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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HAMILTON COLLECTION: CONCERT PROGRAM, 1905
Document. Orange flyer advertising ''Popular Open-air Concerts'', Eaglehawk Band and Fire Brigade, Lake grounds, Eaglehawk, January 1905. Mr. A.J.Hamilton included in program.performing arts, elocution, concert -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: IN UNIFORM
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. In uniform: the City Fire Brigade, near Market Square, whichis now the site of the Bendigo library. Circa 1878.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SOUTH DEBORAH GOLD MINES NL: FIRE POLICY, 6/9/1940
Document McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet; South Deborah Gold Mines NL; Sun Insurance Office; Fire policy; Number 17317981; Property insured description; 2 pagesorganization, mining, south deborah gold mines nl -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Huey Resupply
A black and white photograph of A RAAF Huey delivers 44 gallon drums of diesel to an Australian Fire Support Base for refuelling APC's and Centurian tanks supporting infantry operations.photograph, raaf, 9 sqn, huey helicopter, 1st atf base, gibbons collection catalogue, fire support base -
Clunes Museum
Memorabilia - CALENDAR, R. FLETCHER & SONS. BALLARAT, 2013
1 x paper sheet of Clunes Fire Brigade printed in colour showing images of Clunes Town Hall, Clunes Township and the Government Bridge, (courtesy of Jenny Anderson)Nil2013, clunes fire brigade -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1940 c
Also a black and white postcard of highway bridge over the Latrobe River Rosedale 05412.1 9 x 14 cmBlack and white postcard of camping reserve showing picnic shelter and two fire places set in timbered area and glimpses of highway bridge through trees Rosedale VictoriaThe Camping Reserve Rosedalebuildings, transport -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Ash Tray
This item belonged to Mr. F. Johns father of the donor.An ash tray in the form of a chimney place with hood over the fire grate and a place to rest lighted cigarette so the smoke goes up the chimney. Inscribed with "Smugglers Hearth"Registered Design 35246personal effects, smoking accessories -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Hepburn Bushfire site, 2019, 2019
Colour photographs of the site of the 2019 Hepburn Bushfire on Mannings Road / Mannings Hill, Elevaited Plans. The red line in the foreground of the photos is the remains of fire retardant from aircraft.hepburn bushfire, mannings road bushfire, mannings hill bushfire, bushfire, fire retardant, elevaitd plains -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000
Date made December 2000Colour photograph showing remains of the Club Hotel, after the fire December 2000. Hotel building and outbuildings were destroyed. Background trees untouched. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, disasters -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Domestic object - Fire Poker
metal/iron poker for fire place, has a twist in the metal near handle for decorative purposes. The remainder of the long piece is round. The poker end has been flattened. blacksmith, fireplace, poker -
Wangaratta High School
WSC Yearbook -Geronimo, 1998
Black yearbook with a full-page image of a girl surrounded by circular fire trails. Coloured writing advertises the contents of the issue and the heading reads Geronimo '98 THE YEAR IN REVIEWGeronimo '98 THE YEAR IN REVIEW INSIDE: Check out our FULL COLOUR centrefold! Artwork Writing Photography The School gets a makeover SPORTS UPDATE Wangaratta Secondary College, The end of an Era A special report from principal, Mr Pech -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Ceramic - earthenware, Jill Symes, Sunrise, 1985
Jill Symes, Sunrise 1985, burnished saggar-fired ceramic earthenware, 18.5 x 30 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Purchased 1989ceramic, urn, earthenware, jill symes, sunrise -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Former Kew Court House : Court Room fireplace, 1996
A civic campaign for new public offices developed in Kew in the 1880s. After much deliberation, the location chosen was the junction of Bulleen and Cotham Roads. The buildings were designed by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects within the Department of Public Works (Victoria). Building was commenced in 1887, and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office was transferred to the new Commonwealth Government in 1901. The Police Station and Court House, sold by the Victorian Government to the City of Boroondara in 2007, are now a community cultural centre and performing arts venue.The buildings were listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Register (HO885) in 1991. They are historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria because Watson and Harvey's designs exhibit diversity in integrating civil offices, they accommodate the apex of road junctions, and they demonstrate a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings.The sole means of heating the Court Room of the former Kew Court House was this open fire place (now no longer useable). The fireplace was located on the south wall of the Court Room.kew court house, public offices -- kew (vic), court houses -- victoria -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - Pucka 1992
