When Thomas Bent, politician and land speculator, was appointed Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1892, a number of local Brighton constituents and supporters raised money to present him with an oil portrait. Bent had been a member for Brighton for 21 years, and the painting was seen as a way of showing their appreciation of his services to the Brighton constituency, as well as congratulating him to his new position as Speaker. In June 1892, British/Australian landscape and portrait artist Charles E. Gordon-Frazer was given the commission to paint the portrait. Thomas Bent is depicted as standing in his Speaker's robe on the dais beneath the canopy in the Legislative Assembly Chamber in the act of addressing the House. He wears the traditional Speaker’s dress of a black silk and gold laced robe over a three-piece black suit, lace jabot and cuffs, buckled shoes and a ceremonial long wig. The top of the gold parliamentary mace sits on the right of the work near the frame's edge.sir thomas bent, thomas bent, speaker, mayor, premier, brighton, moorabbin, land speculator, local government, councillor, official, member of lower house, portrait, parliament, ceremonial robes, legislative assembly, jabot, wig, mace

The Kew Historical Society's map collection includes a substantial number of real estate subdivision plans, mainly of Kew but also of surrounding suburbs in Melbourne. Most of the subdivision plans date from the 1920s and 1930s when the districts old homes and local farmland were being split up to accommodate residential growth in the postwar period. These early plans were assembled by a local firm, Jas R Mather & McMillan, which had an office in Cotham Road. Many of the plans, and sometimes photos, were annotated by the agents. The ‘new’ Balwyn Picture Theatre was built and owned by Balwyn Theatres Pty Ltd in ca. 1928. By 1930, this first Balwyn Theatre was destroyed by fire after a break-in. Following the fire, a new cinema was constructed. This plan for a Cinema and eleven shops presumably dates from 1927/28 when the Company announced that this location in Whitehorse Road ‘was the most central and best suited [area] for their Theatre and shops’.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence for the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The photograph may also be aesthetically significant depending on the importance of the photographic atelier.Subdivision plan showing the Balwyn Theatre and its adjoining shop sites in Whitehorse Road Balwyn. The 11 shop sites were noted for their depth (133 ft - 145 ft. [Map.0041]balwyn theatre -- balwyn (vic.), subdivisions -- balwyn (vic), subdivision plans

This is the earliest known photo of an Australian Rules football team in the Bacchus Marsh area. The photo is of 27 men and two boys standing in front of the Evans Pavilion at Maddingley Park Bacchus Marsh. The image shows players, officials and trainers, the players wearing early twentieth century playing guernseys featuring front fastenings. Some are wearing knickerbockers, some long trousers. Trainers have their towels slung over their shoulders. Men in civilian clothes, possibly club officials, are wearing suits and hats. The boys and two of the players are wearing caps, one player wearing a hat. The central figure, possibly the captain, is holding a football which has the initials B M I F C. These initials stand for "Bacchus Marsh Imperial Football Club". At this time, many football clubs used the word "imperial" in their title. This team may possibly have had the nick-name of "Imperials".This item has historic and social significance as the earliest image of one of the early sporting teams of Bacchus Marsh and district. It is evidence of the growth of importance of sport, in this case Australian Rules football, as a cultural and social activity central to the Australian ethos. It is also evidence of the dominance of the masculine ethos in the Australian culture of this time. The image has strong research value for the information it conveys about this particular club and its early participants.Photographic reproduction of earlier photographHand written below photograph "Bacchus Marsh Football Club 1901." The names Fred Pearce and Jack Bence with arrows indicating the players identified.bacchus marsh imperial football club, australian rules football

The Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) was originally invented by the grandfather of Australian bushfire science, Alan Grant McArthur, during the 1950s and ‘60s. Alan published his landmark paper, “Controlled burning in eucalypt forests” in 1962. Leaflet No. 80, as it was known, proved a turning point for forest and fire managers across Australia. More importantly, Alan was very practical forester and wanted his work to be useful to people in the field, so after several iterations he came up with the now familiar circular slide rule called the Forest Fire Danger Meter (FFDM).  The Mk 4 version first appeared in operational use in 1967. Two Forests Commission staff, Athol Hodgson and Rus Ritchie, built on McArthur’s pioneering work and by applying their own practical experience, developed a modified version in the late 1960s called the Control Burning Meter which was better suited to Victorian forest conditions.Introduced to the FCV in 1970Control burning meterbushfire, forests commission victoria (fcv)

