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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Memorabilia, Parcel of photographs and family documents - Pratt Family Ringwood . Various dates. See 10146(*) VC entries
Items include photographs and official documents with several items related to Kevin Pratt. Miscellanious items of Family History. Related items - 10146(a) to 10146(m) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - CUT THROAT RAZOR
Invicta cut throat razor in box, ivory coloured handle marked Invicta.E M Dickins Sheffield Englandpersonal effects, shaving -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - METAL DETECTING MAP WITH NOTES: GOLD AND RELIC SITES - BENDIGO KANGAROO FLAT GOLDFIELD
Map of the Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat Goldfields with key to diggings, structures, locations of nuggets previously found and topographical features. Enclosed in a coloured cardboard cover with photograph of gold detector.Douglas M Stone, Outdoor Pressmap, bendigo, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE ILLUSTRATED BURRA CHARTER, 1992
84 page soft cover book 'The Illustrated Burra Charter' ICOMOS the International Council on Monuments and Sites. The first Charter was established in 1966 at an International Conference in Venice dealing with the preservation and restoration of historic monuments. For Australia the Burra Charter was established in 1977. Making good decisions about the care of important places. Reprinted in 1994 by Prestige Litho, Brisbane. Prepared by Peter Marquis-Kyle & Meredith WalkerP Marquis-Kyle & M Walker -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Small oval head and shoulder portrait of a lady wearing a dark dress with a wide crocheted collar and a brooch at the neck. She has a lacy type of head dress. Photo mounted on dark brown card with the photographer's name printed in red on the back.M. W. Bent, Pall Mallphotograph, portrait, male, portrait of a lady, m w bent -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - GLASS PRESERVING JAR
Agee Victory glass preserving jar with glass lid, wire clips, paper instructions & rubber sealing ring.M813 M AGM Agee Victory -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MALE PORTRAIT
Sepia image: male portrait. Young man dressed in suit with ( it appears ) a clerical collar. Below the photo is M.Bent Pall mall Sandhurst.M. Bent, Pall Mall, Sandhurstperson, individual, male portrair, bendigo, sandhurst, m. bent -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - TRENCH ART VASES, 1951
The 2 items were presented to “DAVID M KEARIN by the Gun Crew HMAS COOTAMUNDRA. “KEARIN D M No R 41516 RAN 1952-58”.1) & .2) Trench Art made from brass 40 mm shell casings. Engraving is along the length of the caseings..1) & .2) “40 mm M4 LOT 175 1951 (up arrow) AN HMAS COOTAMUNDRA 1957”military history - trench art, ornaments, souvenirs -
Fire Services Museum of Victoria
Vehicle - Fire Engine - Pumper "SEC Dodge", "SEC Dodge"
Maufactured for State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) fire brigade at Yallourn township serving the nearby open cut brown coal mine, briquette manufacturing plant and electricity generating station. Donated to FSMV 19??, on closure of Yallourn Fire Brigade preparatory to closure of township to allow extension of open cut mine over township site.Unique only fire engine of design ever made.Pumper fire engine State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) Fire Brigade, Yallourn, Vic Front mounted pump, ?, ? lpm [ ? gpm] Seat for 4 crew open cross mounted behind cab Ladder, ? m [ ? feet] Water tank ? l [ ? gall] Hose reel ? m [ ? feet] Current vehicle registration - CH6281 SEC logo on both doors Y F B on compartment door on both sides of bodyfire engine, fire engine pumper, dodge fire engine, dodge, yallourn fire brigade, sec fire brigade, yallourn, sec -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Container, JSM?, "Moving Melbourne", early 2000's
Container or Cup or mug - plastic with removable lid, silver outside, black inside, designed to be used on a vehicle with a non-slip material on the base. Printed with a M> Tram or M>Train logo, with the words "Moving Melbourne" under the logo. On the inside of the lid, has the words "Hand Wash Only / Do not put cup in Microwave" and at the base "JSM47"trams, tramways, crockery, national express, m>tram, m>train -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Long Gully Church Bible Christian Sunday School Anniversary Program 1893, 12/02/1893
Bible Christian schools were Sunday schools that were operated primarily by the Methodist church but there is some evidence that the Salvation Army may also have played a part. A new schoolroom was built in 1884.A4 Sheet printed both sides of page, Bible Christian Sunday School Long Gully, Anniversary February, 12th, 13th, and 14th, 1893 - list the conductor Mr F Williams and the Organists Misses L M Vercoe and M Penreath. Morning, Afternoon and Evening Order of Prayers and Hyms. Printed by Bolton and Sons, Printers Bendigo.religion, lydia chancellor collection, history, church -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE STUDENTS
