The Story of S.S. "Santhia" sank while in service as a troopship, of her subsequent salvage, and of how her bell came to Bogong School. Bogong State School was built and used from the 1940s when the SECV was constructing the KHES. The school bell was unique having originated from the ship "Santhia'. Teal colored background with the title printed in white at the top and the 'Bogong State School' printed in black at the bottom. 9 pages back to back with information about the School Bell. Published in March-April, 1947Inscribed on the bell - "Presented to G. G. Jobbins, Esq., Chairman, State Electricity Commission by Captain J. P. Williams for Bogong School, on December 6th, 1946. This bell was recovered from the wreck of the S. S. Santhia sunk in the Houghly River, Calcutta, and raised by an Australian salvage party."bogong state school bell, s.e.c. magazine 1947

Catalogue. 30 page catalogue of 995 items for auction from 'Werndew' the Collier Estate mansion at 65 Irving Rd, Toorak on 12, 13, and 14 July 1954. Auctioneers- Beauchamp Bros. Collins St., Melbourne. Attached and loose are numerous newspaper articles (1954) about the Collier mansion and family. Jenkin Collier (d.1921) left his fortune, made in the 1870s building boom, to his 3 unmarried daughters who lived in 'Werndew'. Annette Collier died 1947, aged 82. Alice Collier died 1950, aged 86. Edith Collier died 1954, aged 84.Beauchamp Bros. - auctioneersheritage, collier estate, jenkin collier, werndew, auction, annette collier, alice collier, edith collier

Yields information about a social welfare or friendly society part of the Ballarat Tramways - group who looked after their fellow workers through contributions. Gives the rules of the 'The Ballarat Tramways and SEC Benefit Fund'Sixteen page with light brown light weight card covers, centre stapled book titled "The Objects, Rules and Regulations of 'The Ballarat Tramways and SEC Benefit Fund." Details the committee, that it was approved by the Department of Social Services, name, objects, constitution, trustees, executive, collectors, meeting of members, members qualifications, benefits (in pounds), claims, unfinancial members, payment of claims, the Secretary, alteration to constitution and Order of business. Note the membership allowed for any SEC employee in the district. President J. Young Secretary and Treasurer - R. McLannan Vice President A. Johnston and H. Knight Committee - R McLannan, H. Gilbert, A. Johnson, G. Millar, P. Hubbard, D. McLeod, L.Hoare, W. Edwards, W. Lyons, J. Young, H. Knight, E. Cartledge, T. Duke, W. Waight, C. Foster. Has a Alteration to the Rules, pasted into the inside front cover. No date. Document has the date Jan 24, 1947. Few of the committee names appear in the Employee data base, could be the original 1947 document, revised with the alteration. See also Reg item 3658 and 3657 for other versions. trams, tramways, social welfare, sickness, sec, ballarat

WHS Inc were presented with 10,000 glass plate negatives from Thelma & Vine Photographic Studios, Murphy Street Wangaratta from the 1860's - 1950's. The glass plate negatives depict mostly portrait studies of families, weddings and special occasions; there are a few outdoor studies.These studies are invaluable as they provide a record of fashion, family structures, significant people and events, buildings, streetscapes, transportation and landscape of Wangaratta & district from the 1860's - 1950's. These glass plate negatives provide the historical, fashion, cultural anthropological context of society from the time frame they depict.WHS Inc were presented with 10,000 glass plate negatives from Thelma & Vine Photographic Studios, Murphy Street Wangaratta from the 1860's - 1950's. The glass plate negatives depict mostly portrait studies of families, weddings and special occasions; there are a few outdoor studies. An example of a glass plate negative is featured above, this is a goat race from the early 1900's. Goat races were common in rural towns as entertainment at agricultural shows, sporting events and other celebrations. This local jockey is Bob Sloan, who had a Men's Wear business in Wangaratta.glass plate negatives

Original owner Nora O’Connor the donor’s adopted aunt migrated to Canada during WW2 and also worked as volunteer at the Vancouver Mission to Seamen where she met her husband Edward O’Connor who later migrated to Australia.Newspaper clipping from the 'Vancouver Sun' dated Friday, March 31st 1950. Clipping shows an a black and white photograph of W. Wootton Mascall, treasurer; Rev. John W. Leighton, chaplain; president Captain G. Lancaster and Margaret Ross, head of the Lightkeepers Women's Auxiliary. They are tying bundles of magazines at the Vancouver Seamen's Institute.SAILOR'S KNOT is expertly tied on bundles of magazines at Vancouver Seamen's Institute by Margaret Ross, head of the Lightkeepers Women's Auxiliary, Missions to Seamen. Aiding her bundle up the reading matter are, from left: W. Wootton Mascall, treasurer; Rev. John W. Leighton, chaplain , and president Capt. G. Lancaster.vancouver, canada, lightkeepers' auxiliary, mission to seamen, nora o'connor, edward o'connor, british columbia, overseas missions