Part of yearly marketing and information material promoting the Falls Creek Ski School. This publication includes detailed information about the Falls Creek Snowsport School Program for 2010. An introduction Francis Jackson and the Snowsports team states "Falls Creek Snowsports School is committed to enhancing your skiing and snowboarding experience. Think of our Snowsports School instructors as personal trainers for your snow adventure... they're here ready to elevate you to the next level. With a great attitude, endless patience and always up for fun, our instructors take pride in offering you their very best. From beginner to advanced, whether skiing or boarding, Falls Creek Snowsports School has a program to suit you. Our expert instructors will have you skiing and snowboarding to the best of your ability in no time. Have a great holiday and see you on the slopes!" Corporate Partners in 2010 were Milo, Ten TV and the ANZ Bank.This item is important because it documents seasonal activities at Falls Creek Snowsport School in 2010.A glossy booklet featuring images and information about programs to be offered at Falls Creek in the 2010 winter season. The front cover features a group of downhill skiers and three smaller images. The back cover includes a map showing meeting places, lesson times and contact details.On front cover Snowsport School 2010 skifalls.com.aufalls creek marketing, falls creek snowsport school., francis jackson

Photograph shows a female uniformed employee sitting at the controls of a Y1 class tram with a male in a suit standing to her right with his left hand on the back of the small driver's seat. The leather curtain used to enclosed the driver is open and stowed to the right. The tram appears to be on a suburban street but is stationary as the closeup photograph is taken from outside the tram. As this class of tram was used to train drivers at the Hawthorn Depot driver training school, the location may be close to this depot. The sloping driver's windscreen and long upper side window identify it as Y1 class. The female employee's summer uniform dress and jacket were introduced in 1975. Caps were no longer required, replaced with employee number badges worn on the uniform. This undated photograph is significant because the first female driver, Joyce Barry, was finally approved as a driver in 1975 after years of strong resistance by the tramways union. The staff member pictured is not Driver Barry. Yields information about driver training and female drivers Black and white print with no note.y1 class, leather curtain, driver training school, hawthorn depot, sloping drivers windscreen, caps, 1975, summer uniform dress, joyce barry, tramways union

Photograph: black and white photo mounted on cream board. Group of men, women and children, standing and seated in four rows, standing in front of weatherboard building (Spring Gully School ? ). Five men are seated in front row, wearing three piece suits, ties. Women are dressed in long dresses, most wearing hats. Photo perhaps late 1800's ?. On bottom Left Hand side of photo written in black : Cyril white, Photo, Bendigo Written on back of photo in biro Mrs. J. Noble, 232 Carpenter Street, Spring Gully, BendigoCyril White, Bendigophoto, group, spring gully, family portrait, noble, j.

Sepia photograph mounted on brown board. Seventeen adult males dressed in suits, ties and hats, arranged in three rows in front of trees. Male at R C row wearing clerical collar. Inscriptions: in image - handwritten at bottom 'Committee of School Picnic Excursion to Castlemaine Feb 8th 1928' At BR corner of mount 'of Arms, Under Royal and Vice Regal Patronage, Lorraine Pty Ltd, Castlemaine', at TR corner 'GP 72', On back TR 'GP 72', 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch, circular stamp. Red ballpoint '12'.Bendigo Advertiserperson, group

Sepia photograph. Group photo on grey mount. 'Employees picnic Cohn Bros Victoria Brewery Co. Ltd. Male figures of various ages, dressed in three piece suits of the day. Various styles of head-wear and most figures with watch chains on their vests. Inscriptions: Printed on mount at front 'Cohn Bros Victoria Brewery Co. Ltd, Employees Picnic, held at 'Cherry Tree' opn Saturday 7th March, 1903. On back - 'Royal Historical society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch' - Circular stamp. History of photograph: previous Acc. No. GP 22, 'Committee' see 2001-202.01W H Robinson, Bendigoorganization, business, cohn bros. limited

