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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EAGLEHAWK COUNCIL MEETING, c. 1930's
Black and White Photo of meeting of Eaglehawk Borough Council in council chambers with large audience of women. Photos of mayors visible on wall, mounted on card, markings on rear of photo read 'J.R. Oswald 53 Pegleg Road Eaglehawk'organization, government, eaglehawk council, eaglehawk council, council meetings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - GRAYDON COLLECTION: WOMEN'S LEATHER GLOVES, 1870-1890
Clothing. Women's wrist length cream coloured leather gloves. Two decorative U-shaped cut outs at wrist on back of glove (1.5 cm X 2.5 cm) with a decorative band of knotted leather across the gaps.costume accessories, female, women's leather gloves -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, East Gippsland Shire Council Communications Unit, Killers of Eden - The Killer Whales of Twofold Bay, 2015
A booklet commemorating thirty three women who served on the East Gippsland councils of Bairnsdale Shire, City of Bairnsdale, Omeo Shire, Orbost Shire, Orbost Shire years of service, contribution to community and some personal stories are included.government -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1906
Black and white photograph of Post Office and attached dwelling two men on bikes and two women in front of buildings named are Rex Harbeck and Miss Cook who was the Postmistress and her mother Mrs Cook Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, engineering, township -
National Wool Museum
Book - Patons Knitting Book no. 703, Patons and Baldwins, c.1965
This knitting pattern leaflet was published by Coats Patons and contains knitting patterns for caps and hats.Knitting pattern book, 20pp. Cover is printed in colour with a photograph of four women looking through a window and wearing knitted hats (green, red, light blue with ribbon, dark grey). Contains photos and patterns for knitted hats.PATONS BOOK / No. 703 / LADIES' and CHILDREN'S HATS / Patons / KNITTING BOOK / No. 703 / 2'6 / 25 CENTSknitting handicrafts - history, coats patons (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history, hats, kids clothes -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Staff Group Portrait, Excelsior Woollen Mill, c.1905
Photograph depicts the staff of the Excelsior Woollen Mill (owned by Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd), c.1905. Pictured 4th from left in the front row - Frank Gliddon and 5th from left front row - Arthur Gliddon.Photograph, black and white. Mounted on a white mat with an embossed edge. Photo depicts five rows of mostly women, with some men and boys in the front row. They are pictured in front of a high blue stone wall. Biro inscriptions on back. EXCELSIOR WOOLLEN MILL (HIRSTS) / 4TH FROM LEFT FRONT ROW FRANK GLIDDON / 5TH FROM LEFT FRONT ROW ARTHUR GLIDDON / C1905textile mills staff, godfrey hirst and co. pty ltd, excelsior one mill, excelsior mill no. 2, textile mills - staff -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Gloves
Pair of navy blue kid or doeskin women's gloves, wrist length with triangular suede inset and bow trim near wrist. Pull on gloves with 'V' shaped 'cut' on inner wrist. Label on inner left wrist is indecipherable.costume accessories, female -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Fac-Simile Chromo Litho Art Studio, 1886 (Approximate)
Presented to R. Snart, who was an early settler at Browns Plains, Rutherglen Shire.Framed print, coloured, of painting depicting Britannia with two attendants and assorted British Colonial women, border in aqua with names of colonies in heart shaped shields (40 of them). Brown polished timber frame with gold painted insert.In main painting: "Colonial and Indian / Exhibition / London 1886" On border on white background: "Presented / With a Commemorative Medal / To Robert Snart" RH side of white background: (signature) "Executive President" (signature) "Secretary to the Royal Commission"colonial exhibition, indian exhibition, royal commission, robert snart, britannia -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph
Black and white photograph of seven men and two women standing beside R.J. Inglis passenger bus Ford Model T chassis, 30 cwt charabane body to carry 15 outside the Orient Hotel Bairnsdale Victoriaclothing, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1925
Black and white photograph of the Harbecks delivery truck, shows Mr Harbeck with grocery apron over his clothing and a woman standing beside truck, two women and six children sitting on top of the load. Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy, transport, waterways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB 40TH BIRTHDAY, 1969