This is a story based on a real pioneering family's adventures near Wangaratta, in central Victoria. The book is part of Flagstaff Hill's Pattison Collection, a large group of books and records, some of which are rare and valuable. The collection was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute, which was founded in 1853 and is named after Warrnambool's Public Librarian, Ralph Pattison. The publisher firm Longmans, Green & Co. was founded in 1724 in London by Thomas Longman under the name Longman. In August of that year, he bought the two shops and goods of William Taylor and set up his publishing house there at 39 Paternoster Row. The shops were called Black Swan and Ship, and it is said that the 'ship' sign was the inspiration for Longman's Logo. After many changes of name and management, the firm was incorporated in 1926 as Longmans, Green & Co. Pty Ltd. The firm was acquired by Pearson in 1968 and was known as Pearson Longman or Pearson PLC. The story is based on a real family and is significant as a means of understanding the life of a young pioneering family in our state of Victoria. The book is important for its connection with the London publisher Longmans, Green & Co. The firm has been established for over two centuries and is renowned for publishing encyclopedias, dictionaries, books on English grammar, textbooks, poetry, reference books, novels, magazines and more. The book has additional importance for its connection to the Pattison Collection, which, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institutes’ Collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and its important role in people's intellectual, cultural and social development 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.A Saddle at Bontharambo Author: H J Samuel Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co Date: 1950 Further Information: Illustrations by Cordelle Samuel The blue hardcover book has an illustrated cover picturing a covered wagon, a woman and two children, and illustrations within the book. There are inscriptions on a label and stickers in the book. The book is part of the Pattison Collection. Label on spine: " PAT FIC SAM" Sticker on endpaper: "Warrnambool Children’s Library" covered by a sticker, "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, a saddle at bontharambo, h j samuel, cordelle samuel, based on a true story, pioneering family, wangaratte, central victoria, aboriginals, australian story, 20th century novel, longman green & co., illustrated book, 1950

Yields information about the traffic and appearance of Albert St Sebastopol during the 1950's and the buildings on either side of the street.Set of two black and white photographs of trams Photo possibly early 1950's of No. 27 travelling to Sebastopol in Albert St. .1 - crossing the roadway near Ophir St with the Trinity Church in the background. .2 - Tram at the Sebastopol Terminus with the new housing on the left side of the roadway and the Royal Mail Hotel. Both photos by Charles Craig trams, tramways, albert st, sebastopol, ophir st, tram 27

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of No. 13 in McCrae St about to enter the depot. Tram has the depot destination showing. Photo taken by an unknown person, dated 3-10-1950. Printed on paper with a serrated edge. On the rear in red ink "Sunday morning, Eaglehawk car, returning depot 3/10/50"trams, tramways, eaglehawk, bendigo, depot, tram 13

Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the working conditions, particularly during summer weather., Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the working conditions, particularly during summer weather.Typed quarto sheet with SEC letterhead titled "Motormen & Conductors - Uniforms - Dress during Humid and Uncomfortable Summer Weather". Gives the dress code of hot weather - different between conductors and motormen (drivers). Undated, possibly 1950's as four digit telephone number. Signed by L. J. Denmead as acting Departmental Tramways Superintendent.trams, tramways, motormen, uniforms, conductors, weather

Yields information the appearance and details about 27 at the Sebastopol terminus in the late 1950's.Digital scan from the Ben Parle collection of SEC No. 27 at the Sebastopol terminus, with the pole turned and ready for the trip back to Lydiard St North. Photo 1950's or early 1960 prior to introduction of dash canopy lighting. Has the houses either side of the street in view. Photo received with the Ben Parle slides 09/2004. trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 27

Yields information the appearance and details about No. 30 and the Albert St road crossing in the late 1950's, in particular the road surface and the buildings.Digital scan from the Ben Parle collection of SEC No. 30 crossing Albert St Sebastopol, with the destination of Sebastopol - in particular the road surface and the buildings. Photo 1950's or early 1960 prior to introduction of dash canopy lighting. Has the houses either side of the street in view. Photo received with the Ben Parle slides 09/2004. trams, tramways, sebastopol, albert st, tram 30

Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Bendigo Negative file of Bendigo 11 with Keith Kings standing in the door step. Has in the background tramcar body jacks and other equipment including wheelsets. See Reg item 5797 for the opposite photo of Wal Jack alongside the tram, taken by Keith Kings on 10-4-1950.trams, tramways, bendigo, depot, tram 11

10 slides 1950's: 1. "Willow mid day". 2. "Approach to Principal's Residence". 3. "Oak Lawn Spring". 4,5. "Burnley School of Horticulture". 6. "Espalier Pear Winter". 7,8. "1st Camp Easter. Below Reeves". 9. "Field Day 1958 "Windrower"". 10. "Tas". Probably taken by T.H. Kneen.willow, principal's residence, oak lawn, spring, burnley school of horticulture, winter, field day, espalier pear trees, camp, windrower

Postcard photo of Bourke St looking east from near Queen St with a number of trams in the distance view. Has the Thomas Cook, Hicks and other buildings in the view. Late 1950's or early 1960's. Divided back with places for stamp, address, correspondence and details with makers details "Rose colour card 119"trams, tramways, bourke st, queen st

Trolley Wheel - cast brass, fitted with a cylindrical bush in the centre. Used on Melbourne trams until the late 1950's when changed for trolley skids to bring the power from the overhead into the tram. Fitted to the end of a trolley pole with another cast item known as a hasp. Has been used. Used by Ballarat and Bendigo trams.trams, tramways, tramcar component, overhead, trolley wheels, trolley poles

The first Housing Commission homes of brick and tiled roof built after WW2 in Stawell Dawson Street c 1950's. Also in the file a Newspaper clipping from News, Saturday, October 11. 1947. "George Mitchell Square" the first Housing Commission homes built in Stawell. George Mitchell was a member of Borough Council for 40 years and Mayor for 4 years. The housing estate was named in his honor. The architects "Buchannan Laird & Buchanan Geelong.Black and white photograph of a street scene. The photograph shows a line of brick houses along the street with timber fences. Four electric power lines are along the street with 2 in the distance. The street also has curb and guttering. The street to the right has a street post with "George Mitchell St" written on the street sign.stawell

This program is most likely about 1950 - 51 before George Lansell is Knighted. Program, paper one page with ornate edging around, all print in blue. At the Top "Returned Soldiers Sailors Airmen's Imperial League of Australia Bendigo Sub - Branch", followed by "Anzac" - "In Memoriam" - "Day". The program covers, Hymns, Opening Address by the Mayor of Bendigo, Guest Speakers Address, Recessional, Last Post, Reveille, National Anthem."Commemoration Ceremony Upper Reserve April 25th" "Presided over by the President Bendigo Sub Branch Col G.V. Lansell V.D - M.L.C"brsl, smirsl, program

Used by children in the 1950’s and 60’s. could accommodate three children Not so common being double seated but much used by children for play Hand painted(red, white, blue) child’s tricycle with two hard metal seats, spoked wheels have perished rubber rims, chrome handle bars, rubber pedals. Has standing bar under the back seat

A receipt for a seasonal subscription to the Melbourne Swimming Club at St Kilda Baths in 1950. Receipt form printed in black on white paper (discoloured with age). Handwritten details in black ink.Receipt made out on 1.4.50 to Brian Lees, 153 Kooyong Rd Caulfield for the amount of ten pounds.melbourne swimming club, st kilda baths

Site of Kurting State School N0. 2026 1878 - 1947 Project of Loddon Shire Council 2-4-2000kurting, kurting state school, kurting primary school

Tilly Aston was the founder of the Association for the Advancement of the Blind, which became the Association for the Blind, Vision Foundation and later Vision Australia. Her work in expanding the options available to blind and vision impaired Victorians triggered the push for similar conditions inter-state, and she was a pioneer force in challenging perceptions of both the sighted and less-sighted communities. This bust of Tilly Aston was donated by Malcolm and Beverley Daubney and unveiled at the 1997 Annual General Meeting for the Association for the Blind (now Vision Australia) on the 19th September 1997.Bronze relief of Tilly AstonMatilda (Tilly) Aston 1873-1947 Founder of the Association for the Blind Generously donated by Malcolm & Beverley Daubney September 1997tilly aston, association for the blind, malcolm daubney

BHS CollectionStudio posed black and white upper body photograph of Alice Harvey dressed in black clothing. McKenzie Family Collection.Written ib pen on the back. Alice Harvey B 1868 Kapunda SA. D 30/11/1947 Bendigo eaglehawk, harvey town, alice harvey