Black and white photo with blue and yellow colouring. Rear; 8 men standing, Front; 5 men sitting. All dressed in black suits, white shirts, white bow tie and wearing the Free Masons Blue Apron (signifying the level of Free Mason. Each Free Mason is wearing a chain around the waist with an emblem which signifies the number of years service. The gentleman centre front is wearing a ribbon on front left side of jacket. Markings/Inscriptions: 'Kalma' Pall Mall, Bendigo. On rear written in pen, 'found at Eaglehawk MI' (Mechanics Institute)Kalmaorganization, church, free masons

Black and white photo, faded, pasted onto buff board. Possibly copy of original. Image shows 23 men standing and seated in front of corrugated iron mine shed. Men are dressed in suit coats and trousers, some wearing hats. Two men wearing collar and tie. On back of photo, written in pen : 'The photo of the New Chum Gold Fields Mine, Ddgiamond Hill, Bendigo, was taken about 1911, the Manager (Wilfred Rickards) seated in centre. There was a dozen or more mines in diamond Hill at that time. G.H. Furness, 116 High Street, Kangaroo Flat.'bendigo, mining, new chum goldfields mine

Yields information about the appearance and the use of ESCo tram 12 in Victoria St and has a strong association with those photographed on the steps of the tram.Digital Copy of a photograph purchased by David Critchley from E-bay, of ESCo No. 12 in Victoria St Ballarat, c1925, possibly at the King St loop. Tram has the destination of Orphanage, a Viceroy Tea advertisement, a Coliseum roof advert and an "Pay as You Leave" sign. Note the positioning of the tram number on the route footsteps. The tram still has track brakes and the footstep boards are yet to be cut back or shortened. Tram has four men in suits standing on the running board with the driver or motorman in the doorway of the tram as well. Image not to be formally published without owners permission or knowledge.On the rear of the print is a stamp of "Alpha Print Box Hill" with the number "88"trams, tramways, esco, victoria st, orphanage, motormen, tram 12

Black and white photo of four couples, the men dressed in suits with tails, wearing monkey masks and holding a frying pan. The women wearing sleeveless dresses with large white collars, a white cap and aprons with the Monkey Brand logos and carrying a Monkey Brand placard. The photo was taken at the Bendigo Town Hall in the 1920's. It represented an advertisement for 'Monkey Brand Soap'. The Monkey heads were loaned from Lever Bros for the occasion. The names are: Jean Dean, Joe Borrell, John Borell, F. Donaldson, A. Hurst, Kathleen Dixon (Mrs. Coglin) (third from the left).photo, group, mixed group, peter ellis collection, the monkey set, mrs coglin, mrs bourke, bendigo town hall, monkey brand soap, lever bros, jean dean, joe borrell, john borell, f. donaldson, a. hurst, kathleen dixon (mrs. coglin)

Portland Town CouncilPainting of a bluestone building. There are four columns to the front of the building. One either side of a green front door and the other two either side of each side window. Above the front door is a sign which reads ' Town Hall 1869' A footpath is in front of the building, with a man and woman walking together. The man wears a suit and hat and the woman wears a red shirt and blue skirt. At the other side of the building there is another figure - shadowy. A dirt road curves from foreground centre towards and past the building to the left. Two tall pines are behind the building on right.Front: Town Hall Portland '55 (brown paint, lower let). Travis Webber (brown paint, lower right). Back: Geelong Picture Framers, 211 Moorabool Street, GEELONG. Ph. 97805 (blue ink stamp, lower centre).portland town hall, bluestone building, bluestone, 1800s

Series of Black & White Photos Total 6 Hill Family & Friends During the First World War and after. Rita, wearing a dark dress with white collar and holding a dark coloured hat, background is large brick structure with windows to right and small section of veranda, pal tree, Railway Reserve Kyneton 1918. Man and two women wearing white dresses and dark hats, man wears dark suit white shirt and dark tie with his back against a large wheel, white sheet on ground between them and indistinguishable articles on sheet, Hibernian Picnic Axedale November 13th 1918. Group of young girls and boys all dressed in light coloured clothing gathering Botanical gardens January 1917, Miss N. Linnane reclining on cane lounge chair on verandah, weatherboard wall of house, verandah post, rock garden edging in foreground, May 1918. Monte Video Property Queensland Jeff, dressed in dark trousers and white shirt, holding a skinned rabbit, water tank in background, wire fence, July 1924. Father & Mother, Father wears a grey suit with white shirt and dark tie, Mother seated is wearing a dark dress with striped collar and white blouse, 'The Ranche' Mollison Street Eppalock.Hilda Hill Personal Collectionaustralia, history, post war life

