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Book, Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper ...an Aboriginal family's struggle for survival, 2008
... Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper ...an...National Archives of Australia and Public Record Office ...This book tells the story of the Pepper family, an Aboriginal family who experienced child removal and displacement. Percy Pepper also served in the First World War and was one of few Aboriginal service men who recived a soldier settler block. Also contains pictures, photos and records of histroical importance, including records from the Aborigines Protecion Board.Historical significance: This book is significant as it describes in detail an Indigenous family story. It also contains copies of original government reports and talks about the Indigenous experience of child removal in Victoria. Socially, it is relevant because of it's links to Aborigianal places of significance such as Lake Tyers.Softcover book, 132pages, brown cover with Indigenous design and black and white family photograph. al'. Conent is about the Pepper family, and contains family records.book, percy, pepper, lucy, family, stolen, generations, footprints, national, archives, public, records, office, victoria -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Report, Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria, Conservation and Landscape Management Plan, July 2007, 07/2007
... Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria, Conservation and...McDougall and Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants ...The Sturt Street Gardens had its origins in the 1851 survey of Ballarat West by W.S. Urquhart. A generous reserve was allocated for the main streets of Ballarat, of which Sturt Street was the first. In the 1860s Sturt Street was planted with blue gums, with dual carriageway and central median Strip. Bandstands were soon erected.70 page report on the Ballarat Sturt Street gardens. The report includes an historical overview, Physical Analysis, Statement of Cultural Significance, and Consideration and Landscape Policies.queen alexandra bandstand, titanic memorial bandstand, sturt street, sturt street gardens, blue gum, statues, eight hour day memorial, boer war memorial, peter lalor statue, bluestone, bluestone guttering, william dunstan vc, time capsule, conservation management plan, landscape management plan -
Federation University Historical Collection
Report, Trevor Budge and Associates et al, The Economic Significance of Grampians National Park, 1994 (and other reports), 1990-4
... (and other reports)...Read Sturgess and Associates Consulting Economists ....1) Grampians Surround Strategy, 1990 .2) Tourism and the Grampians Region: A Background Paper, 1990 .3) Grampians Surround Strategy and Discussion Paper, 1991 .4) The Economic Significance of Grampians National Park for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1994Notes in pencil by Mary Hollick, lecturer in Tourism at the University of Ballarat.victorian tourisim industry, tourism, halls gap, grampians, grampians national park, recreation, water production, bee keeping, arapiles, dunkeld, balmoral, pomonal, wartook, population, agriculture, water supplies, minerals, hamilton, ararat, stawell, horsham, wimmera, koorie heritage, aboriginal heritage, koorie art sites, brambuk, waterways, wannon river, wimmera river, mount william creek, rocklands reservoir, lake lonsdale, lake fyans, lake toolando, cherrypool, mirranatwa, zumstein -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, You're Leaving Tomorrow: Conscripts and Correspondents caught up in the Vietnam War (Copy 2), 2007
... You're Leaving Tomorrow: Conscripts and Correspondents...Brown, Malcolm and MacGladrie, Stuar and Sutton, Candace ...three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book/three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book/ 1961-1975 - participation - australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - journalists -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Lake Tyers Beach and Surrounds Draft Startegy Plan March 1990, 1986
... Lake Tyers Beach and Surrounds Draft Startegy Plan March...Tract Consultants Australia Pty Ltd and J L Sach and ...A development strategy plan prepared by Tract Consultants and J L Sach and Associates, for the Shire of Tambo, focusing in particular on the townships at the Eastern section of the Gippsland Lakes. Minimal consideration is given to the Buchan areagovernment, tourism -
