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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Frank Pyke's apple orchard Ringwood. c1948/9
Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph- "Frank Pyke's apple orchard. See booklet 'Welcome to R/wood' 1948 or 1949. H. F. Pearson Mayor 1948 - 1949."agriculture -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print and negative, Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture, Student and Staff Group, 1968
Black and white photograph.5 students seated and standing in the Ornamental Garden with E.B. Littlejohn, Principal. What they represent is unknown.On reverse, "1968 L-R Rear-Paul Norquay, Howard Hollow, Stewart Pullyblank Front-Eric Littlewood, Gerald Wood. All graduated 1969-1971.students, e.b. littlejohn, paul norquay, howard hollow, stewart pullyblank, eric littlewood, gerald wood, publicity -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Ringwood Town Hall under construction - Taken in Melbourne St- 1936
Black and white photograph (2 copies- 1 large, 1 small).Written on rear of backing sheet: "Town Hall under construction - Taken in Melbourne St." Image shows Harry Tortice- wood carter on horse drawn dray. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Wendy Pomroy, Noo's Century - Una Victoria Wood & Guy Pomroy 1900 to 2000, 2000
Purple card Cover with B/W Photo with white border. The Photo showing a portrait of two people a man and womanNoo's Century Una Victoria Wood & Gut Pomroy 1900 to 2000 Wendy Pomroy Inside written in blue: Donated to Stawell Historical Society. Wendy Pomroystawell -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1977
A Spalding 'Natural' Specialist Frame tennis racquet, with wood grain finish on lower half of head and along edge of shaft and head; leather handle grip printed with manufacturer name; and, plastic butt cap featuring 'S' logo. Model name features along base of head. Manufacturer's 'S' logo appears on lower shaft. Inscription on side outlines the wood & fibre composition of racquet. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibretennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - MEMORIAL SCROLL, MID CERTIFICATE, KINGS LETTER, 1) 9.4.1917. .2 & .3) post WW1
.2 & .3) these are issued to next of kin of soldiers who never returned from the Great War. Refer Cat No’s 1794, 1791.2, 1792P. Walter was from Bendigo Victoria and enlisted in NZ..1) Certificate re the award of "Mention in Despatches" to Lce-Cpl W Peake in a gilded wood frame. .2) Memorial Scroll re W Peake. Parchment paper with Coat of Arms at the top, the text is standard for all Scrolls with space at the bottom for individual names. Mounted in a wood frame with a section at the bottom for more details. .3) Memorial letter from the King on cream coloured paper, red coat of arms at the top, text is standard for all these letters. Mounted in a wood frame. .1) "New Zealand Force, No 6/1688 Lce-Cpl W Peake, 1st Bn Canterbury R" .2) "Cpl Walter Peake Canterbury Inf Regt N.Z.E.F". "Died of Wounds 1.6.1917" .3) " Buckingham Palace, George I"documents - certificates, letters, military history, memorial scroll, mention in dispatches -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Operation Firewood, 1960s
Colour slide of wood on a trailer which was being repaired. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of legatees beside two cars in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Night repairs / The load got through' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, wood, semi trailers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article and Photograph, Buttle Family, 2018_
Information and photographs about the Buttle family supplied by descendant Patricia Wood.This photograph and text was copied from an email. Any information is the opinion of the contributor. Article and photograph sourced from email correspondencebuttle family -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Plane - Wooden, 1940's
Made by internee at Camp 3 Tatura. Used there as a wood working handtoolHandmade varnished, polished wooden plane with curved, turned handle. Metal washers support centre metal barHaeringplane, wood, haering, m, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, trades, tools -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Flat Iron
Used when heated for pressing clothes. Heated on top of wood stovesCorroded medium sized flat ironironing, clothing -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Salvation Army band conductor Colin Woods
