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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Clothing - Shoes - Ladies Dress shoes, Buckley & Nunn Ltd, n.d
Part of Graham Collection, donated by the Family of Misses Mary and Edith Maude Graham, of 4 Blair Street, Portland. Displayed at History House.Brown satin-covered shoes. Embroidered pattern of flowers over surface. Cotton-reel heel. Large oval button on front with decorative pattern of polished faceted metal.Front: (left) 38 (sole of shoe) (right) 94 (sole of shoe) Inside: Made in England for Buckley & Nunn Ltd, Paris. Melbourne London. (gold text on leather sole lining) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Pocket Watch, 1832-1833
Watch worn by Ben Roachfort, passenger on the 'Admella', survived wreck of 'Admella' in 1859.Brass watch with ivory face, in a hallmarked sterling silver pair case. Hallmarks: Assay mark - Lion passant - Sterling silver. 925 purity. Town mark - London (uncrowned leopard's head). Date mark - 1832-1833. Makers mark - HD (unknown silversmith) Pocket watch measures diameter 5 cm x depth 1.7cmFront: Movement is marked "SLOW FAST".admella -
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Book - Bible and Prayer Book, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, London, The Book of Common Prayer, 1821
Burgundy leather-bound text with board covers and gilt edged pages. Title on spine in gold lettering. Eight horizontal lines in gold on spine and thin gold line borders on covers. Gold decorative edge on internal leather of covers.religious book -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Clam & Taylor Bungay, The Poetical Works of William Cowper, n.d
Red cloth-covered spine and board covers. Impressed graphics and text in black, green and gold. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Diver's intercom, n.d
Port of Portland CollectionSiebe Gorman divers intercom amplifier and central panel. Black steel case chrome bronze fittings to attach cables. Power cord with clips, battery operated. Instrument panel covered with stell lid. Carrying handle on rear.Front: Siebe Gorman Co Ltd/ makers/ London -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Address label, n.d
Mailing slip on cotton fabric. Black ink. Two stamps attached, post marked PortlandFront: 'Mr W.T. Vivian A.B. c/- H.M.A. London Depot H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE Back: Australia House Portsmouth Strand London. W.C.postage, stamps, mailing, portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Clothing - Clothing, diver's long johns, n.d
Woollen longjohns, fawn-coloureddiving, divers clothing, long johns, underwear, undergarmets -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Diver's Weight, SIEBE GORMAN & CO LTD LONDON, n.d
A weight worn by a diver to help them ascend and descend in the waterDiver's lead breast weight (circular) with bronze fittings and lifting ropemarine technology, diving, gear, weight -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, W.P. Mackay, M.A, Grace and Truth, n.d
Leatherette and paper binding in dark green with title in red. 126 pp.Front: To my Grand Daughter/ Jean(?), Malseed presents/ to her for her birthday/ 28 of March 1919/ wishing her many/ happy returns of the .../ Eliza, A, Malseed. (black ink, fronticepiece) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Bible - New Testament, c. 1915
New Testament, red hard cover. Has marked verses. 'the 200 verses marked in this Testament will, under the Holy spirit's teaching, help to make plain God's way of Salvation through Christreligious text, religion -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Copy Of Photograph - Julia Street - Front Of Old London Inn, Portland, Victoria, 1859
Vern Mc Callum CollectionDigital copy of monochrome photo. Taken in Portland in 1859. View from corner of Julia and Bentinck streets. Looking south. London Inn on right, man on ladder working on corner of building. Henty Beach, jetty, immigration depot, Battery Point. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Edited by Paul N. Hasluck, 'Leather Working' 'Work' Handbook, c. 1904
Book, hardcover, pale blue, red print on cover and spine, dark blue and red decoration on front cover, Cassell & Company Limited logo on back cover, dark blue. 160 pages plus advertisements for other 'Work' handbooks and industry magazines -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet, Ambassador Press Pty Ltd, Granville, NSW 2142, 'The Emigrant's Friend' - facsimile, c. 1974
Booklet, originally published in London in 1848. Recreated by Reader's Digest, Sydney. Buff cardboard covers, 40 page booklet. Cover has depictions of seals of New Zealand, Australia, Swan River and Van Dieman's Land, one in each corner, charcoal, charcoal print 'THE EMIGRANT'S FRIEND, OR AUTHENTIC GUIDE TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA'; plus areas included in booklet. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Princess Mary's Gift Book, 1914-1918