A black and white photograph of 1956 Bendigo Teachers' College Group E1 students. They are - E. Ardon, G. Armstrong, B. Boysen, M. Coutts, D. Crellin, L. Falls, A. Fennell, J. Gray, J. Hayat, A. Hockley, M. Jackola, L. Jeffrey, E. Jones, D. Linton, S. Martin. See 3320.100bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college students, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, tertiary education, teacher training, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, history, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, students -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Knitting Stick, Unknown
The attached card states - 'Mother's knitting stick'. There is a brass hole one end with four brass nails where the tip of a knitting needle is inserted for support. The curved and fits into a belt or tape around the waist. Knitting was carried out on curved metal needles, one of these needed to be kept rigid by being held between the hand and knitting sheath held at the side of the body either tucked into a belt or held under the armpit. The sheath would allow someone to to knit with one hand whilst performing chores with the other. They also took the weight of the work and stopped stitches from slipping off the bottom of a double ended needle. Many were given as love tokens but there were plenty made by men for their daughters or other close family members.An antique curved carved wooden knitting stick or treen Knitting Sheath for hand knitters. It is approximately 23cm (9 inches) long with simple carving on one side of M H R in large letters as well as a nine pointed star next to them. There is a brass hole one end with four brass nails where the tip of a knitting needle is inserted for support. The curved end fits into a belt or tape round the waist. 'M H R' and a 'nine pointed star' is carved into the curved part of the stick . There is an attached card - 'Grandma's (crossed out) Mother's knitting stick. When using four needles the "working" one goes into the hole at the brass end of stick. Curved end fits into belt or tape round waist'accessories, knitting equipment, knitting -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Reference, The Birds of Australia Vol 7
The Birds of Australia is a 12 volume work, in a total of 14 books. The books were used as an ornithological handbook. They contain scientific text as well as over 600 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, H. Grönvold, Roland Green, H. Goodchild and G.E. Lodge. The work was written, sponsored and organised by Gregory M. Matthews, F.R.S.C. Erc. who was a wealthy Australian and an amateur ornithologist. His titles included – -Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological Societies of London -Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union -Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union The volumes in our collection were originally donated to the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library by William Lindsay. THE LINDSAYS (quoted from the book Of Many Things – A History of Warrnambool Shire by C.E. Sayers) The Lindsays were amongst the most prominent families in the Shire of Warrnambool, as pastoralists, sportsmen, municipal councillors, community leaders. The first of the family William arrived in Melbourne in 1841 and started business as a livestock agent. The gold rushes sent him to the central Victoria diggings dealing in cattle. This was a business that boomed in the early 1850s, and he prospered. In 1859 he took over the Quamby run near Woolsthrope from Paul de Castella, the Yarra Valley Swiss vigneron who had brought the leasehold and improvements in 1853 from George Youl, who had pioneered the run. Quamby was originally 25,000 acres. It was heavily timbered, rough country, much of it swampy, a characteristic of the district. Lindsay used it to fatten cattle which gave large returns with the booming gold diggings towns paying high prices for beef. In 1862 purchases at auction made Quamby a freehold. In the next six years a further 20,000 acres of Crown land were brought at auction to make the run one of the largest in the south-west district. The great profits from his cattle trading enabled Lindsay to make improvements to the holding, and to Union which was added in 1864. Much of the thick timber was cleared and the worst of the swamps drained. Union was 15,000 acres of freehold when Kennedy sold it to Lindsay. It was heavily timbered, mostly blackwood, with large belts of wattle and honeysuckle. Much of the heavy native was ringbarked and cleared; much more was swept away by bushfire. It was expensive work, but Lindsay’s bank passbook was heavy with credit, and he did not spare money to make both Quamby and Union heavily developed stock runs. He was as lavish in social living; the bluestone Quamby homestead was one of the most hospitable in the district when William Lindsay was host there; its paddocks carried high quality thoroughbreds: its stables housed steeplechasers and flat racers which won many races on Warrnambool and other courses; its coach houses were filled with carriages which took his guests to the great racing carnivals of the district. After William Lindsay died in 1897, in his eighty-fifth year, his two sons, William and James, managed Union and Quamby as a joint venture. This partnership ended in 1906 when William took over Union and James kept Quamby. The following year 10,000 acres of Union were subdivided and sold in lots of 100 acres to 700 acres for dairying and general farming. It was well improved country, much of it alluvial flats. By then many of the paddocks were sheltered with blue gum belts, and