Salvation Army conductor Colin Woods during a Carols by Candlelight performance. Col. photograph of Salvation Army band leader.carols by candlelight, colin woods -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork, other - Timber, Vic Wood, 'Compassionate' by Vic Wood, 1977
Vic WOOD (1939 - 02 October 2020) Born Melbourne, Victoria Vic Wood was an internationally renowned artist, craftsman and teacher from the 1970s. He studied gold and silversmithing, woodturning and cabinet making at Melbourne Teachers' College and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He was a skilled woodturner who, as a lecturer at Melbourne College of Advanced Education, taught a generation of woodworkers. Best known as a master wood-turner, Vic Wood retired from lecturing in 1983 to become a full-time woodturner. He was a sought after demonstrator and presenter for all kinds of local and international events. His teaching philosophy was simple: ‘share everything, have nothing to hide, and have no secrets; for ultimately it is in giving that you receive’. Vic Wood was a foundation member and inaugural president of the Victorian Woodworkers Association (VWA). In 1923 the Victorian Woodworkers Association announced the establishment of an annual Vic Wood Scholarship. he intent of the award is to promote excellence in woodwork and to engender inclusive and supportive woodworking networks. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Large lathe-turned sculptural relief. art, artwork, vic wood, wood, woodwork, sculptural relief -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Bosun's Chair, ca. 1922
This Bosun's char was part of the equipment on the vessel 'Reginald M. It is typical of items included on board a vessel in the late 19th and early 20th century. The nautical word 'bosun' is an abbreviation of the word 'boatswain' who is the person responsible for the repair and maintenance of the vessel. It could be used when rigging the sails and for rescue at sea, along with a thick rope anchored on shore or a rope between ships. It could also be used to move passengers to and from a ship as well as cargo on, to and from the vessel. A bosun's chair is a simple piece of equipment made from a short plank of wood and a sturdy piece of rope. It looks a little like a child's swing but usually has a pulley system that allows the user to adjust the length of the hanging piece of rope, and in so-doing adjusts the height above the floor or ground or sea. In modern times a harness would also be worn by the bosun’s chair user for safety reasons. Bosun's chairs are also used by window cleaners, construction workers and painters. The bosun’s chair is sometimes just a short plank, or even a canvas sling. The REGINALD M - The vessel “Reginald M” was a two-masted coastal ketch, owned and built by Mr. Jack (John) Murch of Birkenhead, Port of Adelaide, South Australia. Its construction took approximately 6 months and it was launched at Largs Bay in 1922. The vessel had many owners and adventures over the years until it was purchased by Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum & Village in 1975 from the Melbourne Ferry Company at auction. It was then used as an active display until 2016. Visitors could go aboard, turn the ship's wheel, go below deck and get the feel of the captain's quarters, sailors' quarters and the storage space available. The Reginald M was a popular exhibit for young and old, until 2016.This bosun's chair is significant for its connection to the maritime history. It has been used for rigging, painting, maintenance and importantly for life saving and safety. The bonus's chair is also significant because of its connection to the history of the vessel REGINALD M, the coastal trading ketch from South Australia built in 1922 and in existence until 2016. Its flat bottom, single chine shape illustrates a very simple but robust method of construction, compared to other round bilged examples of trading vessels. The Reginald M is listed on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels (ARHV Number: HV000562.)Bosun's chair; seat is a rectangular plank of wood with a hole drilled in each corner and three reinforcing wood lengths attached below the plank. The ends of two looped thick ropes have been threaded through the holes in the plank, crossed over then spliced together. The loops of rope above the plank have been tied with light rope. A roughly made wire hook is attached at the base of one length of rope. Top surface reveals indents where the bottom wooden pieces are joined to the top and some of the metal fixtures can be seen along the edge. There are remnants of white paint on the top.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, bosun's chair, bosuns chair, boatswains chair, rigging, maritime equipment, bosun's seat, life saving, marine technology, ship rigging -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Tray, Wooden sandwich tray, Early 20th century
