This book contains a collection of poems written by English poet and cultural critic, Matthew Arnold, with an introduction by Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch. Matthew Arnold was characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for 35 years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education. Ruyton Girls' School has a long tradition of awarding prizes to students at annual "Speech Night" events. Speech Night at Ruyton is an extraordinary occasion. It is a time when we gather to celebrate both the year just lived and the contribution of our Year 12 girls to the life of our School. It is a night of stirring student speeches, acknowledgement of student endeavour and excellence and awe-inspiring performances by School choirs and ensembles. The record has strong historic significance as it was awarded to a former notable student, Helen Gordon (maiden name Cole). Helen started at Little Ruyton in Prep 1940 and finished Year 12 in 1952 as School Captain, Bromby Captain, Form Captain for Matric, Tennis Captain, Hockey Captain, Swimming Vice Captain, and an award for Best All-Round Girl. She also played baseball for Victoria. After finishing school, Helen went on to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a physiotherapist in 1956. Her first position at age 19 involved setting up clinics with the Victorian Health Department Poliomyelitis Rural division. Helen’s strong ties to Ruyton continued when she held the position of President of the Old Ruytonians’ Association from the start of 1966 to the end of 1967. In 2019, Helen received an Order of Australia Medal for service to community health as a physiotherapist. She was also the recipient of the 2022 Victorian Senior Achiever Award at Parliament House. Helen passed away in July 2023 at age 88. The record's significance is further enhanced by its strong provenance, having been produced by Ruyton Girls' School and donated to the Archives by a familial connection.Navy leather hardcover bound book with gold detailing on front cover and spine. 494 pages.Front Cover: R / RECTE ET FIDE LITER / RUYTON / Spine: MATTHEW / ARNOLD'S / POEMS / OXFORD / Inside Cover: R / RECTE ET FIDE LITER / RUYTON / PRIZE / AWARDED TO / Helen Cole / FOR / Best all-round girl / Form Matriculation / H. Daniell. / December 11 1952 / Gift of the Old Ruytonians /ruyton girls' school, school, students, prize, speech night, poetry, lord tennyson, queen victoria, senior school, high school, ruyton, old ruytonians' association

James Pianto “MM” No 2672 AIF. Refer 1904 for his service history. Certificate for the Award of "The Military Medal' to No 2672 Private J PIANTO Australian Imperial Force". Certificate has a coloured Coat of Arms at the top followed by his details in ink. Other details are blue printed. Frame is wood with a gold edge.documents, certificates

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Showtime: the thoroughbred, Miss Temple, poses for the camera (above). A certificate for first prize (left) was awarded to a competitor in the Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society Spring Show for 1925. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Small, oval head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a jacket, shirt and double breasted, spotted waistcoat. The oval is raised. Photographer's name and address on the front. On the pink back are some awards won at exhibitions in 1872- and 1873-4. No. 26005.Bardwell, Ballaratphotograph, portrait, male, portrait of a man, bardwell

COHN BROTHERS: Grand National Show of Victoria Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society 1925 First Prize for White Wine, full bodied dry sherry for 2 years old or over (3 Bottles) awarded to Messers Cohn Bros.bendigo, history, cohn brothers

Booklet: Weeroona College Bendigo - 2011 Annual Awards Presentation. Monday. 12th December, 2001 Bendigo Senior Secondary College Gymnasium Goal Road, Bendigo at 7:00 pm. Masters of Ceremonies: Nakita Landry, Gareth Jones.school, history, weeroona college

Certificate of merit issued by the Church Missionary Society. Young people's department. Certificate of Merit work cometition. This is to certify that Lorna Jamieson os st Peters Eaglehawk is awarded a certificate under class: fancy handkechief. Dated Sept. 1924clubs, social, church missionary society

Document. Bendigo Agricultural Show Certificate. 1931 Certificate awarded to Gertrude Perry by the Bendigo Agricultural & Horticultural Society for Second Prize for Short Bread School Girl any Age No 800. Printed by Bolton Bros. in red on buff card.organization, club/society, community, gertrude perry collection, bendigo agricultural show certificate, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society, bolton bros.