Clunes Museum
Book, BALLARAT DISTRICT CITIZENS AND SPORTS 1916, 31ST JULY 1916
... BALLARAT DISTRICT CITIZENS AND SPORTS 1916...MC CALLUM PRESS AND PUBLISHING CO. ...BOOK DONATED BY MRS. JOAN SANDWITH, AND CONTAINS NAMES OF PEOPLE (ACHIEVERS) IN VARIOUS FIELDS.BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF CITIZENS AND SPORTS 1916 - BALLARAT DISTRICTGIFT FROM JOAN SANDWITH FEB. 1994local history, book, reference, sport, reference book -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Document - Report, Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria Conservation and Landscape Management Plan, 2007, 07/2007
... Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria Conservation and...McDougall and Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants ...Ballarat's Sturt Street has its origins in W.S. Urquhart's survey of 1851. A generous reserve was allocated for the main streets of Ballarat, of which Sturt Street was the first. In the 1860s Sturt Street was planted with blue gums, with a dual carriageway and central median strip installed. Bandstands ere soone erected, including the Queen Alexandra Bandstand (1908) and the Titanic Memoria Bandsatnd (1915).PDF of a report on the Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat.sturt street ballarat, conservation management plan, sturt street gardens, landscape management plan, statue, gardens, bandstands, infrastructure, city of ballarat report -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems", 1975
... "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems"...G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley and ...Book - 112 A5 pages + cover centre stapled, titled "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems", written by G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley, published by the authors in 1975. Has a table of contents - tramway overhead systems, current collection, trolley bus overhead, collection by bos and pantographs, peculiarities, surface contact systems and slot conduit systems, bibliography. Illustrated with diagrams. trams, tramways, overhead, trolley buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Film - Video cassette tape and box, "VR Trams, Sandringham, St Kilda 1955 and Geelong trams", Aug. 2000
... "VR Trams, Sandringham, St Kilda 1955 and Geelong trams"...John Phillips and Bob Bishop and Bill Mercer ...Video Tape titled "VR Trams, Sandringham, St Kilda 1955 and Geelong trams" in white cardboard slip box and black plastic tape carrier cartridge. Introduction to tape is "Bob Bishop and Bill Mercer (both deceased) captured approx. 53 mins of tram action on 8mm in 1955 and 1956. The two VR systems and the Geelong tramway" Next slide: "In 1992 the film material was transferred to video by H. Blum and can now be seen on video." Synopsis of video: 1. - Starts with Sandringham - Black Rock destination roll, trams, in a mix of colour and black and white. Mainly street scenes, but some interior shots and from windows. Includes footage of conductor working the tram and tram entering the depot. Approx 17 mins. 2. - St. Kilda - Elwood - Brighton Beach - starts with Elwood depot, some photos of MMTB cars running, interior shots and from window of car. Both black and white and colour. Approx. 18 mins 3. - Geelong - starts at depot, all black and white. Shows junction arrangements, farewell tram and bus replacements? Approx. 18 minutes.Title on outside of tape cartridge.video tape, sandringham, st kilda - brighton beach, geelong, vr trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Typed notes, Christchurch NZ - Steam and Horse Traction - Wal Jack Collection, c1950
... Christchurch NZ - Steam and Horse Traction - Wal Jack...NZRO - June 1940 and R.D.Crane and with additional ...Four page typed (carbon copy) on both side of 2 foolscap sheets - pink in colour. Notes on Christchurch - horse and steam trams. Image of document added 25/8/2013.christchurch, steam trams, horse trams -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Fighting Ships of World Wars one and Two, 1976
... Fighting Ships of World Wars one and Two...Anne Maclean and Suzanne Poole ...Book -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to the isle of Wight, 192?