20 page soft cover booklet 'Bendigo Business and Professional Women's Club 40th Birthday 1929 - 1969' Year by year listing of office bearers, meetings, speakers and topics Introduction by Barbara Watson, President Nov. 1969June Parry -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - B/W photograph, Half Way House, Mt. Clear, 1988
Lost buildingB?W photo, Half way House Mt. Clear, (on site of new church at Mt Clear) licensee T. Gordan and two women in front, two dogs and a horse and carriage, prominent sign across front of buildinghotel, mt clear, half way house hotel -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, 14 May 1898
Page 421 of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (14 May 1898) features an advertisement for Elliman's Universal Embrocation, comprising of four poster images illustrating sporting women in badminton, tennis, lacrosse, and cycling. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard - Kew Baptist Church, 1920s
The Kew Baptist Church was originally located on the corner of Cotham Road and St John’s Parade. In 1922, work commenced on a new, larger church in Highbury Grove. The foundation stone of the new building was laid by Cr Ratten of the City of Kew on Saturday 14 October 1922, with the First Kew Scouts forming a guard of honor. A collection taken up at the laying of the foundation stone raised £454. The site and building cost approximately £6,000. The architects for this new red brick ‘semi-Gothic’ church were Messrs Gawler & Drummond. The interior of the church accommodated 500 parishioners. The seating sloped towards the pulpit with no columns obstructing the view of the worshippers. An early real photo Kodak postcard of the Kew Baptist Church showing its original fenceFaded sepia postcard taken at an oblique angle of exterior of Kew Baptist Church in Highbury Grove. Image shows original fence and paintwork of windows. Photo shows parts of adjacent buildings. Two women walking past on footpath. "Kew Baptist Church"kew baptist church -- highbury grove, churches -- kew (vic.), baptist churches, christian-washfold collection -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Letter, Diana Baker, Doris Barker/Baker, 06.04.2024
doris baker, doris barker, encouraging women in horticulture, student, 1930's -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Print - Framed Fashion Plate, The Young Ladies' Journal, 1864
The Young Ladies Journal was first published by E. Harrison. It was issued from 1864 to 1920. Framed fashion plate from the Young Ladies Journal. Two women in 1864 costume, one blue, one monochrome. Bordered in pale green coloured card. Wire attached to metal loops at back. Masking tape at back.fashion illustration, ladies home journal -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Newspaper Cutting, The Australian Rose Annual, Pruning Demonstration, 1910-1936
Newspaper cutting. Outside Pavilion entrance. Observors appear to be the general public, the 2 young women seated on the ground may be students. Pasted on inside cover of, "The Australian Rose Annual 1930, " on the outside of which is written, "George Russ."pavilion, general public, women, students, the australian rose annual, 1930, george russ, pruning demonstration, rose pruning -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ernest Ball and Family
Black and white copy of original family portrait, showing 4 women standing behind and 2 men in dark suits and a lady seated and dressed in a light coloured floral dress and a flower pinned to her dark coat and stole."1339 Ernest Ball & Family"ernest alfred ball, fanny louisa, horace, mavis, gladys, hazel, bernice -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Book - Glenhuntly Women’s Amateur Athletic Club
This file contains two items. 1. A book, ‘History, Glenhuntly Women’s Amateur Athletic Club, 1929-1979’ by Dorothy Neal (1979) including a typed, one page, bibliography. 2. A booklet, ‘Glenhuntly Women’s Amateur Athletic Club 1929-1979, 50 years of Photos’.ryan bill, davis bob, ryan patsy, smith doris, mills l. c. miss., quinlan miss., wilkinson mrs., rae b. miss., nicholls miss., hughes beryl, westcott o. mr., glenhuntly, glenhuntly cricket ground, caulfield racecourse, athletic clubs, athletics, neal dorothy, women’s athletics, women athletics, duncan mackinnon reserve -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile, Hilton Hosiery, Hilton 30 denier stockings, 1960s
These nylon stockings are a sample of the type of stockings worn by women between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. Before the Second World War women’s stockings were made mostly of silk, cotton and wool. Nylon stockings became popular with the introduction of nylon in the 1940s and continued to be used (in conjunction with suspender belts) until the 1960s when the pantihose, a thin nylon form of tights covering the legs up to the waist, was introduced and became the favored leg covering for women. Stockings can still be purchased and worn in some circumstances. These stockings are of interest as an example of the items of clothing worn by women in the mid 20th century. They will be useful for displayThis is a pair of beige-coloured nylon stockings. They are folded into a piece of white cardboard and partly enclosed in a clear cellophane wrapping with a decorative pattern on the edges. ‘Hilton Cotton Foot 30 Denier Twin Thread 10½ Average’women’s apparel, warrnambool -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Girls Interhouse Sports Champions 1931, 1931