Book of short stories, by well-known authors, illustrated with coloured paintings and black and white sketches. Hard cover, black print, covered loosely with brown papershort stories, illustrated -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Gordon Browne ' illustrator et al, 'In the King's Name', c. 1885
Children's book, hard cover. Front cover burgundy with green print and maritime and military illustrations. Gold section with 2 sailors in green. Back cover green. Spine green with gold print; burgundy with green and gold sailor carrying a barrel.henty -
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Book, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, A Midsummer Night's Dream, c. 1905
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.Book of play by William Shakespeare (The Warwick Shakespeare) 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.shakespeare, novel, literature -
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Book - Book - Shakespeare's play, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, King Henry V, c. 1917
Book of William Shakespeare's play 'King Henry V',, the Junior School Shakespeare. Red cloth limp covers, black print. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Life and Death of King John, c. 1898
Book of the William Shakespeare play ' The Life and Death of King John'. Brown hard cover, black and white illustrations taken from the designs of Frank Howard -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Ivanhoe (Abridged), c. 1914
Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for Sir Wilfred's allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.Novel, 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott. Tan hard cover, black print and decorationIvanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for Sir Wilfred's allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Percival Keene, c. 1895
Book, hard back, royal blue, gold print -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The White Rose of Deerham, c. 1878
Novel, hard cover, burgundy, black print and decoration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - The Tragedy of William The Third, Bliss, Sands and Co, London, c. 1898
Book of the play ' The tragedy of William the Third' by William Shakespeare. Dark red hard cover, gold print on spine -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Marmion, SIR WALTER SCOTT, c. 1918
Poem 'Marmion' in six cantos, by Sir walter Scott, limp cloth cover, brown, black print and decoration. Black and white image of Scott, first page -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Charlotte Marie Tucker (ALOE), The Giant Killer or The Battle Which All Must Fight, c. 1885
Cautionary tale for the youngNovel ' The Giant Killer' by A.L.O.E. Hard cover, blue black decoration, gold illustrations and print on front cover and spine. Gold edge on pages. 40 black and white engravingsCautionary tale for the young -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Economics for the General Reader, Henry Clay, c. 1946
Hardback, dark red, black print, economics textbook -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - The White Company, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, c. 1914
Novel, 'The White Company' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. hard cover, brown, black print. Black and white illustrations -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The British Empire with its World Setting, c. 1916
history; British Empire; world historyHardback, red with black print and line drawing world map, front cover, British Empire in solid black. Junior geography textbook with black and white mapshistory; British Empire; world history -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Before the War, c. 1920
Book, hard cover, dark green, gold lettering on front cover and spine. Explanation of policy pursued towards Germany by Great Britain through the years preceding World War Iworld war i, wwi, history, european history -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Phone and Speaker System, Alfred Graham & Co London, n.d
Found by an abalone diver at wreck of the Corio. Alfred Graham & Co was a British company which was founded in the 1880s. They developed a niche market for ship's phones. They had gone out of business by the end of the Second World War so this object would be pre-1945.Metal speaker system unit - circular, instructions for use inscribed on front.Front: 'Press plunger to call distant station Speak close into mouthpiece Lift right hand tube to ear Patent Navy Phone Alfred Graham & Co, London' - all capital letterscommunication, marine, ships phone -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Equipment - Divers Helmut, n.d
Port of Portland CollectionSiebe Gorman & Co Divers Helmet with fitting harness. Part of a six stud patent admiralty diving dress. Bronze and brass, glass viewing ports.Front: SIEBE GORMAN & CO LTD SUBMARINE ENGINEERS LONDON