This wooden tray has been purchased from the Warrnambool Fancy Goods shop of M. Giblett. She had taken over this shop early in the 20th century from Mrs Martha Wright who was well-known in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for her shop in Liebig Street (95 Liebig Street today) and for her needlework classes in the town. Many of her pupils won prizes at the local Agricultural Shows. This tray is of some interest as an object bought at the Wright/Giblett Fancy Goods Store in Warrnambool early in the 20th century. This is a rectangular-shaped wooden tray with four raised pieces of wood attached to form edges. The tray has been painted yellow. There is a label on the base of the tray indicating the shop from where it was purchased. The tray has some chipped paint, some dirt marks and some small cracks in the wood. ‘Millinery, Art Needlework, Baby Wear and Wool Specialists, Wrights (M.I.Giblett) Warrnambool’ martha wright, warrnambool, m. giblett, warrnambool, history of warrnambool, art needlework in warrnambool -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - PLAQUES, HMAS COONAWARRA & HMAS SUCCESS
1. Wood, centre, metal painted gold, black, blue with a world map in blue painted centre crown on top with white and red decoration, crown on top. 2. Wood, centre, metal painted gold, black, blue and brown. Crown on top with white, brown, red and green decoration.1. "COONAWARRA" "SWIFT AND SECURE" 2. "SUCCESS" "STRIVE TO WIN".plaque, hmas coonawarra, hmas success -
Bendigo Military Museum
Flag - FLAGS, 1945
.1) Flag, Union Jack, cotton cloth, mounted on wood stick with nob at one end. .2) Flag, Red Australian ensign, cotton cloth mounted on a wood stick. .3) Flag, Red Australian ensign, cotton cloth. .4) Flag, Red Australian ensign, cotton cloth..1) Printed with white paint, “V.E. Day - 8th May - 1945” LH corner bottom of flag. .2) Printed with white paint on middle of flag, “ V.P. Day. - 15th August 1945” .3 & .4) In black print in RH corner of the Union Jack, “British made “flags, union jack, red ensign -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Float, n.d
Handmade fishing float, top and bottom narrow sections - wood, central wider section - cork. Top section painted red with black and white bands, bottom dark green, narrow red band at junction of wood and cork. Cork section lacquered. Small wire ring and bottom end. -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph
A temporary saw-mill in the central Grampians.Photo shows a clearing containing a saw mill. There is a saw with traction engine to the right ands a bullock wagon containing a large log to the left. There is a man to the right working with the engine, four men among the wood in the centre and two men near the wagon on the left. A large wood stump is prominent in the foreground. timber industries, logging, sawmilling -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - MR FRED WOODS
Cover sheet and notes of a talk given by Mr Fred Woods. Nine (9) pages.Brief history of Bendigo Trams during the time Steam Trams were in use, by Mr Fred Woods of Carpenter Street Quarry Hill. Inscription: Railway Historical Society. 10 special Trams, Oct, 1962.person, individual, basil miller -
Clunes Museum
Document - TIMBER LICENCE
.2 TWO PAGES OUT OF LICENCE BOOK 12 8TH APRIL 1903 TO HARVEST WOOD IN STATE FOREST IN CAMPBELLTOWN LICENCE EXPIRES 7 JULY 1903 .2 BOOK 375 NO 1 TO NO 24 TIMBER LICENCE ORDINARY WOOD, DATED 23 OCTOBER 1901 TO 29/07/1903.2 ON FRONT A WHITE ROUND STICKER WITH "16". ON THE BACK HANDWRITTEN 8/9/04timber licence, department of land and survey -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1980
A Prince 'Woodie' model tennis racquet,with open throat, and plastic butt cap embossed with manufacturer's 'P' logo. Model name on right shoulder and manufacturer name on left shoulder. Bare wood handle, missing original grip tape. Materials: Wood, Graphite, Plastic, Paint, Ink, Vinyltennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - BRUSHES, 2) SA Brush Co, 1 c. 1960’s, .2) 1952
Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704..1) Clothes brush light brown varnished wood, rectangular shape, rounded ends, off white colour bristles & stamped on one side. .2) Hair brush, light brown wood varnished with slight raised top, metal base with white bristles inserted, stamped on one side..1) stamped on one side, “D (arrow up) D”, in black pen, “P Ball”. .2) stamped on one side, “D (arrow up) D SA brush Co 1952”, one one end in black pen, “P Ball”.brushes, clothes, hair, accessory -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Padlock, c. 1855