On 1 April 1991, ‘A’ Squadron 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles linked with 4/19 Prince of Wales’s Light Horse Regiment to form a new regiment of two squadrons: VMR Squadron and PWLH Squadron. The 4/19 Prince of Wales’s Light Horse title was retained, but the VMR Squadron continued to wear the VMR hat badge.lack and white photograph of six soldiers of VMR Squadron 4/19 Prince of Wales's Light Horse with M113 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) at Puckapunyal, September 1992.military, vmr, puckapunyal, pwlh -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
A’ Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles conducted an annual range day at Puckapunyal at which soldiers undertook instruction leading to qualification in a range of weapons including M26 Grenade, 84mm Carl Gustav Medium Antitank Weapon (MAW) and both .30 calibre and .50 calibre machine guns.Colour photograph of three soldiers of ' A ' Squadron 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles preparing for firing the 84 mm Carl Gustav Medium Anti- tank Weapon at Puckapunyal. -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Weapon - Case Flare Cartridge 38mm
The remains of a 38mm Flare Cartridge that has been cut height with the idea of creating trench art38mm nickel flare cartridge case that has been cut down in size. The percussion cap on the bottom of the cartridge indicates that it has been fired. Unfinished trench art Engraving: AMM / LOT 0RM58LLH1H001 /flare, percussion cap, cartridge case -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Photograph - Photo, Photo of members of C Coy 5/6 RVR on OP VIC Fires Assist 2009
Photo of members of C Coy 5/6 RVR on OP VIC Fires Assist 2009 holding an Australian Flag with burnt out village in the background, in a wooden frame -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
Photograph of 19 members of the Beechworth Volunteer Fire Service and a young boy all wearing fire service uniformsBlack and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper and mounted on boardReverse: B.V.F Brigade about 1885emergency services, beechworth, fire brigade, fire, burke museum, 1885, photograph -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - CLINOMETER SIGHT Mk (IV), F. Tough, 1942
The clinometer sight was attached to a Vickers .303 machine gun and used for long range fire or a fixed line of fire. Brass and steel clinometer sight. The top of the sight featured a spirit level. At each end there is a brass and steel winder that can depress or elevate the sight which rides on a semi-circular copper coloured slider. The brass scale on one side is graded in five degree units. A base plate for attaching the item to a machine gun is missing.On side one: 'DEP DEGs, ELEV DEGs' On side two: 'MADE IN AUSTRALIA, F. TOUGH 1942, D(upward arrow)D, A.1553, CLINOMETER SIGHT (MARK IV)'military equipment, clinometer sight, machine gun, vickers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Work on paper - Invitation [copy], Bundoora Farewell Social Committee, The Bundoora Farewell Committee 1946, 31/07/1940
Copy of an invitation to the Bundoora Farewell Social Committee 'social and dance tendered to members of soldiers, sailors and airmen leaving the district on active service'. Held on 31st July 1940 at the Bundoora District Hall in honour of men joining up to fight in World War 2.An example of community spirit during the war years.Copy of invitation, blue text on white paper.Name of invitee inside.bundoora, bundoora public hall, world war 2 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - black and white, Charleroi. Entree de la Ville, c1915
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Heavy fighting took place during World War I due to the city's strategic location on the Sambre. This postcard was most probably purchased during an australian soldier during World War One.Black and white postcard depicting a cobbled street with horse drawn carriage and people gathered around a flag. charleroi, belgium, world war i, world war, henry smerdon holmes -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Members of the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) were posted to Army Reserve units in the 1980s and 1990s. They were rarely posted to Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) but were invaluable in the A1 Echelon driving fuel, ammunition, ration and water supply vehicles. Colour photograph of two WRAAC soldiers of 'A' Squadron 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles serving a meal from a BBQ set up on back of truck in A1 Echelon during field training. Private L. Cameron at left ; Private T. Roche, right. -
Red Cliffs Military Museum
Collage, Collage of WW1 photos, Post WW1