Mission to Seafarers regularly held social events as both a means of fundraising for the continuation of the organisation's work and providing social activities for visiting seafarers. On many Saturday nights there would be dances, concerts or other social events. This photograph depicts one such event.The Mission to Seafarers as an organisation is dedicated to not only providing spiritual and practical support to seafarers, but has long found it important to provide social opportunities as well. In the past there have been many dances, concerts and other social events that have been designed to cater for visiting seafarersSmall black and white photograph of a group of people in the main hall (Flying Angel Club) of the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne. Some are dancing and some are standing together. The photograph is taken from an angle that has the bar (canteen) in the background.Pen on reverse of photograph: "5" enclosed in a circle.canteen, clock, ladies, floorboards, women, dance, couples, seafarers, suits, bar, flying-angel-club, mission-to-seafarers-melbourne, arched-doorways, lhlg, flying angel club, central club, plaque, jukebox, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, seamen, sailors, dancing, events, social, asian, flinders street, melbourne

Jean Watson born 1906 was the only child of Christopher and Carrie Watson (nee Shillinglaw). She died at age 14 in 1920 as a result of an accident, cause as yet unknown. POSTCARD 1905-1940s Like the carte-de-visite, postcards enjoyed a collecting craze by large numbers of people, and were often kept in albums through which the interested visitor could browse. Postcards were posted or exchanged in huge numbers. Postal authorities in Australia only allowed the private printing of postcards from 1898. At this time the back of the card was reserved for the address and postage stamp, and the front was used for the message and a picture. In 1902 British authorities allowed a "divided back", so that the left side could be used for the message, the right side for the address and stamp, and the whole of the front was devoted to the picture. France followed suit in 1904, Germany and Australia in 1905, and the United States in 1907. - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991cabinet photo, marg ball collection, shillinglaw family photo album 3, 1910, jean watson (1906-1920), postcard

Standing: Florence May Shillinglaw (1886-1969), Elizabeth (Lizzie) Ann Shillinglaw (1879-1972), Mary Ann Shillinglaw (1880-1963), Ada Maria Shillinglaw (1889-1974), Caroline (Carrie) Shillinglaw (1876-1956), Ernest Samuel Shillinglaw (1888-1958) Seated: Jean Shillinglaw (nee Blemner 1819-1906), Phillip Shillinglaw (1842-1914) Nicholes Photographer, Alphington According to the Sands McDougall Melbourne Directory, George. Nicholes, Photographer was first listed on the north side of Heidelberg Road, Alphington in 1904 and again in 1905. By 1906 he was still listed but with no profession. From 1907 on he was listed as a bicycle agent. PANEL 1875-1920 Panels began to be produced around 1875, and were particularly suited, because of their larger size, for capturing family, or even larger, groups. They measured 8.5 by 6.5 inches (22 cm x 16.5 cm). - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, 1905, 1904-1905, ada maria chrisfield (nee shillinglaw) 1889-1974, ada maria shillinglaw (1889-1974), caroline (carrie) watson (nee shillinglaw) 1876-1956, elizabeth (lizzie) ann shillinglaw (1879-1972), ernest samuel shillinglaw (1888-1958), florence may bunker (nee shillinglaw) (1886-1969), jean shillinglaw (nee blemner 1819-1906), mary ann shillinglaw (1880-1963), nicholes photographer alphington, phillip shillinglaw (1842-1914)

