemetery and who is buried there and the subdivision of the Wesleyan church.vii, 92 leaves : ill., facsims., 1 plan, ports. A large spiral bound book with a soft cover detailing the early burial sites in the Beaumaris Cemetery.The front cover is white with a drawn picture of three graves and a girl in a long dress standing beside them also on the cover is the The Wesleyan Burial Ground in the Parish of Moorabbin.non-fictionA history of the Beaumaris Cemetery and who is buried there and the subdivision of the Wesleyan church.beaumaris, cheltenham, graves, burials, cemetery, registrar's records, subdivision, wesleyan. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Brown Prior Anderson Pty.Ltd, A History of Brighton, 1962
This book is about the history of Brighton and Henry Dendy's survey the early settlement of Brighton and its surrounds and the involvement of Dendy J.B.Were George Higinbotham Thomas Bent and J.H. Taylor in the growth of the community.xi, 425 p. : ill., maps :non-fictionThis book is about the history of Brighton and Henry Dendy's survey the early settlement of Brighton and its surrounds and the involvement of Dendy J.B.Were George Higinbotham Thomas Bent and J.H. Taylor in the growth of the community. brighton, dendy, bent, were, higinbotham, taylor, survey, settlement. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - bulk storage containers, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, fuel containers -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Silo Construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Blue Portland Harbour Trust Stamp 129. 28-10-64 in black ink.port of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Contact prints of Silo construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 171. 13-11-64 172. 13-11-64 173. 13-11-64 178. 13-11-64 179. 13-11-64 180. 13-11-64 (In white underneath each print). Back: 178 and 180 in pencilport of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Sheet of contact prints, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 125. 30-9-64 122. 30-9-64 123. 30-9-64 119. 30-9-64 120. 30-9-64 121. 30-9-64 (in white beneath each print).port of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - silo construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Blue stamp. Negative number 130. Date taken 28-10-64port of portland archives, grain silos -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - bulk storage containers, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - silos under construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: Blue Portland Harbour Trust Stamp 180. 13-11-64 in black ink.port of portland archives, grain silos -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - sheet of 6 contact prints silo construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 159. 6-11-64 160. 6-11-64 176. 19-11-64 177. 19-11-64 161. 6-11-64 162. 6-11-64 (In white, beneath each print). Back: 176 and 177 in pencil. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Sheet contact prints of Silo construction, 1964
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 119. 30-9-64 120. 30-9-64 121. 30-9-64 122. 30-9-64 123. 30-9-64 125. 30-9-64 (In white underneath each print). Back: 119 in pencilport of portland