Photograph of Girls Interhouse Sports Champions in 1931. Between the 1920’s and 1950’s the YWCA, Blue Triangle and local committee of representatives organised an Inter House Athletics Day for Girls in Geelong and Melbourne. Local Geelong business, such as the surrounding woollen mills, business firms and church clubs would form teams of seven women to compete in a variety of sports such as bowls, basketball, hockey, cricket and soccer. Events such as these were organised to encourage women to participate in competitive sports and network with other women in the workforce.Framed photograph of the Girls Interhouse Sports Champions 1931.Back Row L-R: M. Paley, Kath Whelan, Olive Dodds, Fairbrother and Mabel Chapman Front Row L-R Kathy and Mooney Nhiel.textile mills sporting teams, sport, textile mills - sporting teams -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, On Demand Pty Ltd, Pioneers & Suffragists, pre-April 2013
In 1891 Victoria's Premier James Munro, under pressure from the pro-suffrage Woman's Christian Temperance Union, promised to introduce a Suffrage Bill into Parliament if it could be demonstrated that womens' franchise is what the colony's women wanted. After six weeks the suffragists had collected almost 33,000 signatures, the biggest petition ever to be presented to a colonial parliament. The Bill passed the lower house but was rejected by the ultra-conservative Upper House. This book oulines the history of 362 Colac women who signed the petition.Pioneers & Suffragists. Merrill O'Donnell; Stephen Brooks. 2nd ed. Stephen Brooks; Colac (Vic); 2013. x, 350 p.; illus. Soft cover. ISBN 978 0 646 58264 1suffrage bill; 1891; james munro; parliament; colac; women; pioneers; suffragists; merrill o'donnell; stephen brooks; -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Grey Silk Taffeta Bodice, 1880s
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories. 1880s women's dress featured tightly fitting bodices with very narrow sleeves and high necklines, often trimmed at the wrists with white frills or lace. This example may have had its sleeves removed post construction.Grey coloured silk taffeta, ‘tailed’ woman’s waistcoat with cream silk panels. It would appear that the sleeves have been removed. women's clothing, fashion - melbourne - 1880s, bodices, vests -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Green velvet evening dress, Papoo, 1960s
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories. This dress is an exception to the collection in that it was one of the few garments imported from overseas. Th reality is that increased postwar spending power by Australian women made the importation and wearing of imported fashion a more common occurrence.Bottle green coloured evening dress. The long sleeved dress has a v-neckline. The cotton and nylon fabric is self patterned with large diagonal stripesLabel: Papoopapoo, women's clothing, international fashion - 1960s, evening dresses -
Buda Historic Home & Garden Castlemaine
Domestic furniture, Arts and Crafts embroidered draught screen, c1900
This screen with embroidered and appliqued panels was entered in the First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work 1907, at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. This landmark exhibition gave women artists and craft workers an opportunity to display their works to a broad audience and gain recognition for the variety and high standard of the works in both traditional and non-traditional fields for women. The embroidery and applique design is based on an original design for a similar object made by British Arts and Crafts Architect and Designer, M.H. Baillie-Scott, which was published in The Studio magazine in the early 1900s,This three-panel draught screen was made by Hilda Leviny in the Arts and Crafts style and entered into the First Exhibition of Women's Work, at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne in 1907.Arts and Crafts style three-panel draught screen made from timber(American Oak), linen panels, silk embroidery threads, beaten copper decoration and varnish. The embroidered panels, made by Hilda Leviny, are mounted within the timer framework, depicting a design of birds and trees in the Arts and Crafts style. Pattern Reg. No. 3227.2 and 2503. With copper decoration.hilda leviny, buda, castlemaine, domestic furniture, handcrafts, needlework, art nouveau, 1907, exhibition of women's work, royal exhibition building, woodwork, draught sceen, arts and crafts movement, embroidery and applique -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c. 1960