Post Card printed on back with photographer's details: W. Mason & Co., 144 Bridge Road, Richmond. W. Mason & Co. operated from this adress from 1903-c.1932 POSTCARD 1905-1940s Like the carte-de-visite, postcards enjoyed a collecting craze by large numbers of people, and were often kept in albums through which the interested visitor could browse. Postcards were posted or exchanged in huge numbers. Postal authorities in Australia only allowed the private printing of postcards from 1898. At this time the back of the card was reserved for the address and postage stamp, and the front was used for the message and a picture. In 1902 British authorities allowed a "divided back", so that the left side could be used for the message, the right side for the address and stamp, and the whole of the front was devoted to the picture. France followed suit in 1904, Germany and Australia in 1905, and the United States in 1907. - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, postcard, 1903-1932, 1915, mary ann shillinglaw (1880-1963), w. mason & co. photographer 144 bridge rd melbourne

Four black and white photos of Somers camp, in 1931. One show a corrugated iron building that had been built and what looks like a prank being played on a Legatee in suit and cap. Also one of junior legatee Graham Billett by some camp buildings. Another shows Gwen Smith. Plus a group of youths on the beach. All are from the same film. In the early years, Legacy organised outings to the property of Legacy founder, Legatee Stan Savige, who had a place in Balnarring close to the beach. Permanent camp buildings were built in 1930. In 1930 Lord Somers (Governor of Victoria) also started a camp at a nearby property and the area was renamed Somers. Legacy Somers Camps continued intermittently at Stan's property until it was decided in 1951 to make other arrangements for holidays. This photo was with a group of photos from around the 1930s from the early days of Legacy, including cricket team, football team, and camps at Balnarring/Somers (saved as 01915 to 01934).Legatee Savige's property at Balnarring became very important for Legacy providing outings and camps for junior legatees.Black and white photo x 4 of Somers Camp in 1931.Handwritten on 01931.1 'Left to right x x Ron Rimmer' in blue pen. Handwritten on 01931.2 'Graham Billett' in blue pen. Handwritten on 01931.3 'Gwen Smith' in blue pen. All four are stamped '4 38' in blue ink meaning they are from the same film and have '1931' in pencil on them. Also all have 'Printed by Harringtons' in purple ink. All on Velox paper.junior legatee outing, legacy somers camp, savige property, camp

Carol Porter’s artwork Don’t get mad, get elected! features a woman towering over Parliament House in Canberra. Below her, tiny suit-clad politicians run screaming as she holds one of their colleagues upside-down, and another tumbles from her grasp. The look on her face is cool and determined; it is a reversal of the more common horror poster trope of ‘damsel in distress’. Porter says of the work: ‘It was tapping into the fact that women should get into power and make a difference’. Porter is a contemporary political cartoonist and poster artist who has worked out of Melbourne since the 1970s. She uses humour in her social commentary on various Australian issues and is well known for the prints she produced at RedPlanet – the alternative poster press inspired by an anti-elitist mission to reconnect art with communities. The poster was commissioned by the Victorian Women’s Trust. It first appeared on Melbourne billboards in 1997, a year after the federal election that swept John Howard to power.Donated by the artist

Part of yearly marketing and information material promoting the Falls Creek Ski School. This publication includes detailed information about the Falls Creek Snowsport School Program for 2004. An introduction by the School Director, Benny Pregenzer states "Falls Creek Snowsports School is committed to enhancing your skiing and snowboarding experience. Think of our Snowsports School instructors as personal trainers for your snow adventure... they're here ready to elevate you to the next level. With a great attitude, endless patience and always up for fun, our instructors take pride in offering you their very best. From beginner to advanced, little tackers to adults and everyone in between, Falls Creek Snowsports School has a program to suit you. Our expert instructors will have you skiing, snowboarding, telemarking and cross-country skiing to the best of your ability in no time. Have a great holiday and see you on the slopes!" Corporate sponsors for 2004 were Milo, Nursing Australia and Ten TV. This item is important because it documents seasonal activities at Falls Creek Snowsport School in 2004A glossy booklet featuring images and information about programs to be offered at Falls Creek in the 2004 winter season. The front cover features a group of downhill skiers while the back cover includes lesson times and contact details. Coloured images are included throughout the booklet. On front cover Falls Creek and the resort Logo fallscreek.com.au Snowsport Schoolfalls creek marketing, falls creek snowsport school., benny pregenzer