Sterling silver teaspoon given as Rifle Club award for 'spoon competition', 1911. Engraved 'Port Melbourne R.C. / J.T. O'BRIEN / 13.5.11'. Housed in cream-coloured box with scalloped, see-through lid, lined with dark red tissue.Engraved 'Port Melbourne R.C. / J.T. O'Brien / 13.5.11'.sport - shooting, james t o'brien, port melbourne rifle club

Bendigo College of Technical and Further Education Apprenticeship Award Certificate presented to Anne Jackman for excellent results in grade 3 of the Farming trade course in the year 1983. Signed by the head of Department Jan B. reid and Director Denis Brown (?)bendigo, education, bendigo college of technical education

Black and white photograph, photograph of Jamie Brown and Robie Marttelo at an award event holding a trophy, Soccer. A twisty blue line has been drawn on one of the faces. Bendigo Advertiser description on back of photo: 12/3/93recreations, sports, soccer

Series of fifteen Photograph all of Squandron leader Alan R. Reed relating to his time and service in vietnam from 1968-69. Includes head shots, group gatherings and on the tarmac. One of his DFC Award presented by USAphotograph, alan reed

Mustard coloured: Laminated certificate awarded to Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. Black bordered certificate with red ribbon emblem and black writing with yellow seal of USA War Office on bottom of certificate. Dated 09/02/1970.meritorious unit commendation

Ten medals in wooden frame, five medals attached to ribbons of various colours and five medals on metal bars. Awarded by Vietnam Government to Australian and New Zealand personel after 180 plus days in Vietnam between 1964 and 1973.medals, vietnam government, new zealand

Hardcovered children's book called "All Because of Sixpence". Inside cover (handwritten) "Anglesea Presbyterian Sunday School" AWARDED TO "Jillian Murch - Junior Class 1961 - Heather Watmuff (teacher). Golden Way Series No. 10, 80 pages.Front: ALL BECAUSE OF SIXPENCE / CONSTANCE SAVERY / THE GOLDEN WAY SERIES.children's fiction, sunday school, jillian murch, heather watmuff

Lifesaving clubs formed an important part of the social history of Mordialloc.Silver coloured lifesaving medal awarded by the Education Department of Victoria. 2 inches in diameter, featuring a male figure holding a palm frond over his shoulder on the front and a female figure holding a trident and two children in the sea on the reverse."Education Department Victoria Swimming and Lifesaving". "Presented 1932-33 to Charles Stevens" engraved on side.lifesaving, medal, swimming, education department, student award, numismatics

Landscape painting of an Australian country road with horses and carriages, with a bushland background, in a brown wooden frame. Awarded to Wangaratta High School-Goulburn north east region, by the Australian Natives' Association for the most improved school gardens and grounds in 1986

Sepia image of Craig Patrick handballing a football and a black and gold U12 Athletic champion 1986 trophy, awarded to Craig Patrick. This item also includes a typed description of the Patrick family's WHS sporting achievements over three generations.

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Silver plate trophy. Kew Cup with attached ribbons. Donated by Alan McGilp 1991, awarded 1992-8. [The item is part of the large historic Kew Bowling Club collection (1880-1988) gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), kew bowling club - trophies

1927 was the year of a royal visit too Australia by the Duke and Duchess of York. Such displays by school children were typical during royal visits. Bowen Heward wa sa pupil of Kew Primary School.Certificate - Children's Display of Physical Education in honour of, and in the presence of Their Royal HighnessesThe Duke and Duchess of York, Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26th April 1927. Awarded to Bowen Heward, Kew School No.1075. Signed by Frank Tate, Director of Education. royal visit (1927), kew primary school, bowen heward

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of a Medic with the Governor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler VC after receiving his Military Medal at a cermony Government House NSW in 1971. The award was made for bravery while serving as a medic on a US dustoff helicopter.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, medic, sir roden cutler vc, military medal, dustoff helicopter, gibbons collection catalogue