... A pictorial and descriptive guide to the isle of Wight...Ward, Lock and Company ...A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of WightIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of Wightengland - guidebooks, isle of wight - guidebooks -
Kilmore Historical Society
LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada, 1877
... Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada...Longmans, Green, and Co ...Brown leather book cover with embossing on cover 'Macaulay's Lays' Gold writing on the spine 'Lays of Ancient Rome, Macaulay, Longman & Co' Embossing detail on back cover 167 pages ; List of works/ Index 32 pages ; 18 cmHandwritten inscription on first unnumbered page '17' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'macaulay, poetry -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2, 1876
... The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2....Spottiswoode and Co. ...Green cloth-bound hardcover book. Wear around cover edges.Title in gold on spine. Back cover separated from body. 408 pp. Vol. 1 of 2. Fair condition.Label printed with '555', front cover. P.1 '44' crossed out in red ink.lord macaulay, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Church Psalter and Prayer Book, 1870
... Church Psalter and Prayer Book....James Nisbet and Co. ...First published 1861. Comprising the Psalter, or Psalms of David, together with the Canticles, pointed for chanting, 510 Metrical Hymns, Six Sanctuses, and Nine Responses to the Commandments. Glanville CollectionBlack cloth-bound hardcover book with embossed decoration to back & front covers. Title in gilt front cover. Cover stained, worn at extremities, damage at bottom left front. Binding generally good, hinges starting to separate. 348 pp. Fair condition.Front flyleaf, embossed stamp, 'E.A. Hope/Stationer/Kilmore'. 'Robert John/Glanville/Kilmore/1871', handwritten cursive.glanville collection., religion -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Company, The Anzac book: written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the Men of Anzac, 1916
... The Anzac book: written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the...Cassell and Company ...Created by soldiers under enemy fire and in extreme hardship, the illustrations, stories, cartoons, and poems were intended as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli.Ill, p.164.non-fictionCreated by soldiers under enemy fire and in extreme hardship, the illustrations, stories, cartoons, and poems were intended as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli. world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, On target: with the American and Australian Anti- aircraft Brigade in New Guinea, 1943
... On target: with the American and Australian Anti- aircraft...Angus and Robertson ...The American and Australian ack ack brigade in New GuinesIll, p.172.non-fictionThe American and Australian ack ack brigade in New Guinesworld war 1939-1945 - anti-aircraft artillery, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - new guinea -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Edgar Clifton : or right and wrong : a story of school life, 1895
... Edgar Clifton : or right and wrong : a story of school life...George Routledge and Sons ...400 p. : Frontispiece illustration: 'For a moment it rested on the margin of the stream. - P. 129'fictionchildren's fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, The life and adventures of Valentine Vox the ventriloquist, [n.d.] [Routledge address suggests publication between 1903-1925]
... The life and adventures of Valentine Vox the ventriloquist...George Routledge and Sons, Limited / New York: E. P. Dutton ...551 p.fictionfiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Sapphira and the slave girl, 1941
... Sapphira and the slave girl...Cassell and Company ...295 p.fictionfiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, The Queen's cadet : and other tales, [n.d.] [1874?]
... The Queen's cadet : and other tales...George Routledge and Sons ...320 p.fictionshort stories, fiction -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Book - Bible, The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, 1883
... The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments...G E B Eyre and W Spottiswoode for the British and Foreign ...A Bible presented to Lily Spicer at the Yendon Sunday School on 16 May, 1886.Dark brown cloth bound, hard covered Bible in very worn condition. Presented in 1886 to Lily Spicer from the Sunday School at Yendon, near Buninyong.Inscribed 'Lily Spicer, Sunday School, Yendon. 16.5.86. Mr. H. Browne, Superintendent.religion, christianity, yendon, british & foreign bible society, bibles -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste", "Safely married", &c., &c. : in three volumes : Vol. I, 1875