Part of yearly marketing and information material promoting the Falls Creek Ski School. This publication includes detailed information about the Falls Creek Snowsport School Program for 2006. An introduction by the School Director, Benny Pregenzer states "Falls Creek Snowsports School is committed to enhancing your skiing and snowboarding experience. Think of our Snowsports School instructors as personal trainers for your snow adventure... they're here ready to elevate you to the next level. With a great attitude, endless patience and always up for fun, our instructors take pride in offering you their very best. From beginner to advanced, little tackers to adults and everyone in between, Falls Creek Snowsports School has a program to suit you. Our expert instructors will have you skiing, snowboarding, telemarking and cross-country skiing to the best of your ability in no time. Have a great holiday and see you on the slopes! Corporate Sponsors in 2006 were Milo and Ten TV.This item is important because it documents seasonal activities at Falls Creek Snowsport School in 2006.A glossy booklet featuring images and information about programs to be offered at Falls Creek in the 2006 winter season. The front cover features a group of downhill skiers while the back cover explains lesson times and contact details.On front cover Falls Creek and the school logo fallscreek.com.au Snowsport Schoolfalls creek marketing, falls creek snowsport school., benny pregenzer

Subjects identified in early LDHS records: "Holding, Stella Todd, Pat Mark, Millie Todd. Bill Stratton with butchers basket Paddy Todd with double bass horn Diddy Powell with tenor horn\ Jack Simper with cornet Mr Trengrove drum major Jimmy Suttie cornet George Bennett tenor horn W Todd bandmaster and cornet George Preston euphonium onlookers Gordon Bennett, Norman Nelson, Possum Dawe. As the boys were all in dark suits I think the occasion would have been at [Ernie] Ching's funeral. He died with Peron [peritonitis]. He was 21 and a good bandsman. The band played 'Lead kindly light, The Dead March from Saul, very Sad' ". Note: - This information was once written on a piece of paper attached to the photograph. This slip of paper is no longer affixed to back of photograph. There is a copy of this photograph in the Todd family file, with some names listed. If this photograph was taken on the day of Ernie Ching's funeral, it dates the photograph to 1908. Mounted black & white photograph of a group of bandsmen and onlookers, in front of Todd Bros Butchers, corner Clyde and Sussex Streets, Linton. Joints of meat are visible in front window of shop. A black and white dog is curled up asleep below the display window. Two young boys in the forefront are wearing striped aprons. One of the boys is holding a basket of goods.brass bands, musicians, streetscapes, todd bros. butcher, ernie ching

This book is one of several books in Flagstaff Hill's historic book collection by the author Jules Verne, who was a popular mid-to-late 19th-century fiction author. Some of his works included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. The book is part of the Pattison Collection. This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr. R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 percent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 percent reference and 40 percent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items has become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850’s to the late 1950’s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr. R. Pattison. Jules Verne (1828–1905) Jules Verne pursued his writing career after finishing law school in 1849, during this time he was writing poetry and short stories. He began to hit his stride after meeting publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel in1862, who nurtured many of the works that would later comprise the author's 54 novels the (Voyages Extraordinaires). Often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction," Verne wrote books about a variety of innovations and technological advancements years before they were practical realities. In 1856, Verne met and fell in love with Honorine de Viane, a young widow with two daughters. They married in 1857, and in 1861, the couple's only child, Michel Jean Pierre Verne, was born. Realizing he needed a stronger financial foundation, Verne began working as a stockbroker. However, he refused to abandon his writing career, and that year he published his first book, The 1857 Salon (Le Salon de 1857). In all Verne authored more than 60 books as well as dozens of plays, short stories and librettos. He conjured hundreds of memorable characters and imagined countless innovations years before their time, including stories about submarine and space travel, terrestrial flight and deep-sea exploration. Jules Verne died in 1905, at his residence in the French city of Amiens, stricken with diabetes, on March 24, 1905. Verne had many memorable novels, his most famous being Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Around the World in Eighty Days, In Search of the Castaways and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Additional works surfaced decades later. Backwards to Britain based on his many trips to the United Kingdom was finally printed in 1989, 130 years after it was written. Also Paris in the Twentieth Century, originally considered too far-fetched with its depictions of skyscrapers, gas-fuelled cars and mass transit systems, followed in 1994. Citation Information Biography.com Editors Jules Verne Biography: https://www.biography.com/writer/jules-verne The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Book; The Giant Raft (Part II) The Cryptogram Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Date: 1885 Blue hardcover book with fabric on cover. The title and original library shelf location are printed on the spine. A line drawing on the fly page is within a circle bordered by a vine plant. Within the circle is a man dressed in a suit, wearing a cravat, holding an unravelled scroll with marks like a crossword, and tugging at a vine wrapped around his neck. This illustrated fiction book has a handwritten paper label taped to the spine. The fly page has a handwritten inscription. The book is part of the Pattison Collection. Label "PAT 843 VER" Front loose endpaper sticker: "Warrnambool Public Library" covered by a sticker from "Corangamite Regional Library Service" Front loose endpaper Stamped "Corangamite Regional Library Service" Handwritten script inscription on Fly "C. L F. (or could be T.) 2/4/. (could be 2 pounds 4 shillings)" On Fly page "ILLUSTRATED" "1885"warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, the giant raft part 2 the cryptogram, jules verne, the cryptogram, the giant raft, science fiction, 1885