Depicted in this photograph is a religious minister or priest dressed in a dark suit with a clerical collar. He is seated in an armchair holding a small suitcase or a briefcase. A group of adults (mainly women) dressed in formal attire are standing behind him, while a older women holding a bouquet stands beside him.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paper Reverse: 6952 (in pencil)/ B62K091 (stamped in black ink)/entertainment album, beechworth, burke museum, religion -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Postcard, 1908
Printed in 1908, the postcard depicts a public gathering at Baarmutha Park, Beechworth on Boxing Day the same year. There are many men, women and children dressed in formal attire including suits and hats. A large number of women are holding parasols. Multiple horse-drawn carts are visible throughout the image.The record is historically significant due to its production in the very early twentieth century. This significance is enhanced by its contextual information, as the record provides insight into the social and leisure activities enjoyed by people at Baarmutha Park during this time.Sepia rectangular postcard printed on card.Obverse: BAARMUTHA PARK, BEECHWORTH. BOXING DAY, 1908. / Reverse: Parks & Gardens. / POST CARD. / KODAK / CORRESPONDENCE. / ADDRESS ONLY. / AUSTRAL / AUSTRAL / KODAK / (?) Craig / Stanley / 3747 / 9/ - Boxing Day / Sports Baarmutha / Park Beechworth / 84-148-1 / GARDENS / 97.2335 / 79.21.9 /entertainment album, baarmutha park, beechworth, 1900s, social, leisure, gathering, horses -
Wangaratta Historical Society
Marianne Gibson Quilt, 1891-1895
In this era women of Marianne Gibson's position in society were chaperoned and chauffeured, their role was that of wife and mother, busy in their home. Women did not have the vote and those who worked were servants who lived with families. The Gibson family was well respected in the community and Marianne was the mother of 8 children.The Marianne Gibson Quilt is one of the finest examples of crazy patchwork quilting known to exist globally. It features items from her husband's hardware shop, household objects, oriental designs as well as local fauna and flora and the quality of the needlework is outstanding. It is extremely well preserved and unfaded. For a short film about the Marianne Gibson Quilt, visit Culture Victoria: http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/marianne-gibsons-crazy-patchwork-quilt/11762/marianne-gibsons-crazy-patchwork-quilt/The Marianne Gibson Quilt is owned by the Wangaratta Historical Society and was placed on the Victorian Heritage Register in 2011. Marianne Gibson was born in Ireland and 1863 and married her cousin Alexander McCulla Gibson in 1864 in Wangaratta. The quilt is"...one of the finest examples of a crazy patchwork quilt in the world" (Victorian Heritage Register) and is composed of 9 blocks featuring silks and velvets with a backing of beige silk. The crazy patchwork style popular between 1876 and 1920 encompasses many different patterns that tell stories of that age and uniquely showcases local flora and fauna. Marianne made the quilt between 1891 and 1896. She loved flowers, birds, her garden and especially her family. This is evident in her quilt embroidery and stitching so lovingly demonstrated. Marianne died on 8th March 1911. She left the quilt to her daughters Clara and Edith who gave it to their housekeeper Miss Alma Gard in 1934. When Miss Gard retired to a nursing home in 1985 the quilt was donated to the Wangaratta Historical Society. MG 1891marianne gibson quilt crazy patchwork local fauna flora -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Black Polished Cotton Skirt, 1890s
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories.Late Victorian long black cotton skirt with a short pleated frill at the hemline. The skirt is lined with a thick brown cotton fabric. It is joined with steel hooks and eyes. The skirt is slightly longer at the back. The skirt was owned by one of the donor's maternal ancestors.australian fashion, women's clothing, skirts, outerwear, micky ashton -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Two Piece Black Silk Damask Dress, 1890s
The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories.Late Victorian black silk damask outfit comprising a flared skirt and a short bodice. The high necked bodice reflects changing fashions at the turn of the 20th Century in that the silk fabric on the bosom is lightly gathered. The sleeves are pleated at the elbow. The skirt is lined with a black cotton lining. The neckline of the bodice includes a narrow band of pale cream lace. The outfit was owned by one of the donor's maternal ancestors.women's clothing, australian fashion - 1890s, mourning wear, micky ashton