this item was made to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth !! in 1953. In June 1953 , Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan, and became the Head of the Commonwealth. Many souvenirs were made to mark this occasion. Some were unique and hand-made. The main sources for crochet and other needlework designs available to women were in journals, magazines and pattern books.This milk jug cover reflects an important pastime for Australian women of the late 19th to mid 20th century. Women's focus was the home and its decoration was important. Embroidery and crochet work was an affordable way to personalise and add aesthetic value, and examples of embroidered and crocheted pieces could be found in most Australian homes, decorating or protecting furniture, floors and walls, and keeping flies and insects away from food. It is also a tangible souvenir of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11.A rectangular jug cover hand crocheted in white thread. It has blue and red beads sewn into the edges. the design is "JUNE" above a crown with "E 11 R 1953" below the crown.

This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people 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. The Emu Vol 10. - 1910-11 A Quarterly Magazine to popularise the Study and Protection of Native Birds Editors A J Campbell and Charles Barrett Publisher: Walker May & Co Date: 1911 Label on spine with typed text RA 598.2050 EMU Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, the emu vol 10, a j campbell, charles barrett

August Rietmann (1877-1951) of Lustdorf ,Switzerland, married Maria Frieda Oesschlager (2/2/1878- 22/7/1942) of Baden Baden, Germany on 6/8/1910 In August 8th 1915 August and his wife Frieda migrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia sailing on the Steam Ship ‘Osterley’ from Marseilles to Melbourne They leased Box Cottage, Ormond in 1917 and raised two children, Stefanie (1918 -2006) and William (1920- 1997). 1935 August purchased the property and the family used the Cottage during the day and slept in the Front House. August was a monumental mason, potter and sculptor, and was employed at Corbens Ltd Clifton Hill, to carve war memorials in Victoria post WW1 c 1915-1922. During the 1920's August set up his own business in pressed cement making pot plants, columns,paving slabs and lampstands. He continued to carve headstones and figures and took contract work for Artists eg Paul Mountford. He built a workshop in the Barn and used the Cottage for plaster moulding. His son William joined the business and and the family continued to use the site after August died in 1951. Rietmann Landscaping Ltd moved to Bay Road Highett in 1953 and later to Carrum. The land, containing the Box Cottage, was sold to Lewis Timber Pty Ltd in 1970 and Mr Lewis proposed that Moorabbin City Council should preserve the heritage Cottage. In 1984 the Cottage was dismantled and reconstructed in the adjacent Joyce Park. The Rietman family is an example of the diverse nationalities that lived and worked productively in Moorabbin Shire 1871–1933 , the City of Moorabbin 1934-1994 and continues today in the Cities of Glen Eira, Kingston, Bayside, and Monash. August, a sculptor and stone mason, was employed by Corben Pty Ltd Clifton Hill to carve WW1 Memorials before establishing his own successful masonry business in the Box Cottage during the latter 1920s. After becoming interested in pressed cement casting, he took on apprentices (1930s Depression) and among his products were garden furniture, pots and also street lamp standards, some of which were installed in St Kilda Road. After August’s death in 1951, his family continued the business ‘Rietman’s Landscaping Ltd.’, at Highett and Carrum.Photographs x 2 Black & White, of August and Frieda Rietmann World War 11 Registration 1939; Photograph x1 Black & White of the Rietmann Memorial at Cheltenham new Cemetery c1990Hand written informationrietmann august, rietman august, rietmann frieda, rietman frieda, stonnington city town hall, war memorials, world war 1 1914-1918, rietman stefanie, rennick stefanie, francis stefanie, rietman william, rietman ray, mountford paul, malvern city town hall, box cottage museum ormond, box william, box elizabeth, joyce park ormond, rietman's landscaping pty ltd, bay road highett, macrobertson pty ltd, coleraine soldier memorial 1921, box cottage ormond

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, March 11, 2002. Remembrance: veterans of World War 1. The names of these men and the details surrounding the photo are unknown. The clip is in a foldernewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Monday, February 11, 2002. Horsepower: Will Densley and Daisy grubbing stumps at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; late 19th century. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Buff coloured handwritten receipt/account No. 39 from Moran and Cato Pty. Ltd., dated 7/11/1934 in the name of W. Babidge. Paid Cheque for £2/3/10.document, w. babidge collection - moran and cato pty ltd

11 x Document, Labels, Bendigo Peeled Tomatoes,-Guaranteed by Bendigo Preserving Co. Ltd. Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. DEFENCE. Contents 1lb. 11oz.Net.peeled tomatoes Label is Green/ Red.document, bendigo preserving co.