Prior to the sealing of the Kiewa Valley Highway in 1950, all heavy road stock including building materials, farm equipment and other heavy machinery had to be transported via railway lines to either Albury, Wodonga or Bright and then transported overland for the remainder of the distance by wagon on rough, poorly made roads. Trains also services the mining industries of the Ovens Valley and the transportation of tourists to Mount Buffalo and the very popular Mount Buffalo Chalet.Steam trains were a major form of transport for rural community members prior to the introduction of road transport. Local producers including farmers relied on rail transport to send and receive essential building equipment, farming produce, materials, stock and mail to maintain their lifestyles and social connections with the outside world. 3 black and white photographs of a building being transported by steam train. Photos show the train in three progressively closer photos. Photo shows a man standing in the doorway at the controls of the train, 3 figures, possibly children leaning out of the window of the carriage and another man, standing on the tracks with hands on hips. Photo could have been taken in Tallangatta, Cudgewa or Ebden near Lake Hume where trains were a major form of transport prior to the 1950’s. No markingstransportables; steam train; railway;, old tallangatta, esther temple

Taken between circa 1920 - 1950 this photograph depicts the open mine in the Three Mile Mine at Barramutha. The mine was an important gold resource and was typically mined using a method known as hydraulic sluicing whereby high powered water jets are used to dislodge rock or move sediment. The remaining water sediment slurry is directed through sluice boxes to remove the gold. The Beechworth mining district was one of six mining districts established by the governor-in-council on 4th of January 1858 under the provisions of An Act for Amending the Laws Relating to the Goldfields (21 Vic no. 32).This photograph shows cultural and research value into the historical methods of hydraulic sluicing in the Beechworth mining disctrict. It also shows the evolution of the mining methods and has potential for understanding future engineering endeavors in the context of victorian mine goldfields.Black and White rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: Copied from original on loan from Webb (QLD)/ Donated Nov 2009/ Barnawatha Three Mile Mine c1920-1950 Minehead & Slicing/ Managed by John Weir, Peter Jensen, Jack Cox/ Owned by/ the Plain Bros then Parkinsons/ John worked for Pqarkinsons. three mile creek, three mile goldfields, three mile beechworth, goldfields, #beechworth, hydraulic mining, hydraulic sluice, burke museum

Built for William and Anna-Maria Greenlaw in the early 1880s, and with interiors decorated by the Paterson Bros, Villa Alba remained in private ownership until 1949. From 1950, the house was owned by a number of institutions. By 1984, the Villa Alba Preservation Society had been formed, and three years later, the Mount Royal Hospital granted a 25-year lease to Kew Council. In 2004, the title to Villa Alba was passed by the Victorian Government to The Villa Alba Museum Incorporated. The Museum, at 44 Walmer Street, Kew, is now a cultural institution committed to the collection, study and display of 19th century interior decorative finishes, and the components of 19th and 20th century interior decoration.This is one of a number of historically and aesthetically significant photos of the interiors and exterior of Villa Alba when it was still owned by the Mount Royal Hospital, showing twentieth century accretions and deterioration of the historic fabric of the building. This was a benchmark survey against which future conservation and restoration activities can be measured.In December 1987, Mockridge Stahle & Mitchell Pty Ltd Architects prepared ‘Villa Alba Survey: A Report on the fabric for Mount Royal Hospital’ of which this photograph is a part. Photo of numerous pipes, all installed during the period when the house was owned by the Royal Women's Hospital as a home for nurses (1950-1974). The pipes extended from the roof and from rooms used as washrooms on the first floor.villa alba museum, conservation photographs, victorian architecture, drain pipes, waste water

Letter, response and report on quarto paper - 10 sheets .1 - Letter from Frank Clancy, Historical Records Officer of the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Supply (with Munitions over typed), to the MMTB dated 28/4/1950 asking for a summary of the Board's wartime activities. Letter response by Lewis Russell, MMTB Publicity Officer. Response dated 4/5/1950 saying the original letter had not been received, attaching further information. .2 - A second document (7 sheets) that was with the first, a response dated 3/8/48, primarily concerned with the provision of bus services to Munitions and aircraft factories, purchase of chassis, for buses, issues with supply, bus and tram numbers, services, Fisherman's Bend, patronage, tramcar construction and a table giving passenger numbers over the war period.In pencil and ink on top of the first sheet of 3843.2 - "Supplied to Official Historian Canberra 3/8/48" and a note "Affixed? by Foreman? 2/8/48"trams, tramways, world war 2, buses, munitions factory, fisherman's bend, workshops, commonwealth government