they carried good pastures. The three Lindsays, father and two sons, gave many years of service to the Shire, and to many charitable, sporting, social and community organisations in the Warrnambool district. William Lindsay senior, was a Shire councillor for 15 years, and President several times. James Lindsay followed his father as a north riding councillor. He served nineteen years, from 1887 until his death in March 1908. He was President four times. Jimmy Lindsay was one of the most popular men in the south-west of Victoria. He was a fine sportsman: horse breeder, owner and a dashing amateur rider. He lived lavishly and played hard. For many years he guarded a herd of kangaroos, as many as 100 head, at Quamby. Descendants of the Lindsay kangaroos are still in the district. James Lindsay’s wife, Margaret Esther was a daughter of Samuel Shaw Parker, the first engineer of the Shire. Nell Lindsay, a daughter, lives in the Bluestone Quamby homestead. Only a little more than 60 acres of the original run still belongs to the property. William Lindsay junior succeeded his brother as a Shire councillor. He served for 25 years from 1908 until his death in 1934. So, the Lindsays, father and two sons, served as Shite councillors for an unbroken period of sixth-five years. William Lindsay junior had a life-long interest in horse racing, as breeder, owner and enthusiastic amateur steeplechase rider. He was elected a member of the Warrnambool racing club in 1901 and was president of the club for thirty-two years. He raced and rode horses for the love of the sport. He won the Villiers and Heytesbury Hunt Cup in the 1870s on his own horse, Ventura. In the year he died his horse Flavedo won the Warrnambool Grand Annual steeplechase. It was a sensational race. All of the contestants fell, or lost their riders. When Flavedo baulked at a jump, its jockey R. Sweetman, remounted and completed the course to win the race. All of the Lindsays were passionately fond of the thoroughbred horse. Nell Lindsay talking to the author in the drawing room of Quamby homestead - with many memories for her of its lavish years – said of a brother that he was put on a horse when he was two years old and never got off. William Lindsay junior made Union into a fine, high-producing property, breeding cattle and horses. He added to the bluestone house that David Kennedy started, established plantations of pines and gums, and made an attractive garden. WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first meeting room in November1854 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. THE PATTISON COLLECTION This book is also part of 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. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library, as the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute was then called. When the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute 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 Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute 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 Birds of Australia by Gregory M. Matthews is now considered a rare and valuable scientific and historic work on its own. These 12 volumes were donated in 1934 to The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and were included as part of the Pattison 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 Birds of Australia Vol 7 Author: Gregory M Mathews Publisher: Witherby & Co Date: 1918-1919 Tan leather bound illustrated work.Label on spine cover with typed text RA 598.2994 MAT Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library that reads “Presented by W. Lindsay Esq. ‘Union’ Woolsthrope” Accession Number: 15238 Date Received: 3-34 “W. Lindsay” embossed in gold on front cover, bottom right of book flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, the birds of australia, gregory m. matthews, witherby & co., h.f. & g. witherby, w lindsay, william lindsay, quamby woolsthorpe, union woolsthorpe, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool art gallery, joseph archibald, warrnambool mechanics’ institute and free library, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the birds of australia vol 7, quamby station, union station, woolsthrope -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1969
Photograph donated by Country Roads Board.Black & White Photograph showing the Official Opening of the bridge, November 21 1969. The Hon M. V. Porter MLA making a speech.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, civil engineering, bridges, history of the phillip island bridge, black & white photograph, phillip island bridges -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 2
Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 2 Author: F M Bladen Publisher: Government Printer, Sydney Date: 1893Label on spine cover with typed text R.A. 994.402 BLA Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, historical records of new south wales vol 2, f m bladen -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 3
Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 3 Author: F M Bladen Publisher: Government Printer Sydney Date: 1895Label on spine cover with typed text R.A. 994.402 BLA Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, historical records of new south wales vol 3, f m bladen -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 4
Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 4 Author: F M Bladen Publisher: Government Printer Sydney Date: 1896Label on spine cover with typed text R.A. 994.402 BLA Pastedown end page has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, historical records of new south wales vol 4, f m bladen -
Bendigo Military Museum
Literary work - MANUSCRIPT, Bob Marmion, The Victorian Volunteer Force on the Central Victorian Goldfields 1858 - 1883
Photocopy of original held by Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum. The inscription is the Castlemaine Museum's Registration No & location code.Manuscript, M A Thesis. Plain A4 paper with cut edges, 144 pages with black & white illustrations. Pages secured with a metal clip.Page (ii) top R hand corner: “3247 S3 C/F5”documents - education, military history - volunteer forces -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Postcard - Junction Dam - Circa 1950, Circa 1950's
This postcard was produced in the 1950's for the tourist trade in the Kiewa Valley and Alpine region. It encompasses the period when the State of Victoria was pressured by the ever increasing demand by industry and its population for electricity supplies. Hydro electricity was seen as an untapped natural resource to quench this demand. The Victorian Alps and the rivers flowing into its valleys was ideal for the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme. The late 1940's saw the development of this scheme and the changing of sections of alpine landscape is covered by this and other postcards/pictures (tourists, construction workers, and established rural populations). This period in time was before the established wildlife and forest/nature groups became political activist who changed legislative acts to protect the environment.This rural region (Kiewa Valley/alpine plains) was at most only significant to a smaller group of winter sports, summer hikers/horse riders and rural farmers/graziers. The numbers of tourists and the increase in the local resident population was boosted by the construction of the Hydro Electricity Scheme. This influx to the regional population resulted in a corresponding diversity in services and brought about an environment that responded to a growing level of tourists and thereby permitting this industry to grow more rapidly than it would have naturally. This postcard details an attraction to the "cleaner" method of providing electricity. This postcard was purchased in 1950 by a surveyor at Landford's Gap.This black and white photograph is a Valentine's postcard, from a V2 Argus photograph. It is on a 200g/m paper density with only the photo side gloss.Front "JUNCTION DAM & SPILLWAY, BOGONG KIEWA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT" on the flip side "VALENTINE'S POST CARD " "A GENUINE PHOTOGRAPH"kiewa valley tourism, victorian alps, alternate energy supplies, alpine population growth, junction dam, secv -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
This Dinner commemorated the 40th Anniversary of the raising of 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regiment which linked 8th, 13th, and 20th Light Horse Regiments.Colour photograph at Anniversary Dinner, Commercial Club 30 April 1988. Facing camera : Major M. Oates and Lieutenant J. Bruce. -
Tennis Australia
Brooch, Circa 1890
Brooch in shape of a racquet and ball. Stamped 'q' (1890) and anchor mark (Birmingham) and makers mark '...&M' on reverse. Materials: Silver/Metaltennis -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, c1960's
M Liddiard & Co Main Street Stawell Shop Sign. Interior and Exterior Window Treatments. made from Tongue and Grove boardsstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Textile - Costume and Accessories, c1920
Crochet Tablecloth Edging, Australian Motifs. Worked in Kookaburra, Lyrebird, emu, kangaroo, lizards. Three part finish. Association M Brame.stawell clothing material -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Costume and Accessories, c1910
Man’s Driving Coat. Cream in colour Lapels and Belt. Used by M Clark when driving in open car. Mrs Nita Pickering.stawell clothing material -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1950
Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Zurich Congress Hall, Zurich, Switzerland. (Architects: M. Moser, Max Ernst Haefeli and Rudolf Steiger, 1939.)Zurich / Congress Hall / M.E.Haefeli, W.M.Moser, R.Steiger / 1939 (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. Magazine image of M H Bailllieu house, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1926. (Architect: Desbrowe Annear.)Made in Australiaslide, robin boyd -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - Merchant Navy plaque, Merchant Navy
Merchant Navy plaque. Above is a crown (giving a ship appearance), letters M N surrounded by knotted ropes and below the word 'Australia" -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
8/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles on annual camp at Puckapunyal 1969.The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.Fine study of regiment training.Black and white photograph of armoured vehicles in a bush setting;two M 113 Armoured Personnel Carriers and one Tracked Loa Carrier. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph
Black And White Photograph of the sailing ship Mount Lennox. 127 mm X 82 mm Sh 194 Ships M - Rflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, mount lennox, photograph