There is no information with this collage other than what is on the photos, it is unknown who put it together, who owned it, or who donated it.An old black wooden frame containing 12 WW1 photos which have been beautifully displayed in the frame, surrounded by hand made wooden lattice and leaves decor. Typed on the bottom of each photo is a description of the photo.Top Left to right. ( .1) British Infantry practicing an attack. (.2) Australians parading for the Trenches. (.3) 'Tommy' at home in German duggouts. Next Rowe Left to Right. (.4) London Scottish going to their trenches. (.5) Happy 'Tommys' wearing Hun Helmets. (.6) A galant Rescue under fire - This man saved 20 lives like this. Next rowe down, Left to right: (.7) Firing a heavy Howitzer in France. (.8) Loyal North Lancs Regiment cheering when ordered to the trenches. (.9) Thirsty German prisoners in their barbed wire cage. Bottom rowe Left to right (.10) Highlanders Pipe themselves back from the trenches. (.11) Decorating a Canandian on the Field of Battle. (.12) A 'Fag' after a fight.france, ww1, british, photos, infantry, north, collage, lancashire, regiments -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1985
Photograph of four men standing in a burnout area of land and trees. One man is dressed as a helmeted fire-fighter, vehicle is behind them. A total of 111 fires started in Victoria on 14th January 1985 and took two weeks to bring under control. A major fire burned on Mt Buffalo, burning 51,400 hectares. Fire in Beechworth arrived via Woolshed and Eldorado in 1985/ Black and white rectangular photograph printed on photographic paperReverse: 1985 /emergency services, burke musuem, beechworth, fire brigade, fire, fire fighter, photograph, 1985 -
Wangaratta Urban Fire Brigade
Framed Certificate
WODONGA URBAN FIE BRIGADE - CENTENARY 1893 - 1993 - DUTY ALWAYS (in an 'O' shaped emblem with a scroll across it) This Certificate was Presented to Wangaratta Urban Fire Brigade (hand wriiten) To Commemorate the Century of Wodonga Urban Fire Brigade 1893 - 1993 088 Signed by: Officer in Charge 1st Lieutenant Secretary Centenary Committee wodonga, centenary, 1993 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: FIRE BRIGADE DEPOT, 1860's
Photograph of a brick building with a bell tower at the rear. A sign above the doorway reads ' Fire Brigade Depot. In front of the building are several horse drawn fire appliances, one of them holds a ladder and some buckets, another contains what appears to be a tank and is towing a large hose reel. There are eight men grouped around the appliances, some in uniform. To the right of the building ,on the roadway, there is a lamppost and to the left and right are wooden tree guards.Batchelderbuildings, organisation, fire brigade, batchelder , fire brigade depot -
Clunes Museum
Document - FIRE BRIGADE BOOKKEEPING
.1 GRY CARDBOARD BOOK KEEPING BOOK CLUNES FIRE BRIGADE 1953 TO 1971. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE .2 PRICELIST FOR RATES AND TESTING CHARGES FORM CUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY, RATES FROM 1ST JAN 1964 .3 MINUTES BOOK 27/2/1950 TO 28/4/1969 .4 MINUTES OF MEETINGS 30/3/1925 TO 11/01/1937. SOME MINUTES ARE TYPED AND CLUED INTO THE BOOK.3 A RECEIPT IS GLUED INSIDE FROM GUARDIAN ASSURANCE FOR RENEWEL OF POLICY 24/03/1931 TO 24/03/1932clunes fire brigade, guardian assurance -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c1970
Photograph of 6 men in Beechworth fire brigade jumpers standing and sitting in front of a fire drill and holding various pieces of equipment. Black and white rectangular photo printed on matte photographic paperReverse: BMM 8781.1 / The Ovens and Murray Advertiser / Garry Paul, Jarvis McIntosh, -, Ross Lucas, Rod Gaskett, Graeme Warneremergency services, beechworth, fire brigade, burke museum, fire -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Carronade, 1840
The carronade was designed as a short-range naval weapon with a low muzzle velocity for merchant ships, but it also found a niche role on warships. It was produced by the Carron Iron Works and was at first sold as a complete system with the gun, mounting, and shot altogether. Carronades initially became popular on British merchant ships during the American Revolutionary War. A lightweight gun that needed only a small gun crew and was devastating at short range was well suited to defending merchant ships against French and American privateers. The invention of the cannon is variously attributed to Lieutenant General Robert Melville in 1759, or to Charles Gascoigne, manager of the Carron Company from 1769 to 1779. In its early years, the weapon was sometimes called a "mellvinade" or a "gasconade". The carronade can be seen as the culmination of a development of naval guns reducing the barrel length and thereby the gunpowder charge. The Carron Company was already selling a "new light-constructed" gun, two-thirds of the weight of the standard naval gun and charged with one-sixth of the weight of the ball in powder before it introduced the carronade, which further halved the gunpowder charge. The theory of its design was to use less powder and had other advantages that were advertised in the company's sales pamphlet of the time, state. The smaller gunpowder charge reduced the barrel heating in action, also reduced the recoil. The mounting, attached to the side of the ship on a pivot, took the recoil on a slider, without altering the alignment of the gun. The