The medallion is a 1951 Commemorative being 100 years of Government and discovery of gold in Victoria. The winner K.M. Mcleod is believed to be Kenneth Meadowbank McCleod. He enlisted initially in 1915 but was discharged medically unfit in 1916, re enlisted in 1917 No 3840 and served in the 4th LH Regt, discharged from the AIF on 6.12.1919. Refer Cat No 1805P. There were two Billiard Tables in the Soldiers Memorial Institute in what was called the Billiard room. This was a source of income for the Bendigo Branch for some 70 years. One table was sold in 1967 as usage had declined and the last one was sold in 1994..1) Medallion circular bronze, front depicts 2 gold miners, oround outside is text, centre is engraved with details of who was presented with the item. Rear has a depiction of a horse carrying a man and a woman which depicts "Equality & Justice is Freedom" .2) Container for the medallion, rectangular shape brown colour, front has in gold a Coat of Arms with "Victoria" under. inside lid is a cream silk lining with the makers details in gold, medallion is set in red velvet. lid is hinged in brass with a brass closing catch.On face of Medallion, "Centenary of Government of Victoria 1851 - 1951". Centre of Medallion, "Awarded to K.M. McLeod Bendigo RSL Centenary Billiards Champion"brsl, smirsl, medallion, billiards

The Poppy Appeal is conducted every year leading up to Remembrance Day November 11th.Certificate, frame is timber brown/gold colour, certificate in colour white background ornate edge with RSL Logo at the top followed by "Returned and Service's League of Australia (Victorian Branch) Inc", signed and dated with red seal in RH Corner."Awarded to - Bendigo RSL Sub - Branch Inc - Top seller 2006 Poppy Appeal country area - date 11th November 2006brsl, smirsl, poppy appeal

Book prize given to John Tanner (1887), Christmas 1885. First prize for Latin in the Upper Fifth form. Maroon calf-bound book with gold plate work on spine and borders of cover. Ballarat College school crest and motto inscribed on front cover. Six compartments on spine decorated with gold patterns; title inscribed in second compartment. Volume number inscribed in third compartment Marbled leaf edges and end papers. Book plate: Ballarat College crest and motto / Latin / Upper fifth form / First prize / Awarded to / John Tanner / Christmas 1885john-tanner, 1887, 1885, ballarat-college, book-prize,

Book prize given to John Tanner (1887), Christmas 1885. First prize for French in the Upper Fifth form.Maroon calf-bound book with gold plate work on spine and borders of cover. Ballarat College school crest and motto inscribed on front cover. Six compartments on spine decorated with gold patterns; title inscribed in second compartment. Volume number inscribed in third compartment Marbled leaf edges and end papersBook plate: Ballarat College crest and motto / French / Upper fifth form / First prize / Awarded to / J Tanner / Christmas 1885john-tanner, 1887, 1885, ballarat-college, book-prize,

Lloyd Charles Brind, born 7/09/1882, entered Ballarat College 6/02/1893. This book was donated back to the school by Mr McCallum, July 1964 and added to the Ballarat College Library. This may be Mr R A McCallum, parent of school during the 1960s and father of Keith (1964), Stuart (1967) and Peter (1974). At some stage it has been stamped with the Tam O'Shanter Ballarat Book Club stamp. It also has a handwritten signature on the title page and half-title page 'N. V. Warol" ?Marled brown calf-bound book with gold border and school crest on front cover, six compartments to spine with gold patterning to five and title in 2nd compartment; book plates inside front coverBook plate inside front cover: school crest / Languages / Fourth form / Second prize / Awarded to / L Brind / Christmas 1896lloyd-charles-brind, book prizes, mccallum

Bronze medal presented to James Kean for his part in the rescue of the survivors from the wreck of the Admella on Carpenter's Rock, August 1859. Inverse: Profile portrait of a young woman with har in a Grecian bun, wearing a wreath of laurel leaves. Text around the edge. Obverse: relief depiction of five figures on surface of a ship deck. Man at the top of the image waving a cloth to attract the attention of a lifeboat in the background left.Front: AWARDED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE/ V.R. (around edge) B. Wyon SC (under portrait) Back: (no inscriptions)