This padlock has been salvaged from the wrecked sailing ship SCHOMBERG. It is not known whether the padlock was a part of the ship’s equipment or if it was among personal effects or cargo. At some point in time the padlock has been mounted and sealed in resin, perhaps for both display and preservation purposes. ABOUT THE SCHOMBERG When SCHOMBERG was launched in 1855, she was considered the “Noblest ship that ever floated on water.” SCHOMBERG’s owners, the Black Ball Line, commissioned the ship for their fleet of passenger liners. She was built by Alexander Hall of Aberdeen. Overall she had accommodation for 1000 passengers. SCHOMBERG’s 34 year old master, Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes, (James Nicol Forbes) was born in Aberdeen in 1821 and rose to fame with his record-breaking voyages on the famous Black Ball Line ships; MARCO POLO and LIGHTNING. On this, the SCHOMBERG’s maiden voyage, he was going to break records. SCHOMBERG departed Liverpool 6 October 1855 flying the sign “Sixty Days to Melbourne”. She carried 430 passengers and 3000 tons cargo including iron rails and equipment intended to build the Melbourne to Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. She also carried a cow for fresh milk, pens for fowls and pigs, 90,000 gallons of water for washing and drinking, 17,000 letters and 31,800 newspapers. The ship and cargo was insured for $300,000, a fortune for the time. The winds were poor as she sailed across the equator, slowing SCHOMBERG’s journey considerably. Land was first sighted on Christmas Day, at Cape Bridgewater near Portland, and Captain Forbes followed the coastline towards Melbourne. Forbes was said to be playing cards when called by the Third Mate Henry Keen, who reported land about 3 miles off, Due in large part to the captain's regarding a card game as more important than his ship, it eventually ran aground on a sand spit near Curdie's Inlet (about 56 km west of Cape Otway) on 26 December 1855, 78 days after leaving Liverpool. The sand spit and the currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. The crew from the scouting party advised Forbes to wait until morning before trying to take the passengers to safety in the lifeboats because the rough seas could easily overturn the small vessels. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted SS QUEEN at dawn and signalled the steamer. The master of the SS QUEEN approached the stranded vessel and all of SCHOMBERG’s passengers and crew were able to disembark safely. The SCHOMBERG was lost and with her, Forbes’ reputation. The Black Ball Line’s Melbourne agent sent a steamer to retrieve the passengers’ baggage from the SCHOMBERG. Other steamers helped unload her cargo until the weather changed and prevented the salvage teams from accessing the ship. Later one plunderer found a case of Wellington boots, but alas, all were for the left foot! Local merchants Manifold & Bostock bought the wreck and cargo, but did not attempt to salvage the cargo that was still on board the ship. They eventually sold it on to a Melbourne businessman and two seafarers. In 1864, after two of the men drowned when they tried to reach SCHOMBERG, salvage efforts were abandoned. Parts of the SCHOMBERG were washed ashore on the south island of New Zealand in 1870, nearly 15 years after the wreck. The wreck now lies in almost 9 metres of water and the shape of the ship can still be seen due to the remaining railway irons, girders and the ship’s frame. A variety of goods and materials can be seen scattered about nearby. Flagstaff Hill holds many items salvaged from the SCHOMBERG including a ciborium (in which a diamond ring was concealed), communion set, ship fittings and equipment, personal effects, a lithograph, tickets, menu and photograph from the SCHOMBERG. This brass padlock is registered as an artefact in the SCHOMBERG collection. The SCHOMBERG collection as a whole is of historical and archaeological significance at a State level, listed on the Victorian Hertage Register VHR S612. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the SCHOMBERG is significant for its association with the Victorian Heritage Registered shipwreck. The collection is primarily significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the SCHOMBERG. The SCHOMBERG collection is archaeologically significant as the remains of an international passenger ship. The shipwreck collection is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and its potential to interpret sub-theme 1.5 of Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes (living with natural processes). The collection is also historically significant for its association with the shipwreck and the ship, which was designed to be fastest and most luxurious of its day. The SCHOMBERG collection meets the following criteria for assessment: Criterion A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria’s cultural history. Criterion C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria’s cultural Brass Padlock lying in a wooden block and encased in resin. The wood encasing the padlock has seven man-made holes in it, perhaps used to hand as a display. There was a paper label with an inscription on the top and bottom of the wood immediately surrounding the padlock. the brass has tarnished. Recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg in 1974.Marked on block - "Recovered 1974 'Schomberg'"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, padlock, schomberg shipwreck, brass padlock circa 1855, object salvaged from shipwreck, captain bully forbes, 19th century security hardware, sjouvenir, security, brass padlock -
Greensborough Historical Society
Brick, Wooden road block, 1880s
Accompanied by article by Kevin Patterson (Nillumbik Historical Society) which explains the use of these blocks as a road surface in the City of Melbourne from the 1880s. The final wood blocks were dismantled in the 1950s and blocks sent to suburban wood yards to be sold as fuel for open fires and combustion heaters.As most of these blocks were sold for fuel, it is unusual to find one surviving. Block of timber cut to size and dipped in tar for use a a road block. wood blocks, paving, melbourne, road surfaces, tar -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Broad Axe, Mid-20th century
A double-bevelled broad axe can be used for chopping or notching and hewing. When used for hewing, a notch is chopped in the side of the log down to a marked line, called scoring. The pieces of wood between these notches are removed with an axe, called juggling, and then the remaining wood is chopped away to the line. Broad axe head; handmade. A metal, T-shaped axe head, double-bevelled, with a formed slot for adding a wooden handle. The shape is common; a Canadian pattern. warrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, hewing axe, timber working tool, forestry, axe head, braod axe, lumber, building, handmade, forged, iron, steel -
Orbost & District Historical Society
carving
A carved piece of pale wood pointed at one end and decorated with burnt incisions. Possibly one of a pair of clap sticks.carving aboriginal -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Harry Bennell and chicory kiln2
HistoricalCopy of small black and white photograph of a chicory kiln with a man in braces standing in front beside a large pile of wood.Henry Bennellphotograph, chicory kiln, henry bennell -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Musical Instrument, Clarinet, 20th century
This musical instrument belonged to a member of the McDonald family (South Warrnambool). It may have belonged to Donald Robert McDonald (b. 1908) who enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942 and was discharged in 1946. He was a bombardier in the 2/4 Aust. Composite A/A Regiment.The instrument is significant because it belonged to a member of a prominent South Warrnambool family. It had historical and social significance as an example of the musical entertainment common in the 1940s (perhaps the owner played in a local band or a military band)This is a clarinet made of black-coloured wood with silver-grey metal fittings and mouthpiece. It consists of three pieces screwed togethermcdonald family, donald robert mcdonald, warrnambool, clarinet -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Furniture, Lecturn
Lecturn used in Watson Hall at the Mair Street Campus.Solid wood and veneer lecturn with carved columns at front corners and Clarendon presbyterian Ladies' College crest at top of backrest. Crest and Motto: Suivez la veriteclarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, lecturn, -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Two documents relating to suplies at the School of Mines Ballarat
Mr Martell was the director of the School of Mines Ballarat, which is a predecessor of Federation UniversityTwo pages .1 Small handwritten note to Mr Martell from N. Woods .2 Page of handwritten figures mr martell, n. woods, pyrites in battery, pyrite, battery, school of mines ballarat