pamphlet advocated the use of woollen cartridges, which eliminated the need for wadding and worming, although they were more expensive. Carronades also simplified gunnery for comparatively untrained merchant seamen in both aiming and reloading that was part of the rationale for adopting the gun. Other advantages promoted by the company were. The replacement of trunnions by a bolt underneath, to connect the gun to the mounting, reduced the width of the carriage that enhanced the wide angle of fire. A merchant ship would almost always be running away from an enemy, so a wide-angle of fire was much more important than on a warship. A carronade weighed a quarter as much as a standard cannon and used a quarter to a third of the gunpowder charge. This reduced charge allowed Carronades to have a shorter length and much lighter weight than long guns. Increasing the size of the bore and ball reduces the required length of the barrel. The force acting on the ball is proportional to the square of the diameter, while the mass of the ball rises by the cube, so acceleration is slower; thus, the barrel can be shorter and therefore lighter. Long guns were also much heavier than Carronades because they were over-specified to be capable of being double-shotted, (to load cannons with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range), whereas it was dangerous to do this in a carronade. A ship could carry more carronades, or carronades of a larger calibre, than long guns, and carronades could be mounted on the upper decks, where heavy long guns could cause the ship to be top-heavy and unstable. Carronades also required a smaller gun crew, which was very important for merchant ships, and they were faster to reload. The small bore carronade and carriage is part of a collection of nineteenth Century Flagstaff Hill Guns and Cannon, which is classified as being of significance and was made a few years after the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837 and fires a 6 lb pound cannon ball. This nineteenth century artillery piece is a rare and representative item of artillery of this era, used predominately on ships, both military and merchant. The artillery piece, individually and as part of the collection, is highly significant for its historical, scientific and aesthetic reasons at the state, national and world level. This carronade represents the methods of artillery technology, its advancement and its modifications to suit dangerous situations that sailors encountered from attacks from free booters (pirates, living from plunder) or others at the time. Carronade firing a 6 lb cast iron ball, with a smooth bore barrel 6.5 cm in dia the item is mounted on stepped wooden carriage with wooden wheels. Cannon barrel can have its elevation adjusted via a wooden wedge. Gun carriage has loops for locating and holding in position to a deck by ropes. Carriage is a replica made 1982Cast into the barrel is the royal emblem of Queen Victoria (VR "Victoria Regina") indicating the carronade was cast during Queen Victoria's reign / 1840 & 4-2-0 denoting the weight of the barrel. Right hand trunnion has a serial number “8708”. Also on top of the barrel is the British "Board of Ordinance" identifying mark a broad arrow indicating the carronade was in military use. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, colonial defences, victoria’s coastal defences, warrnambool fortification, warrnambool garrison battery, warrnambool volunteer corps, ordinance, armaments, garrison gun, smooth bore cannon, carronade, black powder, 12 pounder, 1840, artillery, lieutenant general robert melville, charles gascoigne, carron company, mellvinade, gasconade -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
T-Shirt - Mt Beauty Fire Brigade x2
Mt Beauty rural fire brigade was established in 1948 by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria as an industry brigade. When Mt Beauty was handed over to the Shire in 1961, the fire brigade became a member of the Country Fire Authority (C.F.A.). Today it is an urban fire brigade. The t-shirt would have been used when members were together during fire drills, competitions, meetings etc. The black shirt was used prior to 1950 and the Red shirt was used after March 1950 The red t-shirt was used in the following yearThe t-shirt was part of the Mt Beauty fire brigade uniform indicating that the fire fighters were part of a team and were able and wanted to be recognised. It also indicates a strong and popular organisation. Black thick cotton t-shirt with collar and short sleeves. A zip is at the top front. Sleeves have yellow strip near their opening. "Mount Beauty F B" has been zig zagged stitched onto the front, also in yellow. Red thick cotton t-shirt with collar and short sleeves. 2 buttons at the top front. Sleeves have a yellow strip near their opening."Mount / Beauty" has been zig zagged stitched onto the front, also in yellow.Tag inside back under collar - "Sportswear / Simpson / of Melbourne / Mr - then P.A.B. handwritten in space provided. also '36' and 'All cotton' tags attached. Tag inside back under the collar - "Haworth Knit / Glen Iris, Melb./ 100% Cotton"mt beauty; fire brigade; clothing; state electricity commission of victoria