Photograph. Half of a group photograph showing 11 men & young Herbert Louis Perry, father of Gertrude. Second from left. Cut in half. Black & white photo mounted on card.person, group, employees, gertrude perry collection, perry herbert louis

EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. People at the gathering taking cover under an umberella. Construction of the Latrobe Uni c1965-69. Markings in red 11 66M8. In yellow Made in Australia.Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection gathering of people

Application for Ration Tickets Licence No 8 [C] 9395 by James Leslie Ennis dated 15th /11/ 1949. Six one gallon tickets issued for truck registration No 30-269person, individual, ennis

Blue receipt dated August 11 1875. Charles Donnelly received £2/16/6, being 17 day's sick pay from W. Philpot, Treasurer. Signed by Wm. ?societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - to pay, court king of the forest, w philpot, charles donnelly, woodward

Official souvenir programme Fishermen's Bend Classic airstrip races 11 & 12 February 1956. Details of races. 36 pages black and red cover. Digital image of cover on computer.sport - motor racing, fishermans bend airstrip, port melbourne speedway, light car club of australia

Photographs taken by ex-employee of Kitchen's, Lionel Hayfield (refer catalogue numbers 3411 and 3412) just before the building sold to "The Block" - a Channel 9 TV program. See also cat nos 3846, 3847 and 3848The roof series of colour photographs taken inside, and from, the J Kitchen & Sons Administration Building on Ingles St Port Melbourne. Details on the back of photographs. .11 - .16 ; dumb waiterindustry - manufacturing, built environment - industrial, built environment - commercial, demolitions, j kitchen & sons pty ltd

Photograph. Two coloured photographs of a Whipstick Tour of the Bendigo Branch of the RHSV 9/11/1986. One coloured photograph of The Roman Catholic Church at Myers Flat. Mounted on brown card.photograph, person, attendees of rhsv

Blue document, with receipt from Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop to Dillon to Luxton, dated 11 October, 1895 and letter to Mr. Edmund Dillon, Bald Rock, re non-payment of interest.cottage, miners, edmund dillon, bald rock, connelly, tatchell and dunlop

Document. Loose cheques & letter re distribution of the first liquidation distributation. Cheque with the English Scottish & Australian Bank. Dated 11 December 1953. Cheques numbered from 266 to 300.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north hustlers gmc, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north hustlers gmc, gold mining, cheques for first liquidation payment

Two soldiers - LBDE Richard Smidt & GNR Bernie McBaron firing in support of 3AR - Op Briar Patch 11. Seated on a 105mm Howitzer gun with a sign "Charles for Gentlemen Only"photograph, 3 rar, mcbaron, smidt

Various momentos - Veteran representatives visit program 11-20 August 1996, Cloth napkin of National Congress Qld 2004, program of 2004 dinner, Vietnam Veterans of America badgevietnam veterans

Rectangular wooden plaque with 11 metal plates attached to the front. In the top right corner is a 3D sticker with an image of a netball hoop, ball and shoe. Engraved in the top plate is a heading reading:WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL YEAR/8 MIXED NETBALL COMPETITION 1993 (8A) SEAHAWKS

Yields information about the interior of the SEC Depot.Interior view of the depot, possibly, 2-7-1971, Digital image by Campbell Duncan with Nos. 11 and 41 and another single trucker in the view. See also Reg Item 6683. trams, tramways, depot, workshops

Detail list of photo locations, with reference to the photo number and the photo processors print number on three sheets of A4 paper. Individual photos not formally catalogued numbered, or scanned into system. Note photo print number on back of photo.Yields information about the location of tram stop poles 2001 and 2002 with supplementary information in the background.Set of 25 colour photographs of tram stop poles around Ballarat, taken on 3/11/2001 by Neville Gower, contained within a Thornton Richards Camera House photo folder. trams, tramways, tram stops, ballarat tramways, poles

A centenary souvenir history of the Beeac Football and Netball Club, Victoria, in 1983, its premierships and the advent of the netball club in 1974.Beeac Football Club Centenary Souvenir: Hundred Years On. 1883-1983. Beeac June 11-12. Beeac (Vic); Herald Print; 1983. 64 p.; illus. Soft cover.beeac; football; netball; history;

Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide depicting some land marks and mining sites in Ballarat opened up 1853. Markings: 11 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Programme for the Bendigo competitions 1957, commencing May 11. Entries close Monday, 25th March, 1957. Entries choirs 12th December, 1956. Prize schedule 32nd annual festivalentertainment, music, bendigo competitions