Photograph: black and white photo mounted on tan board. 52 school students standing/seated in five rows, outside school weatherboard building. Male teacher standing on Right Hand side, dressed in three piece suit, wing collar and tie. Students are dressed in various types of clothing, not uniform. Student centre front row is holding blackboard with '3505, Spring Gully, 25.5.20' written in white chalk. On back of photo is written in biro: Mrs. J. Noble, 232 Carpenter Street, Spring Gully, Bendigo Bottom Right Hand side of board : Photo, G.W. Bolton, Artist.G.W.Boltonphotograph, person, school children, spring gully, g.w. bolton, cook, noble, j. spring gully school. education

Ruth Farren-Price, City Hall, Bendigo. The Music Advancement Society of Bendigo presents the Fourth Concert 1962 series. Piano Recital Ruth Farren-Price, City Hall, Bendigo. Tuesday, 18th September, 1962, 8.15 p.m. President L R Harvey, Joint Hon. Secs. Madge Edgar, Elsie Flanagan. Programme One Shilling. Advertisements: Allan's, music store. Alma Val, suits, frocks, sportswear, knitwear, coats', etc., Killian's walk, Bendigo. Edgar's Toy Shop, Authorised Newsagency. Light card, cream, blue wave print pattern with the words Hammermill Safety printed on it.Boltons Print., Bendigoprogram, music, music advancement society bendigo, ruth farren-price, city hall. music advancement society of bendigo presents the fourth concert 1962 series. piano recital ruth farren-price, 18th september, 1962. president l r harvey, joint hon. secs. madge edgar, elsie flanagan. advertisements: allan's. alma val, killian's. edgar's toy shop, authorised newsagency. hammermill safety

Black and white copy of a photo of the Long Gully Methodist Cricket Team approx 1946. Eleven of the men are wearing cricket whites and three are wearing suits. One man at the front is holding a shield and two others in the front row are holding cricket bats. Donated by Alan Crossley 1985. Names of people in photo, 11010.158a are; Back Row - Colin Neyland, Reg Tyrell, Ken Harding, Stan Meredith, George Thomas, Bill Rowe, Martin Nieman, George Ellis, Noel Evans. Front Row- Max Grenfell, Jack Werry, Kack Davey, Kieth Higman, (Tim)Harold Salter.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully methodist cricket team approx 1946, colin neyland, reg tyrrell, ken harding, stan meredith, george thomas, bill rowe, martin niemann, george ellis, noel evans, max grenfell, jack werry, jack davey, kieth higman, (tim) harold salter, alan crossley

Coloured picture of a boy wearing a blue & white sailor suit paddling across a stream. He is holding a girl's hand as she walks over the stepping stones in the stream. She is wearing a pink dress & hat and black stockings & shoes. The boy has a pole in his hand. On the bank of the stream is a large tree and some grazing sheep. At the back is a grey building. The picture is mounted on cardboard. 'Horner's Magazine, River of Life Series, MP274, MP275, MP276, & MP277 is written in pen on the back. The picture is titled 'Playmates'. At the top of the picture is printed 'zhorner's Penny Stories 'River of Life' Series No 1. 15.1.1910.personal effects, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards, horner's magazine river of life series