... A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste...Hurst and Blackett ...Volume I contains three stories: 'A wife's story' ; My first and last novel ; 'Annie and her master'312 p. : includes preface with letters written by Charles Dickens. Plain green coverfictionVolume I contains three stories: 'A wife's story' ; My first and last novel ; 'Annie and her master'fiction, emily jolly, short stories -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Short stories, A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste", "Safely married" &c., &c. : in three volumes : Vol. III, 1875
... A wife's story and other tales by the author of "Caste...Hurst and Blackett ...Volume contains two stories: 'Daisy's Trials' and 'I do not love you'.296 p.fictionVolume contains two stories: 'Daisy's Trials' and 'I do not love you'.fiction, emily jolly, short stories -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONSTABLE RYAN COLLECTION: GOLDFIELDS DISAPPEARANCE NEVER SOLVED, April 1991
Photocopied article from the Victoria Police Association Journal of April 1991. Goldfields disappearance never solved.Victorian Police Association Journal, Gary Presland Police Museumperson, individual, constable thomas ryan, white hills station, chinese camp, back creek police station, constable hayes, long gully police station, constable barry, constable farrell, police widows and orphans fund, hong kee, ah wong, wong ching young, thomas ryan, inspector kennedy, fook sing, alick ah poo, gee hing, mrs go wing -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Ceremonial object - Patch, cloth, embroided
Maralinga & Monte Bello Association embroidered patch. Background is largely green. Depicted are a Union Jack, the Australian flag, a tank, a submarine and a aeroplane. In the centre is a mushroom cloud created by an atomic bomb."MARALINGA & MONTE BELLO ASSOCIATION" -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park : report for proposed development : a recreation, conservation and landscape planning study for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, Metropolitan Parks Division / by Scott and Furphy Engineers Pty Ltd, Landscape Division, November 1979
... development : a recreation, conservation and landscape planning study...Scott and Furphy Engineers. Landscape Division ...melbourne metropolitan board of works, yarra river, yarra river valley, yarra valley metropolitan park -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, School of Mines and Industries minutes if the Board of Studies and Legislation and Constitution Committee 1988-1990, 01/07/1976
... School of Mines and Industries minutes if the Board of...Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat ...School of Mines Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University This book is an minutes book of the School of Mines 1980's giving us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being doneLarge green book with black spine and handwritten label on spineBoard of Studies and Legislation/Constitution on spine labelschool of mines ballarat, board of studies, assets committee, special working party, staffing committee, w.j.c north, e.j tippett, m.b john, g.h beanland, s.a mendelson, k.j flecknoe, p. shiells, a. smail, j. crowe, r. hazlett, b. webber, d.drake, r. morgan, j. bell, l. shannon, a. peart, e.j barker, r.t morrell, k. andrews, r. dobell, l.f hillman, b. muir, r.mcfarlane, j. van dreven, m johnson, r.c lovett, m.c palmer, b. staley, j.l. turner, i aitken, l elliot, a.c byvoet, l wallis, r.h. hollioake, j. short, n. stevens, k. boast, j annesley -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, School of Mines and Industries minutes if the Board of Studies and Legislation and Constitution Committee 1988-1990, 01/07/1976
... School of Mines and Industries minutes if the Board of...Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat ...School of Mines Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University This book is an minutes book of the School of Mines 1980's giving us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being doneLarge red book with gold lettering on the front cover.school of mines ballarat, board of studies, assets committee, special working party, staffing committee, w.j.c north, e.j tippett, m.b john, g.h beanland, s.a mendelson, k.j flecknoe, p. shiells, a. smail, j. crowe, r. hazlett, b. webber, d.drake, r. morgan, j. bell, l. shannon, a. peart, e.j barker, r.t morrell, k. andrews, r. dobell, l.f hillman, b. muir, r.mcfarlane, j. van dreven, m johnson, r.c lovett, m.c palmer, b. staley, j.l. turner, i aitken, l elliot, a.c byvoet, l wallis, r.h. hollioake, j. short, n. stevens, k. boast, j annesley -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, In the wake of Bass and Flinders : 200 years on : the story of the re-enactment voyages 200 years on in the whaleboat Elizabeth and the replica sloop Norfolk to celebrate the bicentenary of the voyages of George Bass and Matthew Flinders, 2001
... In the wake of Bass and Flinders : 200 years on : the story...Bern and Jan Cuthbertson ...Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'. Signed by the author.george bass, journeys, australia, bern cuthbertson, matthew flinders, elizabeth, boat, norfolk, ship, historical reenactments, explorers, 18th century, discovery, exploration